Photographs of Chuetsu Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU), 2024

October 22nd, 2024

It has been nearly twenty years since the Chuetsu Earthquake struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23, 2004. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from Nagaoka Historical Archives will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from October 22 to November 5.

In addition to local historical materials, Nagaoka Historical Archives also makes records of the Chuetsu Earthquake and other events available to the public. It collects documentary materials related to disasters and reconstruction in Nagaoka City and works with citizen volunteers to organize and preserve them, passing on the experiences and memories of the disaster to the future.