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The photo above is a photo of the venue. The major earthquake (Great Kanto Earthquake) that occurred at 11:58 on September 1, 1923 caused devastating damage to the entire city of Tokyo at that time. Chuo-ku is no exception, and many of the old-fashioned buildings and streets have been lost, but due to the reconstruction plan after the earthquake, modern buildings, roads, parcels, etc. that are conscious of earthquakes and fires have been developed, and the city has changed significantly. In this exhibition, the history of reconstruction from the Great Kanto Earthquake in Chuo-ku and current disaster prevention efforts are exhibited.

Panel materials include "Chuo-ku after the Great Kanto Earthquake," "Changes in the cityscape due to land readjustment projects," "Reconstruction Bridge," "Reconstruction Elementary School," "Road to Modern City," etc., as well as "Disaster Certificate" and "Shinkawa 2-chome (secondary) Site artifact" atdamage situation and Honganji Temple.

A free event is also planned as follows.

1 Lecture

　　Date and time: Sunday, February 11 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

　　Lecturer: Takashi Ito

　　　　(Research Director, Industrial Heritage Information Center)

                 ・Former Professor, Nihon University

　　Capacity: 80 people (first come, first served)

　　Venue: The multi-purpose hall on the 1st floor of the book forest Chuo

2 Gallery Talk

　　Date and time: January 26 (Fri), February 16 (Fri), Friday, March 8

　　　　　From 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm

　　Lecturer: Chuo-ku Cultural Property Investigation Instructor

　　Capacity: 20 people each time (first come, first served)

　　Venue: Book Forest Chuo 2nd floor planning gallery space　

The Hyogoken Nanbu Earthquake in 1955, the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, the Kumamoto Earthquake in 2016, and the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in early New Year's Day this year suddenly strikes. 100 years after the Great Kanto Earthquake, I don't know when the Tokyo metropolitan area will be hit. Let's take this opportunity to think about earthquake countermeasure once again. I was very grateful to the people of the local museum for creating this blog. Thank you very much.

Exhibition period: January 13 (Sat)-March 17 (Sun)

Closed days: January 18 (Thu), February 12 (Mon), Thursday, February 15

Time: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm (Sunday holiday until 5:00 pm)

Location: Chuo Ward Folk Museum (Book Forest Chuo)

　　　　　2nd floor special exhibition room

Address: 1-13-14, Shintomi, Chuo-ku

TEL: 03-3551-2167