Minamata Disease Municipal Museum

Since October 1994, Minamata disease survivors have volunteered their time as Storytellers (Kataribe) at Minamata Disease Municipal Museum to speak about their painful experiences. Their stories will help visitors understand about Minamata disease more deeply and encourage people to live strongly in any environment, like people in Minamata have lived strongly in spite of the adverse situation.

There are 10 storytellers now.(Four of them are on hiatus.) Their true stories and wishes for the future generations will have a profound impact on visitors.

Talk times:

(1) 10:30～11:30
(2) 13:30～14:30
(3) 15:00～16:00

※ The latest and most detailed information is available on the Japanese page.We apologize for the inconvenience.

■To reserve a storyteller’s talk, please send an email to mimuseum@eos.ocn.ne.jp.

■Please make a reservation before the last day of the month, two month before you would like to visit. For example, if you would like to visit in May, please make a reservation before March 31th. Your understanding is requested, since we draw up a schedule at the end of each month.
If your visit is only for a Museum tour, you can apply even a couple of days before.

■Our storytellers are not always at our Museum. Please let us know if there is any change with the days and hours of your visit.

Masami Ogata Date of birth: Dec.1957 Minamata disease patient certified in 2007 Storyteller’s Group President Tsukinoura, Minamata city resident	Rimiko Yoshinaga Date of birth: Jun.1951 Myojin, Minamata city resident	Masafumi Takishita Date of birth: Jul.1956 Fetal Minamata disease patient Fukuro, Minamata city resident
Aiichiro Kawamoto Date of birth: Mar.1958 Mrs. Miyako Kawamoto and the late Mr.Teruo Kawamoto’s son Vice-President of Storyteller’s Group Detsuki, Minamata city resident	Hajime Sugimoto Date of birth: Jun.1961 The late Mrs. Eiko Sugimoto and the late Mr.Takeshi Sugimoto’s son Vice-President of Storyteller’s Group Fukuro, Minamata city resident	Kenji Nagamoto Date of birth: Sep.1959 Fetal Minamata disease patient Myojin, Minamata city residentt
Ayuko Minami Date of birth: Aug.1943 Shiohama-cho, Minamata city resident Currently, her activities as a storyteller are on hiatus	Eiko Ueno Date of birth: Nov.1927 Minamata disease patient certified in 1972 Fukuro, Minamata city resident Currently, her activities as a storyteller are on hiatus	Miyako Kawamoto Date of birth: Sep.1930 The late Mr.Teruo Kawamoto’s wife Tsukinoura, Minamata city resident Currently, her activities as a storyteller are on hiatus
Tsuginori Hamamoto Date of birth: Jan.1936 Minamata disease patient certified in 1970 Tsukinoura, Minamata city resident Currently, his activities as a storyteller are on hiatus