We are to grope for the regional transformation unique to Hagi, looking back on the diligent, strenuous and affluent life of our hometown.
The island of Hitsushima (about the year of 1962)
The photo of all the people of the 10 families printed in “the Journal of Asahi”.
Tsuzuri Weaving, Mihaba Apron and Torinosu Backpack (about the year of 1960)
In the island of Aishima such things as Sakiori clothing made by weaving split cloth, and a wooden backpack made by reforming pine tree branches.
The Six Islands of Hagi seen through the eyes of Tsuneichi Miyamoto, a folklorist (1961)
The islands were filled with the voices of children all day long, so their parents had something to live for….They felt happy to be with their children, and could entrust their future dreams to their children.
(in cooperation with the Suo-Oshima Cultural Exchange Center)
The Hometown at the Bottom of the Lake (about the year of 1960)
The photos of the area sunken to the bottom of the Abu river dam taken by Masaji Kadokawa. Moreover, we’d like to exhibit the figures of “the remembrances of the dear places” which people of the sunken village collected.
