The Council, which aims to register the National Hansen's Disease Sanatorium as a World Cultural Heritage site in Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture, held a general meeting on the 13th and reported on the results of a conservation survey on valuable buildings that tell the history of human rights violations.
This council aims to register Nagashima Aiseien and Oku Komeien in Setouchi City as World Cultural Heritage in order to convey the history of the country's false isolation policy and human rights violations.
Approximately 20 people participated in the general meeting on the 13th, and experts reported on the results of the two buildings of Nagashima Aiseien, which are undergoing conservation surveys for registration as a World Cultural Heritage site.
Of these, when the inside of the "cell ruins" where residents were once trapped for punishment was photographed, eight rooms such as a prison cell buried in the soil may collapse, so a part of it was dug up. A plan to save it was shown.
In addition, the "containment pier" that was once hung on a remote island sanatorium has been proposed to reinforce the piers under the sea, and the council will propose it to the national government in the future.
Shinji Nakao, Chairman of the Nagashima Aiseien Residents' Association, said, "The cell was buried as an abominable building, but I want you to save it to convey the history of such a cell." ..