関東大震災 朝鮮人殉難者追悼之碑

I read the book "September, on the streets of Tokyo". The unshakable massacre of the earthquake that was previously vague was embodied. I went to a nearby commercial high school that grew up in Azuma town (now Kyojima), which was a little after youth, but I did not know this monument. The station name will change from "Arakawa" to "Yahiro", but the era will continue, but we must not forget the genocide by such absurd sense of discrimination. In particular, the hate that distorts the history is rampant, which strengthens that feeling. Gassho.

It's a place I've been worried about since I read the book "September on the streets of Tokyo". Recently (Today is June 7, 2020) black discrimination has been attracting attention due to an incident that occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States, but I visited while thinking that racism remains persistent in Japan. It was

The sad, unforgettable history that has just happened in a place of calm now

Written remembrance of Koreans who were sacrificed at the time of Kanto Earthquake