Chuo-toshokan's special exhibition "Yokohama culture before the Great Kanto Earthquake: Lost culture and the people who supported it" will be held.

　In conjunction with the library school “Three Cultural Resources Loss by Yokohama in the Great Kanto Earthquake” (scheduled for August 3, 2019), Chuo-toshokan will exhibit materials focusing on Yokohama culture before the Great Kanto Earthquake.
　In Yokohama, which opened on the arrival of Perry, various cultures were built by the Taisho period. However, many cultural bases were lost due to the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 (Daisho 12). The Gatheza, where cultural activities centered on music in the settlements, the playhouse, one of the cultures of the common people, and the Noh Theater in Iseyama Shrine, were not rebuilt during the reconstruction.
　In this exhibition, along with the chronology created by the museum, the state before and after the earthquake, such as the playhouses, hotels, and Yokohama Station, which was the base of transportation, which supported the culture of Yokohama, before and after the earthquake, such as facilities and buildings lost in the earthquake, We will introduce you through postcards and other materials owned by the museum. It is a content that allows citizens to know about Yokohama culture before the Great Kanto Earthquake.