Jukambo National Museum

Moving reflection on Japan's "leprosy prevention policy"

Few visitors to Kusatsu onsen know that the town was once the site of a lively community of sufferers of what is now called "Hansen's Disease," that is , leprosy. From the late 1900s through 1942, th...

Negative の History を Directly

Original Text

People of Hansen disease who were once sacrificed by national policy and were brought to the heavy cell of Kusatsu from the whole country, and were virtually confined in the state of medical treatment. It is not forgiven by the values of this era, but I am not sure if I could criticize the country's rye disease policy from the front if I put myself in the social situation and medical knowledge of that time. The important thing is to keep an eye on the history of these tragedies and learn lessons from them. This museum faithfully holds a heavy prison during the war that does not exist now ...

Handle of Hansen's

Original Text

I happened to pass by on the way back from Kusatsu Onsen and stopped by. I went in with a light feeling with the intention of going home quickly, but I was surprised to know that leprosy and disgust and prejudice against patients were terrible. This museum is located on the premises of the current Kurio Rakusenen. However, it was not a museum of medical facilities, but a prison-like place where patients who tried to escape or were rebellious were pushed into and confined. Human rights neglect such as fear and prejudice against infectious diseases, forced quarantine and discrimination occurs from ignorance, and quarantine and reason ...

If you go to Kusatsu, you should definitely go.

Original Text

Kuriyu Rakusenen, a sanatorium for leprosy patients, is still in Kusatsu, but there is a heavy cell on the premises where leprosy patients who were wet because they committed crimes not only in the park but also from all over the country. It was. This is a museum where you can reproduce its history and contents, and listen to valuable exhibits and valuable testimony of former patients, and it is located in the back from the entrance of Kuriyu Rakusenen. I checked out the hotel and visited the time zone a little around 10 o'clock.

Visit れるべき venue

Original Text

If you don't know leprosy, I would like you to visit. I am amazed and tears overflow with how much suffering I have been given.