Niigata (city), Japan

Japan

Niigata (city), Japan holds 44 Bunkabop connections with 7593 places across 10 topics, with nature, history, and landmarks forming the leading threads. The city shares many connections with Kyoto and Hiroshima, covering topics from earthquake science to industrial pollution. A 1964 earthquake of 7.5 magnitude struck Niigata, killing 29 people and causing widespread liquefaction. The following year, the Agano River was polluted with methylmercury from a chemical plant, causing the outbreak known as Niigata Minamata disease.

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