Hoping for the preservation and revitalization of public documents (Toyohiro Hirata, 68, Director of Amakusa City Christian Museum, Amakusa City)

I went to the "Opening up Kumamoto: A Collection of Kumamoto Prefecture Official Documents Exhibition," held at the Kumamoto Literature and History Museum from January to March this year. Through these official documents, I learned about the founding of Kumamoto Prefecture and its major events, and felt the strong will of our forefathers who protected the official documents. In March, over 9,000 documents were