The image shows some of the devastation that Kumamoto City suffered as a result of intense bombing in 1945. Buildings that were well known at the time are marked in red. The Shiyakusho (City Hall) is the building marked on the far right. If we could see the castle, that would help us recognize this scene as being Kumamoto City but the castle had already been destroyed in the Seinan Civil War of 1877 and did not get rebuilt until 1960.
This image is from the following blog:
http://nasushoten.blog.jp/archives/8486354.html
I’m not sure if the exact same image is part of the display currently on view at City Hall (the downtown Shiyakusho) but I assume that many similarly interesting photos are. Here’s a Japanese web page from Kumamoto City’s site about the display:
http://www.city.kumamoto.jp/hpkiji/pub/detail.aspx?c_id=5&type=top&id=5917
It says that the panel display will be at the Shiyakusho until August 9th and then move to the Higashi Kuyakusho (East Ward Kuyakusho) until the 17th.
– Kirk
