Osaka Human Rights Museum

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  • Address
    3-6-36 Naniwa nishi, Naniwa-ku, S of Minami
  • Phone
    6561 5891
  • Transport
    underground rail: Ashihara-bashi station on the JR Osaka Loop line

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The Osaka Human Rights Museum which goes by two names, is dedicated to the suffering of Japan's Burakumin people and other oppressed groups, including Koreans, the handicapped, the Ainu and women. The most fascinating exhibits deal with the Burakumin, outcasts in Japan's four-tiered caste system that was officially outlawed in 1879 under the Emancipation Edict issued by the Meiji government.