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    Visitors from outside

    Students from Friends International Work Camp (FIWC) made frequent visits to sanatoria since the time when they had few visitors, and maintained friendships with residents.

    1970, National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien, Okayama, Japan. More details
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    Title Visitors from outside
    Title(Original language) 園外からの客人たちと
    Year 1970
    Country Japan
    Location National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien, Okayama
    Genre Photography
    Owner National Hansen’s Disease Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    Copyright Kimiko Saito (wife)
    Note 療養所への訪問者が少ない時代からFIWC(フレンズ国際ワークキャンプ)の学生たちが度々療養所を訪れ、入所者たちとの交流を続けた。