1956 Yahiko Shrine Stampede

Name: 1956 Yahiko Shrine Stampede
Start: 1956-01-01

1 Jan 1956 · 37.71° N, 138.83° E

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When: 1 Jan 1956
Kind: Crowd crush
Coordinates: 37.71° N, 138.83° E
Description: 1956 human stampede in Japan
Deaths: 124

1956 Yahiko Shrine stampede

1956 human stampede in Japan

Just after midnight in the morning of 1 January 1956 a human crowd crush and stampede at the Yahiko Shrine in Yahiko, Japan, resulted in the death of 124 individuals and 75 others were injured.

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1956 Yahiko Shrine stampede

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