History of the Society
Personal names whose readings could not be confirmed are given in Japanese.
- July 1969: The Najio Tanshikai is founded. President: Masao Ueyama; instructor: Mr. 長濃丈夫
- August 1969: The society's newsletter begins publication (editor: 木挽幸二)
- May 1970: Applies to the Najio neighborhood association for a subsidy
- November 1970: Begins taking slide photographs to preserve scenes of the village (in charge: 北野昭)
- January 1971: Visit to the Nose local museum
- January 1972: Holds a local folk tools exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- April 1972: Joins the newly organized Najio community center group
- May 1972: The newsletter is discontinued with issue No. 17
- February 1973: Submits a petition to the neighborhood association for the reconstruction of the thirteen-story pagoda of 木元寺 Temple
- March 1973: Field survey of the cinnabar pits at Minamiyama
- August 1973: Survey of copper mining remains in Kamakura Gorge
- August 1973: Begins lending out slides
- March 1974: Field survey of the Hirajiri area of Yamaguchi
- November 1975: "Local Paper Industry" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- November 1975: Bus tour to see Sugihara paper
- November 1976: The Bon-odori preservation society is founded (instruction: 大間米松)
- November 1976: "History of Najio" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- November 1977: "Games of the Old Days" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- November 1978: Slide show at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- March 1979: The collected folk and farm tools are delivered to the municipal museum
- November 1979: "Ceremonial Occasions" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- November 1980: "Nostalgic Annual Events of Our Hometown" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- April 1982: Publishes Najio no Nenchū Gyōji (Annual Events of Najio), 1,000 copies
- November 1982: "Family Crests and Everyday Culture" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- December 1982: Visit to Mangan-ji Temple
- June 1983: Visit to the excavation of the 上津島 archaeological site
- December 1983: Research trip to Echizen washi paper; six members stay at the Kotobukiya inn
- November 1984: "Najio Paper Industry, Part II" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- October 1985: The society's instructor, Mr. 長濃丈夫, passes away
- November 1985: "Farming Life in Najio" exhibition (elementary school gymnasium)
- July 1986: Bus tour to Kyōgyō-ji Temple in Tonda and Settsu Gorge
- November 1988: Presentation of dialect research at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- November 1989: "Najio in Transition" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- October 1990: Borrows part of the drum tower of the Najio Gobō temple to store the collected folk and farm tools
- November 1991: The Shiose Center opens
- November 1991: "Life in Our Hometown Najio" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- November 1992: "Life in Our Hometown Najio, Part II" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- April 1993: Bus tour to the Himeji Mitsuyama Festival
- March 1996: Monthly meetings move to the Najio Kaikan hall
- April 1998: Publishes Najio no Hōgen Tsuzuri (A Collection of the Najio Dialect), 1,000 copies
- November 1998: Najio Tanshikai retrospective exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- November 1998: Bus tour to the Echizen washi paper village
- June 1999: Visit to the Kansai University Museum
- November 1999: Receives the Hyōgo Prefecture "Tomoshibi" Award
- November 2000: "Wisdom of Everyday Life" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- November 2001: "The Rangaku School and the People of the 億川 Family" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- November 2002: "History of Najio Hachiman Shrine" exhibition at the Citizens' Culture Festival
- June 2003: Visits to 小童寺 and Raikō-ji temples
- December 2003: Publishes the Najio Rekishi Sanpo (Historical Walks in Najio) map, 10,000 copies
- August 2004: Visit to the Kohama museum
- February 2005: Visit to the Yamaguchi local museum
- April 2006: The local-history exhibition room opens at the Najio Kaikan hall, displaying old tools, with permanent corners for Najio paper and rangaku (Dutch learning)
- April 2007: The "Rekishi Tanbō" (Historical Essays) serial begins in the local seniors' association newsletter, written by Masao Ueyama
- June 2008: The exhibition room display is changed, centering on kimono
- April 2009: The display is changed to photographs
- April 2011: The photograph display is renewed
- March 2012: The "Rekishi Tanbō" serial closes after five years and 60 installments
- April 2012: Visit to the Sasayama burial mounds
- October 2012: Serves as guides for the Nishinomiya Tourism Association's "Machi-tabi Haku" program
- October 2013: Machi-tabi Haku guides
- December 2013: Publishes Najio Zatsujiki (Najio Miscellany)
- June 2014: Visit to the Tekijuku and Ryūkai-ji Temple
- November 2014: Machi-tabi Haku guides
- January 2015: Visit to the Higashikubo Tondo bonfire
- June 2015: Visit to 豪攝寺 Temple and the Kohama-juku museum
- January 2016: Guides for "Machi-tabi Nishinomiya"
- July 2017: Installs an information signboard, "Guide to the Muko River Gorge"
- November 2017: Guides for "Machi-tabi Nishinomiya"