Great Hinamizawa Disaster: Difference between revisions

Content added Content deleted
m (1 revision imported: Main)
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox event
{{Infobox event
| date = {{start date|1983|06|21|df=yes}}
| date = {{start date|1983|06|df=yes}}
| time = 01:23 ([[Wikipedia:Japan Standard Time|Japan Standard Time]] UTC+9)
| time = 01:23 ([[Wikipedia:Japan Standard Time|Japan Standard Time]] UTC+9)
| place = [[Hinamizawa]], Japan
| place = [[Hinamizawa]], Japan
Line 8: Line 8:


The '''Great Hinamizawa Disaster''' was a catastrophic gas leak incident in the village of [[Hinamizawa]]. The village's entire populace was exposed to a mixture of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide and was completely wiped out overnight. The gas leak resulted in the permanent closing of visitation to the village.
The '''Great Hinamizawa Disaster''' was a catastrophic gas leak incident in the village of [[Hinamizawa]]. The village's entire populace was exposed to a mixture of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide and was completely wiped out overnight. The gas leak resulted in the permanent closing of visitation to the village.

The Great Hinamizawa Disaster does not happen on a specific day in each fragment, its occurrence ranges from June 21 to June 26.


The Great Hinamizawa Disaster first appears in {{higurashi}} in {{tatarigoroshi}}, however it can be presumed that the disaster occurs in the preceding chapters {{onikakushi}} and {{watanagashi}} shortly after each story concludes.

Revision as of 22:23, 7 April 2016

Great Hinamizawa Disaster
Time01:23 (Japan Standard Time UTC+9)
DateJune 1983 (1983-06)
LocationHinamizawa, Japan
CauseUnknown
Deaths~2000 (direct)

The Great Hinamizawa Disaster was a catastrophic gas leak incident in the village of Hinamizawa. The village's entire populace was exposed to a mixture of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide and was completely wiped out overnight. The gas leak resulted in the permanent closing of visitation to the village.

The Great Hinamizawa Disaster does not happen on a specific day in each fragment, its occurrence ranges from June 21 to June 26.


The Great Hinamizawa Disaster first appears in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni in Tatarigoroshi-hen, however it can be presumed that the disaster occurs in the preceding chapters Onikakushi-hen and Watanagashi-hen shortly after each story concludes.