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Ishikawa Modern Literature Museum, Literary museum in Hirosaka, Japan.

The Ishikawa Modern Literature Museum contains original manuscripts, writing drafts, and personal objects from notable Japanese authors within stone buildings.

Founded in 1968, the museum occupies the former book stacks building of the Fourth High School Memorial Museum of Cultural Exchange in Ishikawa.

Three regional literary figures, Izumi Kyōka, Tokuda Shūsei, and Murō Saisei, are featured through their manuscripts and personal collections in the museum.

The museum welcomes visitors daily from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM, with admission fees of 350 yen for adults and 280 yen for college students.

The museum preserves the engraved manuscript on the stone monument dedicated to Tokuda Shūsei at Mount Utatsu and Murō Saisei's first poetry collection.

Location: Hirosaka

Official opening: 1968

Part of: Fourth High School Memorial Museum of Cultural Exchange, Ishikawa

Website: http://pref.ishikawa.jp/shiko-kinbun/info/m-literature.html

GPS coordinates: 36.56250,136.65578

Latest update: March 10, 2025 18:13

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