Lafcadio Hearn's Old Residence and Memorial Museum
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Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum
Lafcadio Hearn is a writer well known for collecting Japanese folk ghost stories such as Miminashi-Houichi and Yuki-onna. The Japanese movie director Masaki Kobayashi adapted four Hearn tales into his film, Kwaidan, in 1964. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination.
The museum boasts about 200 display items out of over 1000 articles belonging to Hearn. The museum introduces Hearn's curious destiny- how the Greek-Irish got to live in Japan, how he lived in Matsue city and how he completed his works.
The museum boasts about 200 display items out of over 1000 articles belonging to Hearn. The museum introduces Hearn's curious destiny- how the Greek-Irish got to live in Japan, how he lived in Matsue city and how he completed his works.
Address | 322 Okudani-cho, Matsue-City, Shimane (Memorial Museum) |
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Phone | 0852-21-2147 (Memorial Museum) |
URL | http://www.matsue-tourism.or.jp/yakumo/ |
Station | JR Matsue Station |
Access | 15-minute ride by Lake Line Bus from JR Matsue Station, get off at Shiomi-Nawate bus stop and walk for 4 minutes |