The road from the station is paved with cute tiles with a cat on it to show the way. The museum is located about 10 minutes away from Waseda station. Being lead by a little human interest, I visited the museum on a sunny Saturday afternoon in June. I first read Kokoro (1914) in Japanese class and later went on to read “I am a cat” (1905) and other works. This museum goes a bit further, by building a reconstruction of Sōseki’s living room, full of books and other memorabilia. Literature is not a very visual experience, but stories can always be told through panels on a wall. Sōseki lived at this location during the last 9 years of his life. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birth, a new museum popped up in Waseda in 2017. Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916 夏目 漱石), one of the founders of modern Japanese literature, was born and raised in Tokyo.
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