Literature
Natsume Soseki
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Created here
Hebimichi
The Aizome River appears in his novel Sanshiro, preserving the waterway in literature after its physical disappearance.
Lived here
Natsume Soseki Memorial Museum
He lived at Soseki Sanbo on this site from 1907 until his death in 1916.
Commemorated here
Sanshiro Pond
He made the pond the setting of a pivotal meeting in his novel Sanshiro.
Lived here
Site of Natsume Soseki's Cat House
He lived in the house on this site from 1903 for approximately three years.
Follow the story on foot
These addresses are scattered across the city. Our routes and quests put them in an order that works.