Museum

Mori Ogai Memorial Museum

Address: 1-23-4 Sendagi, Bunkyo City, Tokyo
Area: Tokyo, Japan
Districts: Yanaka

Mon: 10:30–17:30
Tue: 10:30–17:30
Wed: 10:30–17:30
Thu: 10:30–17:30
Fri: 10:30–17:30
Sat: 10:30–17:30
Sun: 10:30–17:30
Hours: Last admission is at 17:30. Additional closures may occur for exhibition changes and according to the special calendar.
Price: Current special exhibition: ¥600 for adults; children through junior-high school age are free.
How to visit: A jacket is recommended because the exhibition rooms are kept cooler than outside. Visitors needing the accessible parking space are asked to contact the museum in advance.
Hours: Ticket required
Hours: About 30 min

Why it is worth the detour

The museum occupies Kanchoro, the former home where Mori Ogai spent three decades and wrote works including The Wild Geese and The Boat on the Takase River. Ogai also held poetry gatherings here that attempted to bridge rival literary groups, attracting figures such as Akiko Yosano, Takuboku Ishikawa and Mokichi Saito.

The Mori Ogai Memorial Museum is located in the former home of the renowned Japanese author Mori Ogai. It offers insights into his life and work, and the literary gatherings he hosted that attracted prominent figures of his time.

The people behind this address

Documented connections, not celebrity trivia.

Mori Ogai
Lived here
Ogai lived at Kanchoro from 1892 until his death in 1922.

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