Misuzu Kaneko Memorial Museum

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Located in Senzaki, Nagato City, this museum honors the life and works of the "young nursery rhyme poet" Misuzu Kaneko, who passed away at the young age of 26. Inside the building, which restored Kaneko Buneido (a bookstore) on the site of her birthplace, handwritten manuscripts and materials hinting at her life at the time are displayed. The "gentle and sharp perspective that cherishes everything," common to her poems, deeply resonates in the hearts of people living in the modern world worldwide. Around the museum, the townscape of Senzaki that she depicted in her poems spreads out, and her sensibilities breathe within the quiet air. It is a spiritual sanctuary of healing where you can touch love for small lives and the world of beautiful Japanese words.

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やまぐち映像図鑑 NO.063 金子みすゞ記念館［長門市］ | Kaneko Misuzu Memorial Museum [ Nagato-city ]

Yamaguchi Prefectural Tourism Federation

Misuzu Kaneko Memorial Museum

Address: 1308 Senzaki, Nagato-shi, Yamaguchi
Website: https://kaneko-misuzu.jp/
Operator: Kaneko Misuzu Memorial Museum

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