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Lafcadio Hearn Residence
museum
Lafcadio Hearn Residence
小泉八雲旧居
4.1Est. 90Matsue, Chugoku
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Overview
The preserved home of Lafcadio Hearn, the writer who introduced Japanese ghost stories to the Western world.
Lafcadio Hearn lived in this samurai-district house while teaching English in Matsue and writing his legendary ghost story collections. The house preserves his study with a low desk (he was nearly blind in one eye), and the Japanese garden he loved. The adjacent memorial museum explores how a Greek-Irish writer became Japan's most famous cultural translator.
Local tips
Read 'Kwaidan' before visiting. Hearn wrote many of these ghost stories while living in this very house.
Practical info
- Japanese name
- 小泉八雲旧居
- Nearest station
- Matsue Station (JR Sanin Line)
- Payment
- Cards accepted
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