有島生馬記念館

Overview

The Arishima Ikuma Memorial Museum is a museum in the Kamijo area of Shinshushinmachi, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. It was created by relocating to this site the Kamakura residence of Arishima Ikuma, a noted painter and writer, a house known as the Pine Residence. It opened as a memorial museum in October 1982, preserving Arishima's memory through the very building he once inhabited.

Highlights

• ●A building relocated from Arishima Ikuma's former home, the Pine Residence
• ●A memorial museum that opened in October 1982
• ●A space connected to the painter and writer Arishima Ikuma
• ●A quiet museum in the mountain hamlet of Kamijo, Shinshushinmachi

History

The museum building was originally Arishima Ikuma's home in Kamakura, called the Pine Residence. This house was relocated to Kamijo in Shinshushinmachi, Nagano City, and opened in October 1982 as a memorial museum honoring Arishima Ikuma. For details of the exhibits and opening status, please check the official information of Nagano City or the museum.

Map

36.5719, 138.0209 · Wikidata

Suggested itinerary

1. 1Head from central Nagano City to Kamijo in Shinshushinmachi
2. 2Tour the relocated Pine Residence at the Arishima Ikuma Memorial Museum
3. 3Engage with exhibits tracing the life of Arishima Ikuma
4. 4Explore the surroundings while enjoying the mountain scenery of Shinshushinmachi

Did you know?

💡 True to its nickname, the Pine Residence, the relocated building is the very home in which Arishima Ikuma actually lived. The story of how a house so far from Kamakura was moved in its entirety to Shinshushinmachi to become a museum is a distinctive point of interest of this site.

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