The page of "Kanagi in Goshogawara City" as "Your Travel Destination in Japan"
now has been uploaded:
Kanagi is located in almost the middle of Tsugaru Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture,
surrounded by rice fields.
If you visit Kanagi, you will take a Tsugaru Railway train from Goshogawara on the Gono Line.
Old stations and scenery of rice fields from a diesel car made me nostalgic.
Kanagi is well-known as the hometown of DAZAI Osamu (1909 - 1948) , a very well-known novelist in Japan.
The house where DAZAI Osamu was born, is named "Shayokan".
It is located in the middle of downtown Kanagi.
"Shayokan" has blended Japanese and western architectures. Now, "Shayokan" is open to the public.
The picture shown in the below picture is the view of living room from the earth floor.
This area is the part of Japanese architectures.
On the otherhand, the entrance area including the stairs has western architectures.
This part of the house was used as the office of the bank which DAZAI's father run.
Because of the blended Japanese and western architectures, "Shayokan", the house where
DAZAI Osamu was born, was designated as an important property of Japan.
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英語版のサイトに青森県五所川原市・金木のページをアップデートしました：
金木は江戸時代に津軽平野の開拓の中心になった町で、ここに代官所が置かれました。
この金木が有名になったのは、金木出身の太宰治と彼の生家、"斜陽館"の存在でしょう。
訪れた際も多くの観光客が訪れていました。
"斜陽館"は和洋折衷の代表的な建築様式で、重要文化財になっています。
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