Literary walk through autumn foliage
This tour will show how Fujimi town was loved by many literary and historical figures.We will visit a beautiful forest which was once a summer cottage of a politician and poet, museum of Fujimi literature, park with monuments honoring Araragi poets, and incredible garden of Prime Minister of Japan who was famously assassinated in 1932.
Literary town Fujimi
This tour will show how Fujimi town was loved by many literary and historical figures.
We will visit a beautiful forest which was once a summer cottage of a politician and poet, museum of Fujimi's literature, park with monuments honoring poets created by the editor of Araragi magazine and local residents, and incredible garden of Tsuyoshi Inukai, Prime Minister of Japan who was famously assassinated in 1932.
* Araragi is the name of the leading magazine of tanka (Japanese short poem) active from 1908 to 1997. The poets of Araragi magazine often visited Fujimi town to write about Fujimi’s beautiful nature and ways of life in the countryside.
Duration
4 hours
(10:00 AM to 2:00 PM)
Walking distance
About 5 km
Level of difficulty
★☆☆
Where to park
JR Fujimi Station
The closest station
JR Fujimi Station
This walk has many interesting spots to see such as a massive summer house and garden (30,000 m2 ) in the center of town, museum exhibiting Fujimi's literary figures, and park made by one of the Araragi poets.
What to see around here
Fujimi Kogen Museum
This museum introduces literary figures who loved Fujimi town. Many of them visited Fujimi since the Meiji Period (1868-1912) and wrote about this beautiful country town in their literature, poem, and haiku.
Fujimi Bunsui Forest
This forest was the property of Chiaki Watanabe, Chief Minister in Ministry of the Imperial Household (1910-1914). Here, Chiaki built his summer cottage called "Bunsui-so." A poet Kihachi Ozaki rented this house for seven years since 1949, leaving numerous works praising the beauty of Fujimi's nature and rural life. The cottage is no longer here, but the forest has been opened to the public since 2012 as a nature park.
Autumn foliage in Fujimi Park
An Araragi poet Sachio Ito was so impressed by the beautiful autumn foliage here that he convinced the local residents to build a park here.
Hakurin-so
Former Prime Minister of Japan Tsuyoshi Inukai loved Fujimi's nature and built his summer cottage in 1924. Wishing to spend the last days of his life here in peace, he planted many trees. Inukai especially loved white birch trees, and he named this cottage after them. This large well-kept property of 30,000 m2 is incredibly beautiful, especially in spring and autumn.
This place is not open to the public. Only the participants of Ohisanpo tour can visit Hakurin-so.