Natsume Soseki Memorial Museum — Attraction in Tokyo

I was walking to the Kusama Museum on holiday for my first time in Japan and stumbled across the coffee shop attached to the museum in retreat from the crazy heat outside. Not only was I astonished at the quality of the coffee but also noted the museum itself for a destination on the way back from the Kusama Museum. When the day came to this, I was pleasantly surprised! The audio guide (available for free and in English!!!) is amazing. I’ve seen other people on google say that it’s good but really, I know more about this guy than me. Also the Japanese man in the recreation of Soseki-Sanbo was really nice. I had no idea what he was saying and just said ‘hai’ throughout his talking but still. Highly...

This was much better than I expected! The museum is well organized and informative. The audio guides are in various languages, and was awesome and free. You get a little coupon for the cafe, so we got some tea and cake which was nice too. I really liked seeing the first editions of his books, and the recreation of his work space. In the basement, there was a library and they had a few of his books in English too. Also, I liked that they planted a few trees and plants he liked, like a banana tree. Maybe the only one in Tokyo lol. Anyways, I learned a lot and enjoyed it so much. I went away wanting to read more...

*May-20: Museum, Peace, Calm down, Literature. Strength: You may read Soseki's whole life. Atmosphere is pretty and peaceful. Weakness: You can not read the dark side of Soseki especially his life in UK, anguish of financial hardness due to step parents, how he skipped his military duty and so on. Opportunity: You would read more Soseki's book after visit this museum. You can learn why Soseki is the great opener of Japanese 20 century's literature. Threat: You may wonder whether his reputation is exaggerated or not if you know...