Kiunkaku
静岡県
A nationally registered cultural property where Dazai Osamu and Tanizaki Jun'ichiro wrote masterworks
Founded
1919
Type
Historic Site
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20 min walk from JR Atami Station
Showa-cho 4-2, Atami
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Historic Site
Founded 1919
107 years
Overview
A renowned villa called one of the three great villas of Atami. Famous as an inn loved by literary masters such as Osamu Dazai and Naoya Shiga. Beautiful Japanese-Western architecture.
Origins
Kiunkaku was established in 1919 when businessman Nobaya Uchida constructed it as a private villa on a hill in Atami. Uchida incorporated distinctive architectural elements including a Roman-style bathroom in the Western-style building, earning the villa a reputation as one of Atami's most remarkabl…
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Tanizaki Junichiro
Master of Japanese Aestheticism
Age 33 at founding
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Kiunkaku is renowned as a literary sanctuary where masters of modern literature, including Tanizaki Junichiro, stayed for extended periods and wrote numerous acclaimed works.
Dazai Osamu
Standard-Bearer of the Buraiha: Author of 'No Longer Human'
Age 10 at founding
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Kiunkaku is renowned as a literary sanctuary where masters of modern literature, including Dazai Osamu, stayed for extended periods and wrote numerous acclaimed works.
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