Lafcadio Hearn's Former Residence

What it is

• A literary museum in Matsue City.
• Designated as a National Historic Site.
• Lafcadio Hearn lived here for six months in 1891.
• Originally a samurai house of the Negishi family.

What to see

• The main house, 158.36 square meters.
• Building dates back to the late Edo period.
• Site where Hearn wrote "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan."

Getting there

• Adjacent to the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum.
• Adjacent to the Tanabe Art Museum.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.