Hometown of Literature -A Map of the Monuments of Literature-

Yanagawa, the city of water, which is filled with poetical sentiment, has a lot of monuments of poems, lyrics and haiku poems written not only by a great poet Kitahara Hakushu and writers Dan Kazuo and Hase Ken all of whom are from Yanagawa but also by many other poets and writers who visited this city. One of the pleasures you can have in Yanagawa is to go and see those monuments, pondering over the times when those poets and writers lived.

• Monument of the Poem "Karatachi-no-hana"
• Monument of "Mizu-no-kohzu"
• Monument of the Lyric at the Rankan-bashi Bridge
• Monument of the Poem "Risshu"
• Monument of "Gosoku-no-kutsu"
• Monument of Kimata Osamu's Lyric
• Monument of the Lyric at the Mihashira Shrine Lavatory
• Monument of Mihashira Shrine Gionmamori
• Monument of Sakai Mokuzen's Poem
• Monument of Sukisaki Doi's Lyric
• Monument to Takahama Kyoshi
• Monument of the Lyric at Shinshohji Temple
• Monument of Ishibashi Teisuichu's Lyric
• Monument of Miya Shuji's Lyric
• Monument of the Lyric at the Fukuro-machi Pedestrian Mall
• Monument of Kinoshita Sankyushi's Poem
• Mortuary Monument to Dan Kazuo
• Monument of Unagi Kuyo (Requiem for Eel)
• Monument of Kimura Ryokuhei's Poem
• Monument of Hase Ken's Literature
• Monument of Kawano Seiun's Poem
• Monument of the Lyric at the Yahemon-bashi Bridge
• Monument of Kawano Seiun's Poem
• Monument of Matsune Toyohjo's Poem
• Monument of "Mizukaga"
• Monument of the Lyric at the Okinohata Suitengu Shrine Street
• Monument of the Lyric at the Dam in 2-chome, Okinohata
• Monument of the Yadomi Elementary School Song
• Monument of the Lyric at the Okinohata Daijingu Shrine
• Monument of the Poem "Kikyorai"
• Monument of Dan Kazuo's Literature
• Monument of "Machibohke"

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