Nakayama is in between Narita And Haneda International Airport

Shiensosha｜A Wooden House Once Hakushu Kitahara Lived

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The banks and shores along Edogawa River has been scenic spots. Many writers and poets has loved the lands. Hakushu Kitahara, a poet in Taisho and Showa era, lived in the area near the west bank of Edogawa River called Koiwa in Edogawa-ku after he had lived Kameiin Temple in Mama. He named his house 'shiensosha'. Now the house is standing along a tiny path covered with cherry trees beside the rose garden in Satomi Park gives some impressions of living in Showa era. You could see the rooms of the house when it is a fine day.
The scenic views at Edogawa river would attract many poets and writers. Hakushu Kitahara, Saneatsu Mushanokoji, Ogai Mori and Shotaro Yasuoka visited, and Sachio Ito wrote 'Nogiku no Haka' set in Yakiri district near Edogawa river. Rohan Koda and Kafu Nagai lived Yawata in Ichikawa city, the house of scenario writer Yoko Mizuki stands in Yawata too. 'the Path of Literature along Sakuradote' has many signboards to introduce many poets and writers related to Ichikawa city.
Why don't you visit Shiensosha?

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Shiensosha, The House of Hakushu Kitahara

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Shiensosha, The House of Hakushu Kitahara

The poet, Hakushu Kitahara who is famous for his book 'Karatachi no Hana (a trifoliate orange tree' and 'Sunayama (a sand mountain)' once lived in this house called Shiensosha by Hakushu himself in Koiwa in Edogawa-ku Tokyo for a year in 1916. Shensosha was dismantled when Edogawa River was improved. Ichikawa city was accidentally given Shiensosha by its owner Mr. Yuasa in Ichikawa city as his kindness donation, and the city rebuilt it in Satomi Park as it used to be because Hakushu Kitahara once lived in Kameiin Temple in Mama and he loved views around Satomi Park and the fields in Katsushka having related to Myriad of Leaves for thousands ages even though he lived in Koiwa.

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The Location and Access to Shiensosha in Satomi Park

Shiensosha in Satomi Park

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• Shiensosha has great accessibilities from both Narita and Haneda International Airport.
• From Narita International Airport, take Keisei-line and get off Konodai Sta, take minimally 45 minutes from Narita Airport. And also take Keisei Narita Sky Access line bound to Nippori Sta or Haneda International Airport and get off Shin Kamagaya Sta, transfer the line to Hokuso line bound to Nishi Magome or Haneda International Airport and get off Yakiri Sta.
• From Haneda International Airport, take Keikyu-line bound to Narita, and get off Konodai Sta. And also take Keikyu-line bound to Inba Nihon Daigaku (Nihon University) and get off Yakiri Sta.
• Take 10 minute walk from Konodai and Yakiri Sta.
• 3-9 Konodai, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba-ken

The Noted Scenic Spots in and around Satomi Park

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