Soseki Natsume and Shiobara Onsen
In a historical hot-spring resort or a long-established inn, you may see that "beloved by literary ink artists" as a description of advertising the city. You can see that old artists stayed in hotels and hot springs for a long time to write novels and draw pictures while also serving as hot springs.
"What an enviable ... I often think about what was the cost of living and money for that period, did you have a sponsor?", But when I look back on it, "When I visit a tourist destination for work, I don't see half of the goodness of the land in my eyes," I feel that people like me might think that even in hot-spring resort, which is supposed to be calm, might not be bothersome. Then, I think again, "I want to visit outside of work."
By the way, Shiobara Onsenkyo in Tochigi is also famous for its visit by famous literary greats. Soseki Natsume is one of them. Soseki's hot spring lovers are among them because they have been featured in various works, such as Ehime and Dogo Onsen of "Botchan", Kumamoto and Oama hot springs of "Kusamakura", Kanagawa and Yugawara Onsen of "Keiko". It may have been the best.
The other day, I saw a monument and description about Soseki that came to Shiobara Onsenkyo in Tochigi Prefecture.
・In 1907, he joined the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun and became a professional writer.
・Visited Shiobara in the first year of Taisho (1912). A trip of six nights and seven days from August 17th to 23rd.
The photos of Soseki that you often see (the photo at the beginning) seem to have been taken around this time. There is a mourner on my arm. (Inferred to be around 44 years old)
・As we get older, we tend to get sick, and have many diseases such as pulmonary tuberculosis, trahomes, neurodeficiency, hemorrhoids, diabetes, and gastric ulcers (in Shiobara's diary, stomach disorders are also described)
Soseki, who loves to see and draw pictures.
Also, what I personally considered valuable was Soseki's "a number of picture diarys". The picture diary describing the loneliness of studying in the UK is also famous, but you wrote a variety of other things.
Around 1905, before joining the Asahi Shimbun, Soseki actively created postcards and sent them to his students, friends and family. Soseki is a very naive person and often found to be difficult, but he also had such one side. (However, personally, I think this may change before and after the vomit blood at Shuzenji Temple in 1910 (similar to the novel's style).)
The picture is blurry, but I uploaded a postcard a little ...
These can be visited at Shiobara Monogatarikan in Shiobara Onsen. (Photographing is also possible)
In relation to Chuo-ku, Junichiro Tanizaki also has records and monuments of "Kurushio". This is another opportunity.