Official
poetry monument of Takuboku Ishikawa
The current Ginza 6-chome, formerly Takiyamamachi, Kyobashi-ku, had the company building of the Asahi Shimbun.
At present, it is a luxury hotel, and there is a song monument of Takuboku Ishikawa near the site.
Takuboku Ishikawa, who moved to Tokyo from Iwate Prefecture, joined the Asahi Shimbun in 1909 and worked as a proofreader for about three years until he died at the age of 26.
Alongside his work, he left many masterpieces such as the songbook "One handful of sand", "Sad toy", a collection of poems "Yokoko and Whistle".
In poetry monument
"In Takiyama-cho, Kyobashi
A newspaper company
It's a little bit of a light
Takuboku,"
The song is engraved.