Dazai Osamu Memorial Museum, referred to as 'Shayōkan', is the Dazai Osamu's birthplace, located in Goshogawara-city, Aomori.
It's a mansion with 11 rooms on the 1st floor, 8 rooms on the 2nd floor, storehouses and gardens, built by his father, a wealthy landowner during Meiji period.
It had been an inn named 'Shayōkan' for 46 years until 1996.
'Doma', a dirt floor, and 'Zashiki', a tatami room
Zashiki, tatami rooms
Garden with a pond
The garden as seen from 2nd floor
Its station has been a tourist spot because of coming out in the Dazai Osamu's novel 'Tsugaru'.
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