Welcome to The Museum of Fujimi Kougen

　The theme of this museum is "Nature in Fujimi heights and literature to the place", and writers connected with Fujimi are mainly introduced.
　The inside of the museum is divided into four sections as follows:

Fujimi fields and the poets of the "Araragi" school.

Fujimi fields was loved by the tanka poets of the "Araragi" 　school, and the meetings for creating a tanka poem was often 　held there. In the Fujimi park his own designed by Sachio Ito, 　a famous tanka poet, there are many monuments, for example,　 　the one of Sachio, Akahiko Shimagi, Mokichi Saitoh and so on. 　In this section, these poets' materials of "Araragi" school are 　always displayed. In this section, motion pictures on television 　also show you the information of "Araragi" school and Fujimi 　heights.

Writers who wrote their works on the scenes of the Fujimi heights sanitarium.

The Fujimi heights sanitarium is well-known in Japan　　　 　because the sanitarium's name has widely spread over　　　 　the country by Fujokyu Masaki, the first director of the　　　 　sanitarium, many writers and celebrities who were　　　　　 　hospitalized there, and through these writers' works.　　　　 　In this section, writers, mainly along with their works on　　　 　the scenes of this sanitarium, are introduced to you.

I lived in Fujimi fields and worked there.−Kihachi Ozaki −

Kihachi Ozaki, a poet, had lived in the "Bunsui cottage" for　　 　seven years since 1946. In a room of this cottage surrounded　　 　by forests, he wrote many poems featured in the collected　　 　poems "Loneliness in blossoms", which was one of his　　 　masterpieces, and many essays which described the nature of　　 　the Fujimi heights and living people there. And there he started　　 　his rich later years. This section always displays mainly　　　 　materials in the period of his stay in Fujimi. The introductions　　　 　of him by motion picture is also available in this section.　　　 [Kihachi 's ｐoem]

Writers (who wrote many works) connected with the Fujimi heights.

Many writers had visited the Fujimi heights for a long time　　 　and left their traces in various places of Fujimi.　　 　　Among these writers, Masuji Ibuse, Junzo Karaki, Torahiko　　 　Tamiya, Katai Tayama, Kouji Uno and so on, who created　　 　many works adopting the Fujimi heights as a subject matter,　　 　are introduced to you in this section.

The information for visitors

　◆Opening hours:9:30 a.m.through 5:30 p.m.(You can't enter this museum after 5:00 p.m.)
　◆The day closed: Monday, the next day of national holiday,the beginning and end the year
　◆Admission (entrance) fee:
　　Adult 300 yen (200 yen )/ Elementary and Junior high student 150 yen (100 yen)
　　*The number given in parentheses indicates the reduced fares of a party (group) of persons or more.
　◆Transportation (means of transport):
　　(It takes you) about three minutes to walk here after getting off at Fujimi station on the JR Chuo line.
　　/ about ten minutes drive to here from the Suwa-Minami interchange of the Chuo expressway.

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