Hakodate City Literature Museum

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Pushing open the door and stepping in, the air was filled with the warmth of paper, pens, and handwriting. Walking among bookshelves standing as straight as a young man, before long a line of the poet's verse seeps into the ear. Passing the glass case holding Ishikawa Takuboku's letters and drawings, the wind brushes past the hand as though lightly turning a page. Following those traces, a space unfolds where past and present are joined by the rhythm of poetry.