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  • Birthplace of Natsume Soseki
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    Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Kikuicho 1
    The monument was erected in 1966 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Soseki, who was born on January 5, 1867, in what is now Kikui-cho 1. Soseki's father, Naokatsu, named the hill going up from the birthplace toward Wakamatsu-cho "Natsume-zaka," which is written about in his essay "Essay on Glass Door.
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