Roka Memorial Hall

Around Roka Memorial Hall, there're plum trees and bamboo forest.
This hall exhibits materials related to Roka Tokutomi who's a novelist in Meiji era.

Roka Tokutomi was born in Kumamoto, Kyushu which is in southern part of Japan.
He devoted himself to Tolstoy, Russian novelist in his young days. Actually, he went to Russia to see Tolstoy.

He came to Tokyo for university.
He started as a poet and his novel "Hototogisu (Little Cuckoo)" became a best seller.

He had lived here in his last 20 years.

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<The Nearest Station>

Roka Koen station on Keio Line (From Shinjuku)

<Admission>

Free of charge

9：00-16：30     Closed on Dec. 29-Jan. 3

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