#NCMGUKFGVQYPDGNQXGFD[EWNVWTCNRGTUQPU #UVTQNNVJTQWIJ#DKMQ %&-63%( Shall we take a trip down journey lane? Abiko City Office Secretarial and Public Relations Department 270-1192, 1858 Abiko, Abiko City TEL: 04-7185-1269 Abiko Guidebook A short trip to indulge your heart A stroll through Abiko This Is What the Town of Abiko is All About %&-63%( 3 Taste of Culture Abiko is a relaxing town that was once beloved by cultural persons. Waterfowl can be found along its waterfront. The town features a refined elegance similar to a city in some ways, and the countryside in others. You’ ll understand as your heart melts when you gaze out at the greenery and the waterfront while you aimlessly stroll about. As you stroll around, a pleasant feeling washes over you. Take a short trip to indulge your heart: This is Abi Road. Sojinkan Sugimura Shirakaba Literary A Town of Waterfronts Memorial 5 Museum 7 Former Murakawa Villa 8 and Birds 9 The Waterfront Town of Fusa: History of the Former Inoue Family Museum of Birds 11 Abundance of Nature 13 Development of New Fields 15 Residence 17 A Trip through Eternity 19 Gatherings in Abiko 21 Abiko Souvenirs 23 Abiko Guideposts 25 Tourist Information Center in Abiko Abiko Information Center(Abishirube) Here visitors can obtain information on Abiko that includes maps, informational magazines, and pamphlets. Through its concierge service, the center offers consultations on tourism information, plans Teganuma Park sightseeing courses tailored to each individual, and prepares course maps for people. In addition, it also offers open lectures and creates This is a park full of waterfronts and greenery that runs along Lake original maps. Teganuma, which is a symbol of Abiko City. You can view waterfowl right up close, and since benches have been installed you can spend a relaxing time One minute walk from the south exit of Abiko Station on the JR gazing out at Lake Teganuma. Miniture train and rental cycles are lent out, Joban Line and you can also enjoy boats and pleasure cruises. ☎ 04-7100-0014 Hours of operation: 9：00 – 18：00 26-4 Wakamatsu, Abiko City (until 20:00 on Fridays, Saturdays, and the day before national holidays) 1 2 Strollrolll throughthrrouughg thethe StS paastt vestigesvests igess ofof thethhe past Sojinkan Park Taste of Culture This is a park overlooking Lake Teganuma that is located on top of a hillock right by In the Taisho Period, Abiko was home to Muneyoshi Yanagi, Naoya Shiga, the rear entrance to the Sojinkan Sugimura and Saneatsu Mushanokoji of the Shirakaba school. These men have left Memorial. There is a stone tablet inscribed with a haiku by Sojinkan here. It reads: behind an enormous number of works. They would occasionally walk Tsukuba in sight down Hake Road, and there was one time when they rowed through Lake As I gaze through winter air Teganuma in a boat to discuss their dreams for the future. Many of the That is crystal clear landscapes that nurtured their dreams still remain in Abiko to this day. 2-4, Midori, Abiko City Why not search for the lingering vestiges of Taisho Roman style as you Sojinkan Sugimura trace back through their footsteps? Memorial See P5 Former Murakawa Villa See P8 Remains of the Jigoro Kano Villa Jigoro Kano, the founder of Kodokan Judo Kujikemichi National Route 6 (Mito Kaido) and an educator, built a villa in Abiko in Even the place names ♥ 1911. He also invited his nephew, have a stylish feel here Muneyoshi Yanagi, to Abiko. Moreover, he JR Joban Line Towards Tennodai→ purchased an enormous plot of land Abiko Station nearby and opened a plantation there JR Narita Line (Suiku Line, Narita Line) Towards Higashi-Abiko → Abishirube (Kano Koraku Plantation). Abiko Station South Exit Kotobuki 1-10, Midori, Abiko City See P2 1-chome Abiko Station Daiichi Elementary Nenokami Oban-dori Street Narabitsuka Entrance School Sanjuso Remains This is the remains of the residence of Muneyoshi Sojinkan Sugimura Yanagi, one of the key figures of the Shirakaba Memorial Nenokami Daikokuten school. The name Sanjuso (which means house of Midori 1-chome 卍 the three trees), is derived from the three ancient Remains of the Temporary Sojinkan Park Remains of the Residence beech trees that are believed to represent wisdom, Residence of Kosaku Takii Former Murakawa Villa fortune, and long life in the local region. Muneyoshi of Naoya Shiga was a thinker, aesthetician, and religious Remains of the Shiyakusho Abiko City Hall philosopher who gave rise to the Mingei movement. Jigoro Kano Villa He was the nephew of Jigoro Kano. (Closed to the Sanjuso Remains public) Tenjin-zaka Hill Shirakaba Literary Museum Abista front Wakamatsu Teganuma Park Miniture Abiko High School Remains of the Residence Bernard Leach Nedo Funato Green Space train of Saneatsu Mushanokoji Hake Road Monument Lake Teganuma Shinsui Plaza Morinosuke Lake Teganuma Promenade Abiko Farmer’s market (Abikon) Teganuma Park Main library Chiwaki (Abista) Monument “Hake” is a geographical name referring to …Recommended spots the terrain around a cliff, or the vicinity Lake Teganuma Remains of the Former Residence …Bus stop names of Saneatsu Mushanokoji around hilly and mountainous areas. Saneatsu Mushanokoji was one of the Wells on Hake Road central players in the launch of the where rain that has fallen magazine Shirakaba. He moved to a on the plateau permeates To Kashiwa City location overlooking Lake Teganuma A road that cultural and seeps out purchased by Naoya Shiga in 1916. persons from long ago (Closed to the public) walked down 2-21, Funato, Abiko City Remains of the Residence of Naoya Shiga Only the library of Shiga, who penned most of his Tenjin-zaka Hill Bernard Leach Monument works between 1915 and 1923, remains. The library Abiko used to be called the “Kamakura of the has a gabled roof and was part of the wooden home Bernard Leach was a British north” in the Taisho Period. Back then, that was designed by Shiga himself and potter who was deeply Sanjuso and Tenjin-zaka, a hill on which the constructed by Takazo Sato, a craftsman from involved in the Shirakaba fruit from the beech trees fell, were said to Abiko, in 1921. After being relocated, materials school and Mingei movement. have been greatly loved by the cultural from the initial structure of the library were reused 34 Abiko Shinden, Abiko City persons who gathered there. to restore it at this location. Shirakaba Literary Museum See P7 2-7, Midori, Abiko City 3 4 Sojinkan Sugimura Memorial StrollStS rolll throughthrrouughg thethe vestigesvests igess ofof thethhe pastpaastt At the end of the hallway was his salon, with a parlor measuring eight tatami mats inside, and a family room measuring six tatami mats in front of it. Camilias, which were a favorite of Sojinkan, were planted in the garden. Salon: Books related to journalism from the Meiji through the Showa Periods, which constitute Sojinkan’ s collection, have been The built-in bookshelves were commissioned to Takazo Sato, skilled artsian from Abiko. lined up. Sojinkan Sugimura was an international journalist who was active from the Meiji to the Showa Periods. He originally used this house as his second home, but after the Great Kanto Earthquake he moved to Abiko with his family, where he lived the rest of his life until his death in 1945. Camellia, one of his favorite plants, has been planted in the garden, as have trees that change color in autumn at pivotal points. Back then water flowed through the garden, and it is said This room was originally an open veranda. Back then Lake Teganuma that the Lake Teganuma scenery could be seen nearby. could be viewed from here. 2-5-5 Midori, Abiko City ☎ 04-7182-8578 Hours of operation: 9 :00 – 16 Closed: Mondays (or the next:30 weekday (entry until if this 16:00) is a national holiday), December 29 – January 3, internal organization days Entry fee: 300 yen for general admission, etc. The main building built when Sojinkan took up permanent residency in Abiko is now used as a museum. Having lived through the Great Kanto Earthquake, where he lost two children, Sojinkan requested that the architect build a structure with a light roof that would resist collapsing. 5 This path passed from the main building to the garden and on to the Sawa House on the property. The material comprising the outer wall has an impressive feel. 6 Featuring a collection of numerous materials related to the Shirakaba school, which played a leading role for contemporary Japanese art as a whole. An area for summer homes from the Taisho to Showa Periods grew up StrollStS rolll throughthrrouughg thethe on the banks of Lake Teganuma. We encourage visitors to not just look vestigesvests igess ofof thethhe pastpaastt Shirakaba Literary Museum around, but spend a relaxing time indoors. 2-11-8 Midori, Abiko City ☎04-7185-2192 Hours of operation: 9 Former Murakawa Villa Closed: Mondays (or the： 30next – 17weekday：00 (entry if this until is a 16national holiday), December 29 - January 3 ：30) Entry fee: 300 yen for general admission, etc. 2-27-9 Kotobuki, Abiko City Inquiries: Culture and Sports Section, Board of Education, Abiko City Design by Bernard Leach Hours of operation: 9 :00 – 16 Closed: Mondays (or the next weekday:00 if this is a national holiday), December☎04-7185-1583 29 – January 3 Entry fee: Free The covers for the 160 volumes of the magazine Shirakaba, from Volume 1, No. 1 published in 1910 to Volume 14, No. 8, are on display in the entrance hall. Annex – The rooms on the Lake Teganuma side have enormous glass windows, where furnishings from back at the time remain unchang ed.