Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum

The Osamu Dazai Memorial Museum (太宰治記念館, Dazai Osamu Kinenkan), also commonly referred to as Shayōkan (斜陽館), is a museum located in the Kanagi area of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

The museum is dedicated to the late author Osamu Dazai, who spent some of his early childhood in Kanagi. The building was built in 1907 by Dazai's father, who was a wealthy landowner during the Meiji period.^[1] The museum houses antique furniture and ornaments, as well as a collection of Osamu Dazai's works.

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Coordinates: 40°54′10″N 140°27′20″E / 40.9027°N 140.4555°E / 40.9027; 140.4555

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