The Meiji-era poetic genius, Takuboku Ishikawa, was employed here as a journalist in 1908. The newspaper office he worked in at the time has been rebuilt, and displays period materials.
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Cape Kiritappu
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Kushiro Art Museum
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Lake Kussharo
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