MAIN > Tourist Spots > Commemorative Library   The Commemorative Library is dedicated to the works of famous authors and poets who shared their love of Onomichi through their writings. It is devided into two main rooms, the first one for the authors (among them Fumiko Hayashi, Hitomi Takagaki, Michiko Yokoyama and Rifu Yukimoto) and another one for the poets (like Kenkichi Nakamura, Mutsu Yamashita and Jiro Aso.)   Although called a library, books cannot be borrowed here. Please go to the Onomichi Municipal Library to peruse the works of these famous writers. (Click here to access the Onomichi Municipal Library's web site.) Fumiko Hayashi   Fumiko Hayashi lived in Onomichi from the time of her elementary school years until she graduated from senior high school, in 1922. The work which brought her fame, “Horoki”, contains a famous line: “There is the sea. There is the sea. How I missed Onomichi's sea these last five years...”   It poingnantly evokes the author's feelings at seeing Onomichi, the city she once called home.   Hayashi penned many books, among which “Fuukin to sakana no machi”, in which the story takes place in Onomichi. Back
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