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A children's writer's museum sunk into the ground with a grass roof, so as not to disturb the fields he wrote about.
About this place
Niimi Nankichi Memorial Museum is a memorial literature museum for Niimi Nankichi, established by Handa, Aichi Prefecture. In June 1994 (Heisei 6), Handa opened it to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Niimi Nankichi's birth and the 50th anniversary of his death, in Nakayama, the setting of the children's story Gon, the Little Fox. The building was selected through a nationwide competition hosted by Handa and the Aichi Association of Architects.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1994 Architect / artist：Yoshihiro Araya Highlights / collection：Semi-underground architecture, Materials on Gongitsune Genre：Architecture, Calligraphy
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