Kobe City Museum of Literature

Kobe Literature Museum is part of the "Culture Creation City Promotion Plan" formulated by Kobe City for the revival of literature and art after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. The predecessor was the Kansai Academy built in 1904. The theme of the permanent exhibition at the Kobe Literature Museum is "Literary Landscape of Port Kobe". The original manuscripts, articles and literary works of 41 novelists, poets, and writers who have ties to Kobe after the Meiji era are displayed. "Kobe's Bookcase" of works, and "Kobe Literary Map" that introduces writers and their footprints. This is a great place for anyone interested in Japanese literature, especially Kobe literature.