About This Video
Tonomura Shigeru is a famous Japanese writer. The Tonomura Shigeru House, or in Japanese Tonomura Shigerutei, is a beautiful traditional Japanese house with a little garden located in the heart of Gokasho Kondo. The house has been turned into a museum.
Tonomura was born in 1902 into a conservative merchant’s family in Shiga Prefecture and raised by devout parents who believed in Pure Land Buddhism. After graduation from the University of Tokyo with a degree in economics, he took over the family business as a wholesale cotton merchant.
This video was made in Cooperation with Shiga Biwako Visitors Bureau. Learn more about Shiga Prefecture at https://en.biwako-visitors.jp/
