Birthplace of Natsume Soseki
The monument was erected in 1966 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Soseki, who was born on January 5, 1867, in what is now Kikui-cho 1. Soseki's father, Naokatsu, named the hill going up from the birthplace toward Wakamatsu-cho "Natsume-zaka," which is written about in his essay "Essay on Glass Door.