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Lake Tateshina, near the villa where Ozu spent the last years of his life. (© Kodera Kei)
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The entrance to the villa Mugeisō. (© Kodera Kei)
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The interior of the villa. In the background, Fujimori Mitsuyoshi, seated in front of the fireplace, tells stories about Ozu Yasujirō. (© Kodera Kei)
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Interior of the rebuilt Shin-Unkosō villa, where the archive of the Tateshina Diaries is housed. (© Kodera Kei)
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The archive of the Tateshina Diaries and other documents, at the entrance to the Shin-Unkosō. (© Kodera Kei)
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A sign announces that this is the path where Ozu and Noda used to walk. (© Kodera Kei)
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Ozu and Noda sitting by the lonely cherry tree. (Courtesy of the Noda Kōgo Memorial Tateshina Writers Research Institute.)
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The cherry tree as it stands today, in the early autumn of 2023. (© Kodera Kei)
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Exterior of the Shin’yu Onsen. (© Kodera Kei)
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The interior of the hot spring lodge. (© Kodera Kei)
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The brewery still produces Daiya Kiku sake, Ozu’s favorite. (© Kodera Kei)
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Daiya Kiku launched a special commemorative bottle of sake to mark the 120th anniversary of the director’s birth. (© Kodera Kei)
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The camera Ozu gave his nephew, displayed in a small museum next to Chino Station. (© Kodera Kei)
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