Soseki Botchan Monument
A stone monument to Natsume Soseki's novel "Botchan" on the east side of Dogo Onsen Honkan, set up in 2006 for the 100th anniversary of the novel.
A stone monument to Natsume Soseki's novel "Botchan" on the east side of Dogo Onsen Honkan.
According to the timeline in the Japanese Wikipedia article on Dogo Onsen, the "Soseki Botchan Monument" was set up in 2006 on the open ground east of the Honkan as part of the events marking 100 years since "Botchan" was published. A travel article by Kinki Nippon Tourist gives its location as Dogo Yuzuki-cho 4, in front of Shinrotei.
In a photo taken by a contributor on 21 October 2026, the monument bears the words "漱石 坊っちゃん之碑" and a passage of the novel carved as if written on manuscript paper.
Sources: Wikipedia, 道後温泉 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/道後温泉 / Kinki Nippon Tourist, tripa https://www.nta.co.jp/media/tripa/articles/fLYJe / On-site check (contributor photo of the monument, 2026-10-21) Last checked: 24 October 2026
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