Local Secret · Nakacho / Koganei

Hake no Michi & Hake no Mori Museum はけの道・はけの森美術館

A secret strip of the Kokubunji cliff line in Koganei where springs seep out of the green slope ("hake"), feeding a hidden garden and a small art museum devoted to the painter Nakamura Ken'ichi. It is the setting of Ooka Shohei's novel Musashino Fujin.

About

The Musashino terrace drops sharply along a line of wooded cliffs, which locals in Koganei call "hake", where groundwater bubbles out of the gravel. The narrow Hake no Michi lane follows this cliff through quiet residential streets. Along it, the former home and studio of the Western-style painter Nakamura Ken'ichi is now Hake no Mori Museum and the Bijutsu-no-mori green space. It has a spring-fed pond, a shady woodland garden open free to all, and a small café. Ooka Shohei set his 1950 novel Musashino Fujin (The Lady of Musashino) along this slope. It's one of the most atmospheric remnants of old Musashino, and only locals seem to know it.

Highlights

• Spring water seeping from the wooded cliff line, called "hake"
• A free spring-fed woodland garden around the painter's former home
• Hake no Mori Museum's collection of Nakamura Ken'ichi paintings
• A quiet lane following the cliff, the setting of Musashino Fujin
• A small café in the old studio grounds

Tips

• From Musashi-Koganei Station's south exit, walk about 15 minutes south to the cliff.
• The garden is free. The museum charges a small fee and closes on Mondays.
• Continue west along the cliff line to Kokubunji's Otaka-no-Michi springs on a longer walk.

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Nearby

• Musashino ParkPark · 360 m away
• Nogawa ParkPark · 1.8 km away
• Sengenyama ParkPark · 2.0 km away
• Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural MuseumMuseum · 2.3 km away
• Koganei ParkPark · 2.5 km away
• Fuchunomori ParkPark · 2.7 km away
• Tonogayato GardenGarden · 2.8 km away
• National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, MitakaLocal Secret · 2.9 km away