In 2022 we visited Hearn's final home, where he died in 1904 as a family man and professor. He is a well-known figure in Japan, being the first Westerner to fully assimilate into the country and write about it in a way that properly explained (as best as he could) the country to the rest of the world.
We visited Hearn's preserved homes in Matsue and Kumamoto, his beloved vacation spot Yaizu, as well as Kyoto and related sites in Tokyo. And by chance we got to meet Hearn's great-grandson Bon Koizumi and his wife Shoko Koizumi, both of whom direct the Hearn Museum in Matsue.