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Lafcadio Hearn gallery opens in Greece

LEFKADA, Greece - Bon Koizumi, a great grandson of Lafcadio Hearn, a writer who devoted his life to introducing Japan to the West in the 19th century, speaks at the opening on July 4, 2014, of a gallery on the Greek island of Lefkada. Launched on the 110th anniversary of Hearn's death, the new gallery at Hearn's birthplace exhibits his memorabilia including a manuscript of "Kwaidan" (1904), a collection of old Japanese ghost stories and one of Hearn's most famous works.

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KWAIDAN

KWAIDAN Date: 1964

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KWAIDAN

KWAIDAN Date: 1964

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KWAIDAN

KWAIDAN Date: 1964

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KWAIDAN

KWAIDAN Date: 1964

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KWAIDAN

KWAIDAN Date: 1964

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KWAIDAN

KWAIDAN Date: 1964

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KWAIDAN

KWAIDAN Date: 1964

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KWAIDAN

KWAIDAN Date: 1964

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Tourists listen to storyteller during "ghost tour" in western Japan

Tourists listen to a storyteller at Matsue Castle in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on May 16, 2015, during a "ghost tour" to visit places mentioned in the story "Kwaidan" by Greece-born writer Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, better known as Koizumi Yakumo in Japan, who lived in various parts of the country until his death in 1904. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Storytellers point to stone turtle during "ghost tour" in west Japan

Female storytellers in traditional Japanese "hakama" costumes point to a big stone turtle as seen in this photo taken on March 24, 2015. The stone image is located midway in a "ghost tour" to visit places mentioned in the story "Kwaidan" by Greece-born writer Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, also known by the Japanese name of Koizumi Yakumo, who lived in various parts of the country until his death in 1904. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lafcadio Hearn gallery opens in Greece

LEFKADA, Greece - Bon Koizumi, a great grandson of Lafcadio Hearn, a writer who devoted his life to introducing Japan to the West in the 19th century, speaks at the opening on July 4, 2014, of a gallery on the Greek island of Lefkada. Launched on the 110th anniversary of Hearn's death, the new gallery at Hearn's birthplace exhibits his memorabilia including a manuscript of "Kwaidan" (1904), a collection of old Japanese ghost stories and one of Hearn's most famous works. (Kyodo)