Editing Lafcadio Hearn (section)

===Museums===
The [[Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum]] and his old residence in Matsue are still two of the city's most popular tourist attractions. In addition, another small museum dedicated to Hearn opened in [[Yaizu]], Shizuoka, in 2007 ([[:ja:焼津小泉八雲記念館]]).

The first museum in Europe for Hearn was inaugurated in Lefkada, Greece, his birthplace, on 4 July 2014, as the Lafcadio Hearn Historical Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lafcadio Hearn History Center |url=https://lefkasculturalcenter.gr/en/lafcadio-hearn-history-center/ |publisher=Lefkas Cultural Center |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref> It contains early editions, rare books and Japanese collectibles. The visitors, through photos, texts and exhibits, can wander in the significant events of Lafcadio Hearn's life, but also in the civilizations of Europe, America and Japan of the late 18th and early 19th centuries through his lectures, writings and tales. The municipalities of [[Kumamoto]], Matsue, [[Shinjuku]], Yaizu, [[Toyama University]], the Koizumi family and other people from Japan and Greece contributed to the establishment of Lafcadio Hearn Historical Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lafcadiohearngardens.com/|title=Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens|website=Lafcadiohearngardens.com|access-date=27 July 2019}}</ref>

On a trip to Matsue in 2012, Professor Bon Koizumi (Hearn's great-grandson) and his wife Shoko were introduced to Dublin-based Motoko Fujita, a published photographer of ''The Shadow of James Joyce'' (Lilliput Press Ltd., Ireland, 2011) and the founder of the Experience Japan Festival in Dublin. Acting on the Koizumi's desire to reconnect with their Irish roots, Fujita then coordinated a trip for Bon and Shoko in autumn 2013, during which relationships to more Lafcadio supporters in Ireland were forged. Fujita's initiative led to the exhibition ''Coming Home: The Open Mind of Patrick Lafcadio Hearn'' at the [[Little Museum of Dublin]] (15 October 2015 to 3 January 2016),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coming Home - Lafcadio Hearn|url=https://www.littlemuseum.ie/coming-home-lafcadio-hearn|access-date=2021-06-14|website=The Little Museum of Dublin|date=7 October 2015 |language=en-GB}}</ref> the first time Hearn was honoured in the city. The exhibit contained first editions of Hearn's works and personal items from the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum. Professor Bon Koizumi was in attendance at the opening of the exhibition.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moran|first=John|title=Coming home – An Irishman's Diary on Lafcadio Hearn and Dublin|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/coming-home-an-irishman-s-diary-on-lafcadio-hearn-and-dublin-1.2379770|access-date=2021-06-14|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> Fujita initiated the planning of a Japanese garden in Hearn's honour, and in 2015 the [https://www.lafcadiohearngardens.com/ Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens] in Tramore, County Waterford opened. 

There is a cultural centre named after Hearn at [[Durham University]], where in 2022 a conference ''Lafcadio Hearn and the Global Imagination at the Fin de Siècle'' was held.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/english-studies/events/academic-year-2021-22/lafcadio-hearn-and-the-global-imagination-at-the-fin-de-siecle/|title=Lafcadio Hearn and the Global Imagination at the Fin de Siècle|website=durham.ac.uk|access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref>