A museum dedicated to Eiji Yoshikawa — famed author of the samurai epic novel "Miyamoto Musashi" — in Ome, Tokyo, is facing closure due to low attendance, it says.
The museum is so far in the red that the Yoshikawa Eiji Cultural Foundation, which runs the Yoshikawa Eiji House and Museum, decided in March to propose donating it to the Ome Municipal Government as a last resort.
A spokesman for the city says it has been carefully scrutinizing the offer, including the financial burden it would have to bear. The foundation has not decided what it will do if Ome declines its offer, but it seemingly has no choice but to close.