In which city did Kawabata Yasunari die?

Marina Apartment in Zushi City, Japan.

This is a 10-story high-end apartment with beautiful views of the Izu Peninsula and Sagami Bay from the windows. Room 417 on the fourth floor of the apartment is used as a studio by the famous Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari, Asia's second Nobel Prize winner for literature. He comes here once or twice a week. At 3 pm on April 16, 1972, Kawabata Yasunari came to the apartment again. At about 9:50, someone discovered the smell of gas coming from Kawabata Yasunari's room. Apartment manager Ebinuma Sadao and others opened the door and were greeted by a strong smell of gas. After entering the house to check, Kawabata Yasunari was found lying on the bathroom floor.

Soon after receiving the news, Kawabata Yasunari’s doctor, Honda Shohei, arrived. Although the writer’s pulse had stopped beating, Dr. Honda still administered oxygen. Hoping for a miracle, but to no avail. The scene

Tadao Isshiki, the coroner's medical examiner, later told a reporter from Women's Own magazine about the situation when he arrived at the scene:

"Kawabata Yasunari was lying on the floor with his head toward the tiled sink. , the right side is at the bottom. A rubber oxygen tube was inserted into his nose. After checking the spots, pupils, and subcutaneous bleeding, it was obvious that he committed suicide by inhaling gas.

The blood on his back became bright red. This is a unique symptom of gas poisoning. According to my on-site autopsy, it took about 4 hours to die, that is, around 6 pm.