Elegant trips down the Hozu-gawa River appeared in the literary works of Tsutomu MINAKAMI, Kyukin SUSUKIDA, Keigetsu OMACHI and Yukio MISHIMA, let alone "Gubijinso (The Poppy) " written by Soseki NATSUME.
この風流な保津川下りは夏目漱石の『虞美人草』を始め、水上勉、薄田泣菫、大町桂月、三島由紀夫など幾つもの文学作品に登場した。