Born in what is now part of the city Machida near Tokyo, Yagi attended the Kanagawa Prefectural Normal School, then located in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, where he converted to Methodism and became attracted to the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore.
Yagi was born in what is now part of the city Machida near Tokyo. Yagi attended the Kanagawa Prefectural Normal School. He converted to Methodism. He became attracted to the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. The Kanagawa Prefectural Normal School was then located in Kamakura. Kamakura was Kanagawa prefecture.