Hiroomote

Hiroomote Elementary School 秋田市立広面小学校
The school in July 2016
Location
Kanisawa 29, Hiroomote, Akitashi, Akitaken[6] 0100041 Japan
Coordinates	39°43′44″N 140°08′41″E
Information
Former name	Hiroomote Jinjo Elementary School　廣面尋常小學校 Hiroomote Kan-i Elementary School　廣面簡易小學校 Narayama Kan-i Elementary School　楢山簡易小學校 Hiroomote Jinjo Koto Elementary School　廣面尋常高等小學校[6] Akita City Kokumin School 秋田市立廣面國民學校
Type	Elementary school
Motto	緑と太陽の広小　[10] (School of greenery and sunshine)
Religious affiliation(s)	none
Established	3 November 1874 (1874-11-03)[6]
School board	City of Akita Board of Education
Principal	Tomoko Owada[11]
Headmaster	Hiroshi Kikuchi[6]
Staff	42[6]
Grades	1st grade-6th grade
Gender	Mixed
Age range	6-12
Enrollment	550[6] (2019)
Classes	21[6]
Education system	Japanese curriculum
Language	Japanese
Campus size	21,516 sqm[6]
Campus type	Urban
Mascot	Green Boy and Sun Girl[12]
Nickname	Hirosho
Rival	Higashi Elementary School
Newspaper	Koho Hiroomote[13]
Feeder schools	Akita City Joto Junior High School (1979-present) Akita Higashi Junior High School (1953-1979) Tegata Junior High School(-1953) Kubota Junior High School(-1953)
Website	Official website

Hiroomote Elementary School 秋田市立広面小学校 (Akitashi Public Elementary School, Akitashiritsu Hiroomote shōgakkō) is a coeducational primary school located in Hiroomote, Akita City in Akita Prefecture, Japan, teaching children of aged 6 to 12 years. The school starts in April and ends in March,[14] and the nickname is Hirosho. It was founded in 1874, and the school had its 140th anniversary celebration in 2015.[15][16][6][17] The neighbouring places include an area of native forest named "Woods of Green Boy" as a part of Tegatayama.[18] It is governed by the City of Akita Board of Education, and the staff is composed of a principal, an associate principal, classroom teachers and an administration team of staff, totally 42 persons.[6] The principal from 2018 to 2020 was Kazuki Hoshino.[19] The current principal is Tomoko Owada.[20]

The school was formed in a private house of Yanaisado, Hiroomote Village, Minamiakita District, Akita, on 3 November 1874 (Meiji 7).[6] The former school building was located in Tsurubemachi, a current E-pal site.[6] The school moved to its current location in 1977 and a new swimming pool was opened in 1980.[6] The Hiroomote baseball club won prefectural titles several times under the reign of manager Tatsuro Tsuruta(鶴田達郎) in late 70's and 80's.[21] The team was also coached by former Nipponham Fighters pitcher, Mikio Kudo.[22] They have got 2-time prefectural gold medal at NHK School Choir Competition in 2007 and 2011,[6] and 2-time prefectural champion of "30 persons 31 legs" race in 2000 and 2001.[19] They also have in-hospital classrooms called “Himawari class (elementary school students)” at Akita University Hospital.[23][24] Hiroomote Jidokan (広面児童館, children's center) is attached and it occasionally turned out to be a polling station placing ballot boxes.[25][26]

As of 2019, the school has a roll of 550 students.[6] The Hiroomote ES logo consists of "hiro" letter in kanji and three unhulled rice, which represents Virtue, Wisdom and Body.[27] It does not have a compulsory uniform that must be worn daily except for gym clothes. Kyushoku (School meals) are prepared in the school kitchen, and provided in Hiroomote ES.[28]

• Japanese
• Arithmetic
• Science
• Social studies
• Music
• Crafts
• Physical education
• Home economics
• English[29]

Source:[30]

They have a "Hirosho Dai Undokai", Sports Day event in May, and the school is divided into red, white and blue teams, which compete in footraces, obstacle races, tamaire (a kind of basketball), and relay races. All grades participate in the half-day festivities, families join in to watch, to set up the tents, to cheer their children.[31][32][33]

Hiroomote ES host a school play entitled "Gakushu Happyokai" every year at Hirosho Arena.[34] This performing arts show had been called "Gakugeikai".[35]

11-year-old students usually have a stay & camp at Mantarame(39°47′54.4″N 140°13′31.1″E) of Taiheizan Resort Park located in the skirt of Mt. Taihei.[36] This lodging training had been done at Omoriyama Boys' House(39°40′15.7″N 140°04′21.3″E) until 2002.[37] 12-year-old pupils have their largest school trip to Sendai area.[38]

Mantarame

Japanese primary schools do not employ janitors, and student have to clean it up themselves.[39][40]

Satellite view on 5 May 2019

• 
  New school building under construction in September 1975
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  September 1989
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  January 2008, Payphone booth was there
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  September 2009, Sports Day preparation can be seen
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  September 2017, Swimming pool was dismantled as students bathe at Central Sports Indoor Pool[41]
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  August 2019
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  Former Hiroomote Elementary School building site in Tsurubemachi (39°43′27.8″N 140°09′7.6″E)
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  Former Hiroomote Elementary School Playground in Tsurubemachi
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  Kobato Nursery was constructed on the northeast part of the former HES site 39°43′28.7″N 140°09′8.2″E)
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  Hiroomote in 1948
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  September 1962 (39°43′27.8″N 140°09′7.6″E)
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  September 1975 (39°43′27.8″N 140°09′7.6″E)
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  Entrance
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  School Badge and Motto Sign
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  Hirosho Arena
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  Flag hoist
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  Slide
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  Monkey bars
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  Swings
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  Horizontal bar
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  Hiroomote Jidokan
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  Payphone
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  Official Athletic Clothes
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  Summer Sports Clothes
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  Official shoe bag
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  Central Sports Hiroomote (39°43′37.5″N 140°08′57.9″E)
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  Central Sports Bag

• Yukio Endo　 - olympic gymnastics gold medalist[19][42][43][44][45]
• Hiroyuki Enoki - Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Featherweight Champion boxer[46]
• Ayako Ito - announcer[47]　She also played basketball.[48]
• Yuka Komatsu - alpinist[19][49]
• Kazue Sannomaru - announcer[50]

Yukio Endo in 1964

source:[19][11]

Kudo Sports

• Kudo Sports - School's official gym clothes available[51]
• Central Sports - co-founded by alumni Yukio Endo[52][53]
• Taiheizan Miyoshi Shrine[54]
• Akita University Hospital
• Tegatayama Bridge[55]
• DCM Homac[9]
• Super Drug Asahi[56]
• Tsutaya Bookstore
• Maxvalu Tohoku[57]
• Yellow Hat[58]
• Sano Pharmacy[59]
• Tsuruha Drug[60]
• Itoku Supermarket[61]

Joto Junior High School 秋田市立城東中学校
Address
Hiroomote Aza Nabenuma 17 Akita City 010-0041
Information
Established	1 April 1979 (1979-04-01)
School roll	523
Language	Japanese
Campus size	8,570 m2
Area	21,708 m2
Rival	Sakura Junior High School

Akita Municipal Joto Junior High School (秋田市立城東中学校, Akitashiritu Jōtō Chūgakkō), referred to as "Joto" by most, is a public school in Japan. It teaches teenagers between seventh and ninth grades.[62] Akita's Joto claimed its maiden title at Japan’s National Junior High School Baseball Championship at Yokohama Stadium in 1982.[63][64]

• Tadayoshi "Jumbo" Kawabe - professional baseball pitcher
• Shiho Hara - announcer