School with nature

Hitachi City stretches along the Pacific coast and is the birthplace of the global HITACHI Group. The site is located in Nakazato, a district of Hitachi City, but can only be reached from the city center by crossing a mountain. The area was incorporated into Hitachi City because it once housed company housing for workers of Hitachi Mine, the predecessor of HITACHI. However, the Hitachi Mine is now gone and the Nakazato area is a lonely mountain village. KOUJI HORIUCHI KOUJI HORIUCHI KOUJI HORIUCHI KOUJI HORIUCHI Nakazato Elementary and Junior High School is a small combined elementary and junior high school built in its mountainous surroundings, with about 10 students per grade, but the number of local children alone wa... More