Thursday - 三富小学校

Taken from the top of the entrance ramp underneath the gym.

And now on to Thursday’s school, Mitomi Elementary School, which is about tied with Maki San for being the most remote.  This one feels more out in nature, probably due to the fact that it looks like Mitomi Sho is built into a mountain.  Also, this is the only school where I’ve seen any wildlife (a couple deer and a monkey) aside from giant insects.

All of my schools have swimming pools, which is apparently common if not universal for Japanese elementary schools.  Mitomi, however, is the only one that has an indoor pool, pictured here.

There are 59 students at Mitomi, 19 of which are in the 6^th grade.  I think the incoming first graders won’t have more than ten students, so it will be a smaller school next year.

I am always surprised by the artwork that seems to find its way into every school here.