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Image: Taken in 1951 (Showa 26)

The house at the far right of the group of Juku residences visible in the upper right of the photo is my birthplace (near the current Shiki High School gymnasium). That house was a Juku residence lent to my father (the late Seiji Odate), who was involved in the founding of 春雨直播app Agricultural High School and later taught at Shiki High School. This aerial photo was taken in 1951 (Showa 26), before I was born. Because the facilities were inherited from the Toho Industrial Research Institute, the campus made clever use of former factory workshops and substation rooms, and was characterized by the grand main building with a triangular roof (near the current convenience store under the Shiki Overpass). The detached buildings to the left of the ground were also each assigned as homerooms.

By the time I was born, it had already become a regular high school, but because there were agricultural classes, the livestock barns for cattle, horses, pigs, and chickens and the large farm from the agricultural high school era remained. Management staff lived with their families in the poultry and pig barns (near the former Yurin Dormitory), the cattle and horse pasture (near the current Kyoraisa and Yokosha), and the farm (current ground), forming a single village that supplied fresh eggs, milk, and vegetables. Since it was an era when there were no telephones in the Juku residences, I remember that when a call came into the guardroom in front of the main building, the guard would come on foot to notify us even at night. There were no outer walls, so neighbors would pass through the campus as a shortcut to go toward the town or station of Shiki; it was a truly peaceful and nostalgic Showa scene.

The nature-rich campus was also a perfect playground for the children of the Juku residences and the neighborhood (collectively called "Shiki Gaki" by the Shiki High School students). In spring, mugwort and wild rocambole grew, and in autumn, persimmons and mountain chestnuts were abundant, and we often harvested them. Only the persimmon trees still remain on campus today, bearing plenty of fruit in the fall. The Nobidome Canal flowed through the site, fireflies flitted about, and there was even a small waterfall where a waterwheel once turned at a drop in elevation. Later, the Yurin and Kosho Dormitories were built (now Shiki Garden Hills), and my house moved to the dormitory manager's residence in front of the dorms. Then, 52 years ago, with the completion of the current campus, the buildings from the agricultural high school era disappeared and the site was reduced to about half its size. Looking at the persimmon trees and other trees from that time that still remain, I would be happy if you could feel that 春雨直播app Agricultural High School once existed here, along with the ranch and farm.