Yokote Branch School, Kita Akita Branch School, Oga Namahage Branch School
The Yokote city, Kita Akita city and Oga Namahage city branch schools have been established in an effort to disseminate information fromAkita University throughout the prefecture and have a closer cooperative relationship with local communities.

Yokote Branch School

Kita Akita Branch School

Oga Namahage Branch School〈Opened August 5, 2009〉〈Opened November 17, 2010〉〈Opened September 30, 2013〉● The Center conducts projects topromote local culture and health,such as satellite sites for remote publiclectures and public lectures on healthinitiatives.
●Promotion of cooperative programs withelementary, junior high and high schools,
such as the “Mini Education Practice" forstudents who intend to become teachers.

● The class is aimed at youth sports teams, junior high● Making efforts to raise the level of
local education through projects thatencourage self-study and self-learningfor children, and organized visits to theFaculty of Medicine.
● We are aim to extend the healthy life
span of elderly citizens in Oga City,
by encouraging them to maintain andimprove their motor function.

school students as well as parents and guardians.
Using methods such as ultrasound scans, checks are
made on players’ bones and muscles, flexibility of
their arms, legs and core, and their athletic technique.
Based on this, advice and guidance is given on
stretching exercises and on sports technique.

● Offers science classes for elementaryand junior high school students.

●Contact013-0045 13-1 Minamimachi, Yokote City
At Yokote Municipal Auditorium●TEL 0182-38-8304●FAX 0182-32-7871●Contact●Contact: 018-3312 19-1 Hanazono-cho,

Kita Akita-shi Under the Kita-Akita City General
Policy Division●TEL 090-7063-6489

010-0595 66-1 Izumidai, Funagawa,Funagawaminato, Oga-shi
Oga city General Affairs Planning Department
Strategic Planning Section●TEL 0185-24-9126●FAX 0185-23-2424

Information Center
Here we have our current research and education projects on display,including regular exhibitions on the work of our prominent graduates (for example Tamezo Narita and Keishi Nagi). Also, various
events and concerts are organized by students and faculty members.

〈Main Items on Permanent Display〉●Introduction of Graduates

Tamezo Narita
A graduate of the Akita Prefecture Normal School(predecessor to the Faculty of Education and Human Studies). He left more than 300 outstanding
songs to the world such as “Song of the Beach”
and the “Akita Prefectural Song.” Surviving records
show that he began seriously studying composition
while attending the Akita Prefecture Normal School.

〈Admission Information〉●Opening Hours/10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
●Opening Days/Weekdays only (Entrance is free)

Keishi Nagi
A member of the second graduating class of theAkita University Faculty of Medicine. He continues towork as a doctor at the Saku General Hospital in Nagano Prefecture and also authors books. His works
include Medical Student, which is set at the newly
established Akita University Faculty of Medicine, andportrays the worries and conflicts of its main characters, 4 young medical students, and Diamond Dust,
which was the winner of the 100th Akutagawa award.

Tokiko Matsuda
Educated at Akita Women's Teacher Training
Institute (now Department of Education andHuman Studies), Tokiko Matsuda is a well published author and her 1966 novel "Orin Kuden",a series based on the life of her mother andthe people of Arakawa mine, received the 8thTamura Toshiko Award in 1968.

Information Center Exterior

Masatatsu Abe

Students in theOpen Space

A graduate of the Graduate School of Engineering andResource Science Department, Masatatsu Abe, is atrue adventurer, always heading wherever his dreams
may lead. Since leaving university, he has undertaken
many exciting adventures, such as cycling acrossSouth America and rafting down the Amazon River. For
his next adventure he is planning an expedition to theSouth Pole, following in the footsteps of Nobu Shirase,
an Akita Prefecture-born explorer of the South Pole.

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