Gifu Prefectural Yoshiki Senior High SchoolGeneral Information
1. School’s surroundings and contact Information
Address: 1987-2 Kamikita Furukawa-cho, Hida-city, Gifu Prefecture 509-4212, JapanTelephone: 0577-73-4555 FAX: 0577-73-6475
E-mail: c27340@gifu-net.ed.jp
HP: http://school.gifu-net.ed.jp/yosiki-hs/

School buildings seen from the school field

A view of Furukawa Basin as seen from the school. Furukawa Festival, held in a historical district
every spring, is presently under application for World Intangible Cultural Heritage designation.

1The Historical District of Furukawa
In summer, you can see beautiful carp

The number of visitors from other countries

swimming in a canal.

has been increasing recently.

Furukawa Festival at night: an energetic

Furukawa Festival in the daytime:

Okoshi Daiko ( large Japanese drum)

beautiful festival floats marching through theparadetown

2. History
April 1948: Furukawa Town and six other villages obtained the approval of theprefectural governor for establishing a high school in Yoshiki County. The
mayor of Furukawa Town was appointed as the manager of the school. InNovember, Yoshiki High School (a day part-time course) was opened withthree courses: General Education, Agriculture and Home Economics.
April 1953: The management of the school was transferred to Gifu Prefecture. It wasrenamed Gifu Prefectural Yoshiki Senior High School and the new emblem
began to be used.
April 1973: A Science and Mathematics course was introduced. (The school wasreorganized into two departments: General Education and Science andMathematics).
November 1998: The school celebrated the 50th anniversary of its foundation.

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3. Course, department and enrollment limit
CourseDepartment
Enrollment
limit

Full-time
General Education

Science and Mathematics

2014 (third-year students)

n=120 (3 classes)

n=40 (1 class)2015 (second-year students)

n=120 (3 classes)

n=40 (1 class)2016 (first-year students)

n=120 (3 classes)

n=40 (1 class)4. School precepts“Unity of practice and study, initiative and creativity, and mental and physicalimprovement”

5. School emblem
Derivation of the “Design of Japanese Emperor Oak leaves”
On April 1, 1953, when the management of the school wastransferred to Gifu Prefecture, the current design was adopted. Threeof Japanese Emperor Oak leaves are combined to form the letter “Y”
and a Chinese character “高” meaning “high” is carved in relief in thecenter, standing for Yoshiki high school. Three pyramidal shapes
between the leaves symbolize steep mountains surrounding Hida city.
They also stand for goodness, truth and beauty, with the wish for the students’ pursuit ofthem.

6. Educational policy
Based on our school precepts, we aim to educate each student to be a well-balanced
person with knowledge, morals and physical health.
1) We develop students’ individuality and ability with respect to their autonomy, andhelp them become intellectual people with creative minds as well as practicalskills.
2) We produce people with generous hearts and healthy bodies.
3) We encourage students to live with confidence as independent and responsible
members of society.

3Students walking to schoolStudents in class

Volunteer work

Extracurricular sports4