The village is about 30 kilometers to the north of Sapporo, facing the Sea of Japan. We have many swimming visitors in summer, but in winter, we often suffer indescribable harsh coldness with zero visibility caused by a blizzard. Our school celebrated its 102nd anniversary this year. The number of the student is 37 and that of teacher is 10. The school is small enough to run with a very friendly atmosphere.
Children are tame and bright, always playing vividly in the school ground.
One of our unique club activities is that we took part in a nation-wide volleyball tournament this year as the representative of southern Hokkaido. We have been taking part in HBC children's Music Contest every year and have won a special award from the panel of judges. The most delightful thing was that the voice of the children was aired through a radio station. Now, I got information this time on the Terao Memoir through an electronics mailing list of the educational category and I made use of it as an educational material in our social studies for the sixth grade class. We have also provided our school with personal computers, and became accessible to the Internet from the school.