Overview
Opened in 1873 and newly built in 1876 in quasi-Western style. An octagonal tower rises at its centre; it is a national treasure as school architecture.
About this place
The Former Kaichi School is a school building in the pseudo-Western style of the early Meiji period, built in 1876 (Meiji 9) in Honmachi 1-chome, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture (now Chuo 2-chome, Matsumoto), and later moved to its present site in Sawamura, Matsumoto (now Kaichi 2-chome, Matsumoto). It is widely known as a building representing elementary school architecture of the era of civilization and enlightenment. It was used as the school building of Matsumoto City Kaichi Elementary School until March 1963 (Showa 38).
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