is a school located in

Seiyo, Ehime 270px, Kaimei Gakko 270px, Aerial view of Unomachi neighborhood of Seiyo 270px, Onogahara in Seiyo is a city located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 35,456 in 17627 households and a population density of 69 ...

, Ehime,

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, which was built in 1882, and is considered to be the oldest school in Shikoku. With its rare Giyōfū architectural style on kaimei school was designated as one of the important cultural properties of Japan in May 1997.開明学校　Kaimei School
– nippon kichi Today the school is a museum where 6,000 precious documents are stored and displayed including school textbooks in the

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through the early

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and documents on school administration.

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