津金学校を訪問

津金学校は、旧北斗市須玉歴史資料館から変更された。明治のはじめ、八ヶ岳南麓の山の中に建った洋風の小学校を復元し、昔なつかしい教室をそのまま体験できる博物館になっている。教室の机が懐かしい木製の机があります。理科室にあった天球儀やオルガン、昔の世界地図、人体模型、成績表、学級日誌など懐かしいものばかりです。その当時から、皆勤賞などもあったようで、その賞状も見られます。中でも、木張りの床は音を立て軋むのですが、その音がさらに懐かしいです。3階にある太鼓は、その当時のベルに代って使われていたそうです。

旧津金学校は、明治8年に完成し、この特徴的な藤村式建築は明治校舎とも呼ばれていました。これは当時の山梨県令であった藤村紫朗にちなんでつけられました。大正13年に明治校舎の隣接して大正校舎が建てられ、昭和28年に津金中学校が建築されました。（津金学校パンフレットより）１階には、カフェも食事もできる施設があり、時の流れを忘れさせてくれます。館の方ともお話ができました。とても親切な方でした。また、訪問したいと思っています。

TSUGANE SCHOOL

Tsugane School was changed from the former Hokuto City Sudama Historical Museum. 

A Western-style elementary school built in the mountains at the southern foot of Mt. Yatsugatake at the beginning of the Meiji period has been restored and turned into a museum. Visitors can experience a nostalgic classroom as it was in the past. There are wooden desks in the classrooms that bring back memories. A celestial globe and organ from the science room, an old world map, a model of the human body, grade reports, class journals, and other nostalgic items. There are also some certificates of awards for perfect attendance, which were given in those days. The drums on the third floor were used in place of bells in those days.

The former Tsugane School was completed in 1875, and this distinctive Fujimura-style building was also known as the Meiji School Building. It was named after Shiro Fujimura, who was the governor of Yamanashi Prefecture at that time. The Taisho School Building was built adjacent to the Meiji School Building in 1924, and Tsugane Junior High School was constructed in 1953. (From Tsugane School pamphlet) 

On the first floor, there is a café and dining facility that will make you forget the passage of time. I also had a chance to talk with the museum staff. He was very kind. I would like to visit again.