is a neighbourhood located in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Annexed by the city in 1941, it borders the neighborhoods of Shimokitate on the east, Yanagida on the north, Tegata on the west and Sakura and Yokomori on the south that is bounded by Taihei River. Developed primarily in the post-World War II era, it is residential with commercial uses fronting prefectural roads #41, #28 and #62. The neighborhood is the location of the Akita University Hospital and Hiroomote Shopping Center.
Households and population YearHouseholdsPopulation159217307018159918874672,65920167,16014,095
As of 1 October 2016, there were 14,095 people residing in this neighborhood, which contained 7,160 housing units. AzaHouseholdsPopulationAkanuma111210Ienoshita454728Ikari185422Itabashizoe255498Obukuro45101Omaki267569Kito137226Kanisawa1741Kawasaki398722Konumafurukawabata142336Kondosekikoshi151344Kondosekizoe111212Suiko71109Takada138304Tsutsumishiki83159Tsurubemachi432829Doteshita293485Toyonoue111236Toyonooki354633Toyoguchi382938Toyonoshita159303Naganuma88188Nabenuma158391Nikaidutsumi127279Nukazuka371658Nozoe312616Hasunuma315558HIrune212333Hiroomote225492Futatsuya126252Miyata32109Yachioki79151Yachida328624Yanaisado320722Yashikida171317total7,16014,095
Schools Hiroomote Elementary School
Hiroomote Elementary School is a coeducational primary school located in Hiroomote, Akita City in Akita Prefecture, Japan, teaching children of aged 6 to 12 years. The school starts in April and ends in March, and the nickname is Hirosho. It was founded in 1874, and the school had its 140th anniversary celebration in 2015. The neighbouring places include an area of native forest named "Woods of Green Boy" as a part of Tegatayama. It is governed by the City of Akita Board of Education, and the staff is composed of a principal, an associate principal, classroom teachers and an administration team of staff, totally 42 persons. The principal from 2018 to 2020 was Kazuki Hoshino. The current principal is Tomoko Owada.
History The school was formed in a private house of Yanaisado, Hiroomote Village, Minamiakita District, Akita, on 3 November 1874 (Meiji 7). The former school building was located in Tsurubemachi, a current E-pal site. The school moved to its current location in 1977 and a new swimming pool was opened in 1980. The Hiroomote baseball club won prefectural titles several times under the reign of manager Tatsuro Tsuruta(鶴田達郎) in late 70's and 80's. The team was also coached by former Nipponham Fighters pitcher, Mikio Kudo. They have got 2-time prefectural gold medal at NHK School Choir Competition in 2007 and 2011, and 2-time prefectural champion of "30 persons 31 legs" race in 2000 and 2001. They also have in-hospital classrooms called "Himawari class (elementary school students)" at Akita University Hospital. Hiroomote Jidokan (広面児童館, children's center) is attached and it occasionally turned out to be a polling station placing ballot boxes.
Students, logo, uniform and school lunches As of 2019, the school has a roll of 550 students. The Hiroomote ES logo consists of "hiro" letter in kanji and three unhulled rice, which represents Virtue, Wisdom and Body. It does not have a compulsory uniform that must be worn daily except for gym clothes. Kyushoku (School meals) are prepared in the school kitchen, and provided in Hiroomote ES.
Curriculum Core subjects include Japanese Arithmetic Science Social studies Music Crafts Physical education Home economics English Source:
Sports day They have a "Hirosho Dai Undokai", Sports Day event in May, and the school is divided into red, white and blue teams, which compete in footraces, obstacle races, tamaire (a kind of basketball), and relay races. All grades participate in the half-day festivities, families join in to watch, to set up the tents, to cheer their children.
School shows and productions Hiroomote ES host a school play entitled "Gakushu Happyokai" every year at Hirosho Arena. This performing arts show had been called "Gakugeikai".
School trips and camps 11-year-old students usually have a stay & camp at Mantarame() of Taiheizan Resort Park located in the skirt of Mt. Taihei. This lodging training had been done at Omoriyama Boys' House() until 2002. 12-year-old pupils have their largest school trip to Sendai area.
No janitors Japanese primary schools do not employ janitors, and student have to clean it up themselves.
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Notable alumni Yukio Endo - olympic gymnastics gold medalist Hiroyuki Enoki - Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Featherweight Champion boxer Ayako Ito - announcer She also played basketball. Yuka Komatsu - alpinist Kazue Sannomaru - announcer
Principals Years Principal 1874-1886 seven Shuza 1886-1887 Keikichi Konuki 1887-1890 Heikichi Sakamoto 1890-1891 Tadataka Kinouchi 1891-1893 Naoji Shimoda1894-1897Kosuke Aoki1898-1909Yunosuke Matsuyama1910-1911Chozo Hirasawa1912-1913Masashi Sato1914-1916Kyukichi Goto1917-1918Yasushi Ono1919-1920Masashi Sato1921Toshio Ito1922-1924Uira Sato1925-1927Kikuji Sato1928-1929Isamu Negishi1930-1931Kikuji Sato 1932Etsujiro Matsuhashi1933-1939Tokunosuke Sugai1940Koji Masgi1941-1943Kuemon Sekine1944-1945Kinikazu Kondo1946-1948Saburo Kato1949-1953Yasuo Tan1954Masanao Miura1955-1956Kenji Takai1957-1958Masutaro Kagaya1959-1960Koichi Takahashi1961-1962Keijiro Shindo1963-1965Seike Nakayama1966-1967Yoshio Hiratsuka1968-1969Shigekichi Toyoshima1970-1971Takao Omori1972-1974Kinzaburo Tsuruya1975-1978Io Kikuchi1979-1980Hiroshi Konno1981-1983Nao Honda1984-1987Ryusuke Sasaki1988-1989Kiyoshi Horii1990-1994Yuichi Sakurada1995-1996Magoichi Sawaguchi1997-1998Katsumi Oishi1999-2001Masatoshi Saga2002-2004Makoto Hagawa2005-2006Yasuji Sasaki2007-2010Mari Sagawa2011-2013Shumi Saito2014-2015Yuriko Takahashi2016-2017Manabu Chiba2018-2019Kazuki Hoshino2020–presentTomoko Owada source:
Surroundings
Central Sports - co-founded by alumni Yukio Endo Taiheizan Miyoshi Shrine Akita University Hospital Tegatayama Bridge
Joto Junior High School
, referred to as "Joto" by most, is a public school in Japan. It teaches teenagers between seventh and ninth grades. Akita's Joto claimed its maiden title at Japan's National Junior High School Baseball Championship at Yokohama Stadium in 1982.
Shrines and temples Taiheizan Miyoshi Shrine Isurugi Shrine Honnenji
Public services E-Pal Joto Koban The second largest kōban in Tohoku Joto Fire Station Hiroomote Branch
Post offices Hiroomote Post Office Yashikiden Post Office Myoden Post Office
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