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■Tokiwa Elementary School (upper left photo)
Founded in 1873 (Meji 6). The school name is a name given in the hope that it was close to Tokiwa Bridge and that it would always grow young and forever like Tokiwagi (evergreen). Mosaic painting is a person who plays tennis.

■Hisamatsu Elementary School (top right photo)
Founded in 1873 (Meji 6). It is located in the commercial district of Nihonbashi, where kimono shops and booth wholesalers gather. The mosaic depicts boys and girls full of smiles on the earth illuminated by the sun.

■Nihonbashi Elementary School (lower left photo)
Jushi Elementary School, which opened in 1877 (Meiji 10), and Toka Elementary School, which opened in 1901 (Meiji 34), merged and was born in 1990. At the place where Nihonbashi Elementary School stands now, there was a Saigo Takamori mansion in the early Meiji era. Is the mosaic an Olympic and Paralympic athlete looking at the pigeons and rainbows symbols of peace?

■Kyobashi Tsukiji Elementary School (lower right photo)
Kyobashi Elementary School, which opened in 1909 (Meiji 42), and Tsukiji Elementary School, which opened in 1910 (Meiji 43), merged and was born in 1992. Nearby are Tsukiji Outer Market, Tsukiji Honganji Temple, Namiwa Inari Shrine, etc., and children grow up while being watched by local adults. The mosaic painting is two girls who enjoy basketball.

■Chuo Elementary School (upper left photo)
Tepposu Elementary School, which opened in 1877 (Meiji 10), and Keika Elementary School, which opened in 1901 (Meiji 34), merged and was born in 1993. The wonderful school building surrounded by greenery and trees has won the Good Design Award 2013. The mosaic is a figure in which children with different hair and eyes look around with a smile.

■Sakamoto Elementary School (top right photo)
It was established in 1873 as "1st National Sakamoto Elementary School in Daiichi Junior High School District 1". The graduates include writer Junichirou Tanizaki. The mosaic is two boys who enjoy soccer and a friend watching it.

■Tsukishima Daiichi Elementary School (lower left photo)
Opened in 1935 (Showa 10) as Tsukishima Daiichi Elementary School in Tokyo. It is the only elementary school located in the waterfront Harumi district of Tokyo, surrounded by canals and the sea. The mosaic is the two who challenge the badminton with a serious expression.

■Tsukishima Daiichi Elementary School (lower right photo)
Opened in 1906 (Meiji 39). It is built on the first landfill of Tsukishima, which was reclaimed during the Meiji period. The elementary school closest to Monja Street. Well, is the mosaic painting a sport climbing that will be held for the first time at the Tokyo 2020 Games?

■Akashi Elementary School (upper left photo)
Opened in 1908 (Meiji 41) as Akashi Hirone Elementary School in Tokyo. Akashicho, where the school is located, was a foreign settlement until 1899 (Meiji 32), but when the settlement system was abolished, Japanese people began to live and elementary school became necessary. The new school building, which was rebuilt in 2012 (Heisei 24), inherits the old design and is an elegant design that uses many aspects. The mosaic paintings depict several official Paralympic Games, including wheelchair tennis.

■Yasuaki Elementary School (top right photo)
It was founded in 1878 (Meiji 11) as Yasuaki Elementary School in Tokyo. The elegant Western-style school building along Miyuki Street in Ginza was built in 1929 as one of the reconstruction elementary schools after the Great Kanto Earthquake, and was designated as Historic buildings in Tokyo. It is also a alma mater such as literary writer Toya Kitamura, Toson Shimazaki, and Mitsuharu Kaneko. In the mosaic painting, I capture a boy jumping coolly on a skateboard.

■Tsukishima Daini Elementary School (lower left photo)
Opened in 1909 (Meiji 42). With the delivery of Kachidoki in 1905 (Meiji 38), traffic between Tsukiji and Tsukishima became more convenient, and the population increased rapidly. Tsukishima Daiichi Elementary School alone lacked classrooms, so this elementary school was built near Kachidokibashi. Mosaic painting is a person who shoots archery arrows. The composition in which the earth is the target is unique.

■Arima Elementary School (lower right photo)
Opened in 1874 (Meiji 7). It was founded by the donation of former Kurume feudal lord, Arima Yoriha, and was named Arima Ko. Mosaic painting seems to be like men's instrumental gymnastics.

■Toyomi Elementary School (upper left photo)
Opened in 1980 (Showa 55). Located opposite Harumi's athlete village across the Asashio Canal, during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the Brazilian team's Family and Friends Lounge (a place where athletes and others can interact with family and friends) It seems to provide a place for training such as warm-up and cool-down. The mosaic painting depicts the moment when judo's single spine is about to be decided right now. I hope you can see such a scene at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

■Akimasa Elementary School (top right photo)
Reiganjima Hirone Elementary School, which was destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake, merged with Echizen Hori Hirone Elementary School, and was born in 1927. Located in the middle of the Shinkawa district, it is a historic school with people who have been attending for three or four generations for parents and children. In mosaic paintings, athletics such as shot throws, spear throws, and hurdles are drawn.

■Tsukudajima Elementary School (lower left photo)
Opened in 1888 (Meiji 21) as Tsukudajima Hirone Elementary School. Genjiro Hosokawa, a fishery union on Tsukuda Island, played a central role in creating this elementary school in cooperation with the townspeople. Tsukuda Elementary School in Osaka, which was the origin of the name "Tsukuda Island", is a sister school. The mosaic will be surfing for the first time in the Tokyo 2020 Games.

■Joto Elementary School (lower right photo)
Kyobashi Showa Elementary School, which was born by the merger of Takarada Elementary School and Minamimakicho Elementary School, merged with Nihonbashi Castle Higashi Elementary School, and was born in 1962 (Showa 37). Due to the redevelopment of the Tokyo station square area where the school building was located, it is currently relocated to Sakamotocho Park. The new school building is in a high-rise building scheduled to be completed in 2021 (Ryowa 3). I'm going to move in. The school will enter on the first to fourth floors of the building, and the schoolyard will be properly built on the fourth floor. Mosaic painting is a "sitting volleyball" performed by athletes with lower limb disorders and upper limb amputation sitting.

■Harumi Daisan Park (South Triton Park)
1-8-14, Harumi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
4-minute walk from Exit A2a and b of Kachidoki Station on the Toei Oedo Line (Tsukishima Station side)
9-minute walk from Exit 10 of Tsukishima Station on the Toei Oedo Line, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line.