Morioka First High School

Coordinates: 39°42′48.4″N 141°8′30.7″E / 39.713444°N 141.141861°E / 39.713444; 141.141861

Morioka First High School
盛岡第一高等学校
Motto	忠實自彊・質実剛健
Established	May 13, 1880
Type	Public secondary, Co-educational
Principal	Kenji Chiba
Students	939
Grades	10-12
Location	2-1 Ueda 3chome Morioka-shi Iwate, Japan, Morioka, Japan
Campus	Urban
Colors	White
Website	Official Web Site
Main Bldg.

Iwate Prefectural Morioka First High School (岩手県立盛岡第一高等学校, Iwate-kenritsu Morioka Dai-ichi Kōtōgakkō^?), often abbreviated as Morioka Ichikō (盛岡一高), is a public, coeducational, university preparatory high school in Morioka city, Iwate, Japan. Founded in 1880, Morioka Ichikō is the second oldest high school in Iwate prefecture and one of the oldest in Japan. As of March 2008, it has 939 enrolled students.

Its logo stands for pine needles; each needle represents truth, virtue, and a heart of gold.

Motto

• faithfulness, effort (忠實自彊, Chujitsu Jikyō^?)
• sturdiness (質実剛健, Shitsujitsu Gōken^?)

Courses

• General Course, full-time
• Science and Mathematics Course, full-time

Club Activities

kyudo, kendo, baseball, football, judo, swimming, skiing, tennis, soft tennis, table tennis, climbing, basketball, badminton, volleyball, handball, rugby, track and field, softball, igo, shogi, ESS^{[disambiguation needed ]}, drama, chorus, chemistry, sadō, kadō, photography, calligraphy, newspaper, wind orchestra, biology, astronomy, fine arts, geography, literature, amateur radio, anime, simulation, dance

Student Activities

cheering, broadcasting, annual bulletin, student government

Access

• 18-minute walk from Morioka Station^[1]
• 5-minute walk from Kami Morioka Station

Academic Calendar

April

• Freshman Orientation
• Cheering Practice
• Entrance ceremony

May

• Athletic Festival

June

• Ball Game Festival

July

• Cheering Practice (specifically for High school baseball in Japan)

September

• School Festival

December

• School excursion

February

• Farewell party
• Cheering Practice

March

• Graduation ceremony

Public visiting day

• Astronomic Observation
• Class Observation
• School Festival, chalk festival (lit) (白堊祭, Hakua-sai^?)
• Athletic Festival

Notable alumni

• Koshirō Oikawa - admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and Naval Minister during World War II
• Kenji Miyazawa - poet and author of children's literature
• Kyōsuke Kindaichi - linguist
• Takuboku Ishikawa - poet
• Seishirō Itagaki - general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, War Minister and convicted Class A war criminal
• Mitsumasa Yonai - admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and politician
• Kodō Nomura - novelist and music critic
• Toru Kikawada - politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
• Takeshi Shina - politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
• Tokuichiro Tamazawa - politician of Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
• Keiji Kokuta - politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party
• Takuya Tasso - the governor of Iwate Prefecture
• Ryo Shuhama - politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet
• Hiroaki Tanifuji - the mayor of Morioka
• Shigeo Yaegashi - Olympic bronze medalist

References

1. ^ Access Guide 1

• 創立100周年記念誌 岩手県立盛岡第一高等学校

See also

• Iwate Prefectural Board of Education
• List of high schools in Japan

External links

• Iwate Prefectural Morioka First High School(Japanese)