Impact on school excursions Shuri Castle Fire also changed the schedule on October 31 at 17:52
In response to the massive fire that occurred at Shuri Castle in Naha City, a high school in Yamanashi Prefecture, which was scheduled to go on a school excursion to Okinawa, including Shuri Castle from November, was able to review the travel itinerary. Being chased by
In Yamanashi Prefecture, 24 out of 27 prefectural high schools in the prefecture are scheduled to visit Okinawa on school excursions. Of these, 147 second-year high school students at Shirane High School in Minami-Alps, Yamanashi next month I visited from 5 days to 3 nights and 4 days, and was supposed to visit Shuri Castle on the last day.
In response to the fire at Shuri Castle, the teacher was led by a correspondence with a travel agency on the 31st at the school on the 31st, so she stopped visiting Shuri Castle and changed it to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum. about it.
Also, the school had been studying about the history of Okinawa Prefecture, such as the Ryukyu Kingdom period when Shuri Castle was built for two months until the school excursion, so it would be nice to have students looking forward to visiting The
Leading social studies teacher Katsuhito Nagata said, “Shurijou was in a fire, and the students seemed to be very shocked. It was.
Some schools were canceled just before
Some schools across the country were just before visiting Shuri Castle on school excursions.
According to private Eitoku High School in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture, more than 260 second-year students visited Okinawa Prefecture on a school trip for a period of 4 days and 3 nights from 29th. I was going to visit Shuri Castle.
However, after this fire, I stopped visiting Shuri Castle and instead visited an Okinawan experience facility.
Vice President Tadaaki Morishita, who led the students, told NHK's telephone interview that “Shurijo Castle is a building that symbolizes Okinawan culture, so I would like students to see it every year. Unfortunately, I would like the students to know the importance of protecting cultural assets at this event. "
Also, on the morning of the 31st, the students learned about the Shuri Castle fire on TV and smartphones, so they were worried about asking about future plans and being disappointed that they could not visit .