"Wataruna" Hiragana road sign installed Gifu September 24, 13:05 for children to read
A road sign with the words "Wataruna" in hiragana was set up on the school road of an elementary school in Gifu City so that even small children could read it, and police officers watched the children go to school.
The hiragana road sign was installed on the school road of Torumei Sakura Elementary School in the center of Gifu City.
Until now, the crossing prohibition sign was written in kanji as "crossing prohibited", but in May last year, a car crashed into a line of nursery school children in Otsu City and 16 people were killed or injured. The agency has revised the order regarding road signs, etc. so that even small children can read it in hiragana.
The Hiragana sign has been installed on the school road of Tetsumei Sakura Elementary School since last month, and on the morning of the 24th, more than 10 people, including police officers and city officials, told the children, "Don't cross at the place of this sign." Let's cross the pedestrian crossing and the pedestrian bridge. "
A second-year girl said, "I can read it because it's hiragana. I can't cross where it says'Wataruna'."
Kikuji Miyauchi, Chief of Transportation, Gifu Naka Police Station, said, "It's easy to think that the signs are for drivers, but I also want pedestrians to be protected."