Two windows of the national important cultural property "Former Gakuin Elementary School Shodo" in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture were found to have holes, and police are investigating on suspicion of violating the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
According to Chiba Prefecture, on the 25th of this month, there is one hole of about 2 cm in the window glass of the nationally designated important cultural property "Former Gakuin Elementary School Shodo" in "Chiba Prefectural Boso no Mura" that straddles Narita City and Sakae Town in Chiba Prefecture. The guard found it open.
In addition, on the 27th, another windowpane was found to have a similar hole.
According to the prefecture, the building was built in Yotsuya, Tokyo in 1902 as a lecture hall for the Gakushuin Elementary School, where children of the imperial family and Chinese families attended, and in 1945, it was relocated to the present Narita city in Chiba prefecture and is an elementary school lecture hall. Was used as.
Then, in 1973, it was designated as a national important cultural property, and since it was moved to its current location, it has become a valuable building that uses traditional Japanese wooden construction techniques while incorporating the design of Western architecture. It is open to the public and is also used for shooting dramas.
According to the prefecture, security guards are patrolling 24 hours a day, but since anyone was able to approach the building, the police thought that someone had made a hole by hitting something, and the culture We are investigating on suspicion of violating the Law for the Protection of Property.