Summer vacation is over, moving forward in Hiroshima and Kure Start-up type heavy rain Disaster area

Classes were resumed at 19 elementary and junior high schools on 20th in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, damaged by heavy rain in western Japan. According to the Hiroshima prefectural board of education, it is the earliest among public elementary schools in the prefecture. Since the school closed due to the heavy rain, we aim to finish the summer vacation earlier and secure class hours. Children's smile came back to school after a long absence.

Kureichiro Kohto (Odori) Small opened a second semester opening ceremony at a gymnasium where desks and shelves on water were stacked. Principal Tomoko Takahashi (56) said, "I think there are some inconveniences, but I hope that everyone will cooperate and let's ride," he invited the children.

The first floor of the school building flooded on the floor of 30 to 40 cm with heavy rain of July 6 to 7. The staff room and the science room were covered with mud, and the jail box was swept out of school. After that, it was closed, we borrowed the help of neighbors and withdrew the mud and we only did the ceremony ceremony on 20th July. Classes have been resumed for the first time in half a month. Ayaka Morishima, a 5th grader (11) said, "I'm happy to see my friend, I do not forget about disasters, I want to do my best in my studies and exercise."

Movements to speed up resuming classes also in other disaster areas. Eleven elementary and junior high schools in Ozu City, Ehime Prefecture, where massive flooding occurred, will make their schedule one week earlier and start the ceremony on the 27th. Elementary and junior high schools will also start class at the end of August at Yoshida-cho in Uwajima-shi, the same prefecture where mudslides have occurred one after another.

Meanwhile, in Okayama Prefecture Kurashiki-shi, Miyabi-cho, Okayama prefecture that flooded extensively, nine elementary, middle and high schools resume classes on September 3 as planned before the disaster. However, five schools that suffer great damage will "borrow" to empty classrooms etc. of another school. (Nitta Tetsushi)