Nitobe Inazo Memorial Park

5000 tons.

Original Text

Inazo Nitobe, which once appeared in the design of a 5,000 yen bill. It seems that this place was where he built the school. But now, there is nothing to see other than his statue, and it feels like a children's park.

One of the footprints of inazo Nitobe in Hokkaido

Original Text

Inazo Nitobe, also known for his portrait of 5,000 yen bills, is the site of the Sapporo Enyu Night School, a free private night education place for coeducational students, which opened in an old house for working youth in 1897. Under the leadership of Nitobe and his wife Mary, who were professors at Sapporo Agricultural School, students at agricultural schools were involved in education and local women also cooperated. The school was closed in 1931, and there are no buildings on the site that was now developed as a park, and the explanation board with the old photograph of the school building and the couple at that time, and the relief of the couple are ...