Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan High School - Anecdotes

Anecdotes

  • The school yard hosts a descendant of Isaac Newton's apple tree.
  • The first headmaster Kumamoto Aritaka is said to be the model of the character Yamaarashi (Porcupine) in Natsume Sōseki's Botchan. Soseki himself has visited the school to observe its English classes.

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