Midori Ward's appeal through art (FY2020)

An art event was held online until January 31, 2021, where people can easily participate from a personal computer or smartphone at home.
Set in the wooden school building (currently Yamashita Regional Exchange Center) of the former Yokohama Municipal Yamashita Elementary School built in the middle of the war, we produced and exhibited art works utilizing blackboards and old agricultural equipment sleeping in the reference room. And video works were distributed sequentially on the event special WEB page (publicly closed).
In Google Street View <Indoor View> (outside site), you can see the inside of the museum where the art works are displayed in a 360-degree panoramic image.

From Saturday, December 5, 2020 (Saturday) to Sunday, January 31, 2021 (Sunday)

Yamashita Regional Exchange Center (1777-1 Kitahatsusaku-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama)

Anyone can participate.

Midori Ward's appeal through art, “Yamashita Gakusha Cultural Festival” Implementation Report (PDF: 4,312KB)

The Yamashita Regional Exchange Center, which was the venue, utilizes the wooden school building of Yamashita Elementary School, which was built in 1942, and is the only wooden school building of Yokohama City School. Building. Yamashita Elementary School is a historic school that was founded in the Meiji era as one of the oldest elementary schools in Yokohama.
Taking advantage of these roots, we revive it as a fictional school called "Yamashita Gakusha" and held an online art event to showcase local attractions (nature, agriculture, history, cityscape, etc.) to children and other "next generation".

• The meeting room (former library) on the first floor where the bookshelf remains, was used as a "staff room" during the Yamashita Elementary School branch school before the closed school.
• In this event, valuable materials and photographs stored at Yamashita Elementary School were exhibited, and were exhibited.Midori Ward HeritageHaLocal production for local consumptionHere are some of the initiatives.
• Local production and exhibition ended on Sunday, December 13, 2020 (Sunday).
  Google Street View <Indoor View> (external site)Now, you can see the work exhibition in a 360-degree panoramic image.

Staff room in branch school days

Current State (Meeting Room on the 1st floor)

• This event will be held in the hallway on the first floor.Children's WorksIt was exhibited.
  ※Local production and exhibition ended on Sunday, December 13, 2020 (Sunday).

Corridor in branch school days

Current State (2nd floor)

• The salon room (former Japanese-style room) was newly built in conjunction with the opening of the Yamashita Regional Exchange Center in 1989 (1991).
• In this event, we will hold the event.Collaboration between old farm equipment and artIt was exhibited.
• Local production and exhibition ended on Sunday, December 13, 2020 (Sunday).
  Google Street View <Indoor View> (external site)Now, you can see the work exhibition in a 360-degree panoramic image.

Current State (Salon Room)

• The cooking room was newly built in conjunction with the opening of the Yamashita Regional Exchange Center in 1989 (1991).
• It will not be used in this event.

• The recreation room was used as a "classroom" during the Yamashita Elementary School branch school before the closed school.
• It will not be used in this event.

Current State (Entertainment Room)

• The office was used as a "health room" during the Yamashita Elementary School branch school before the closed school.
• It will not be used in this event.

Health room in branch school days

• The wooden stairs that remain from the time of construction in 1942 (Showa 17) are still active even after about 80 years. It is a memorable place where many children went up and down.
• In this event, we will hold the event.Video work with dance and musicI made it.

Wooden stairs from branch school days

Current State (wooden stairs)

Wooden stairs from branch school days

Current State (wooden stairs)

• The reference room, which contains old agricultural equipment, was used as a "classroom" during the Yamashita Elementary School branch school before the closed school.
• In this event, we will hold the event.Blackboard artUsed as a production venue, the atmosphere of the classroom was reproduced by side with elementary school desks and chairs.Blackboard artYou can continue to view it in the archives.
• Google Street View <Indoor View> (external site)Now, you can see the work exhibition in a 360-degree panoramic image.

Classrooms in branch school days

Current situation (reference room)

• The middle conference room was used as a "classroom" during the Yamashita Elementary School branch school before the closed school.
• In this event, we will hold the event.Collaboration between old farm equipment and artIt was exhibited.
• Local production and exhibition ended on Sunday, December 13, 2020 (Sunday).
  Google Street View <Indoor View> (external site)Now, you can see the work exhibition in a 360-degree panoramic image.

Classrooms in branch school days

Current status (medium conference room)

• The library (former small meeting room) was used as the "Principal's Office" when the Yamashita Elementary School was branch school before the closed school.
• It will not be used in this event.

• The gateposts and gates of the school gate still exist in front of the closed school, leaving the impression of elementary school.
• In this event, we will be in front of the school gate.Light art work "Hikari no Fruit"It was exhibited.
• The exhibition of "Hikari Fruit" ended on Sunday, December 27, 2020 (Sunday).
  Google Street View <Indoor View> (external site)Now, you can see the work exhibition in a 360-degree panoramic image.

School gates (monposts and gates) in branch school days

Current state (monposts and gates)

Local production and exhibition ended on Sunday, December 13, 2020 (Sunday).
In Google Street View <Indoor View> (external site), you can see the exhibition of the work in a 360-degree panoramic image.

Using the blackboard that was sleeping in the reference room, graduates of the Prefectural Shiroyama High School Art Department in Midori Ward produced and exhibited art works. You can continue to view the blackboard art in the reference room.
In addition, we distribute the production process of blackboard art as a video work.

We produce and distribute video works with dance and music on the stairs of the former Yamashita Elementary School wooden school building and three nearby Midori Ward heritage sites.

The site of Nenbutsu Bridge on the Onda River、Koyamamura-dono-sama Jinya Site、Monument of Ukyonoshin Castle Ruins

Utilizing old agricultural equipment on display in the reference room, we produced and exhibited art works that convey the state of old agriculture and the thoughts of people with a connection.
In addition, we distribute the production process of art works as video works.

We produced a light art work "Hikari no Fruit", which combines a fruit bag used for fruit cultivation and an LED lamp, and exhibited it on the ground.
"Hikari no Minoru" was produced in a workshop in advance with children from nearby kindergartens and elementary schools.

Hikari's fruit

The results and works of community learning on Midori Ward and familiar areas were exhibited.

Yamashita Elementary School, Nakayama Elementary School, Nagatsuta Daini Elementary School

Poster for local specialty products (Yamashita Elementary School)

Sweet potato wreath, straw wreath (Yamashita Elementary School)

Daisuki Nakayama Town Exploration Map (Nakayama Elementary School)

Tsuda (Nagatsuta Daini Elementary School, Nagatsuta Daini Elementary School)

As a guide from Nakayama Station to the venue, the work was exhibited along the left bank of the Onda River (the confluence of Nakayama Ohashi-Umeda River) under the theme of "agriculture and creatures".

• From Saturday, December 5, 2020 to Sunday, December 13, 2020
  From 9am to 5pm each day
• Closed days: Sunday afternoon, 6th, Monday 7th, Sunday 13th afternoon

• Yamashita Regional Exchange Center (1777-1 Kitahatsusaku-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama)
  JR Yokohama Line/Municipal Subway Green Line Nakayama Station North Exit
  [Ride 3] Bus bound for Aobadai Station (Municipal, Tokyu, Kananaka) Get off at "Yamashita Elementary School" 2 minutes walk
  [Not. 4] Take the Yatsu Tahara circulation bus (municipal) "Hojuin-mae" 2 minutes walk
• There is no parking lot, so please use public transportation.

• We were able to see the production scenery and some exhibitions of art works using blackboards and old agricultural equipment sleeping in the reference room.

• From 16:00 to 18:00 on Saturday, December 12, 2020 (2)

• Yamashita Regional Exchange Center Ground

• The production scenes and video works of the works to be distributed online were compiled into short films, and screened multiple times on a 200-inch screen installed on the ground.
• Vegetable sales from Midori Ward (from 11:00) Finished as soon as sold out)
• Curry sales using vegetables from Midori Ward by Yokohama Local Production Support Store (11: 00-18: 00)

• About 200 people
  ※Free entry and exit. If the capacity is exceeded, admission may be restricted or replaced.

• When you arrive, please cooperate with "wearing a mask", "temperature measurement at the entrance", "hand washing and alcohol disinfection", etc.
• Depending on the situation of the new coronavirus infection, we will inform you on our website.