Thursday, June 20, 2024
Hokuryu Town is located in the center of Hokkaido, in the northern part of the Sorachi region, and is a small town with a population of about 1,600. It is the town of the northern dragon, with a symbol of a sunflower that shines like the sun.
Hokuryu Town
Hokuryu Town Shinryu Elementary School
Shinryu Elementary School in this small town has a total of 62 students, ranging from first to sixth grade.
Play baseball during your lunch break with a glove gifted by Shohei Ohtani
At Hokuryu Town Shinryu Elementary School, children enjoy playing baseball for 15 minutes every day during their lunch break using gloves donated by Shohei Ohtani.
Baseball time started in May this year!
Along with Vice Principal Goji Kitagawa and other teachers, students from first to sixth grade are free to participate, playing batting and catch with bats, balls, and gloves.
Baseball play time filled with children's smiles and happy cheers!
With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers, we wish Shohei Ohtani, whose kindness towards children is conveyed through his glove, the joy and fun of baseball to the hearts of children, a wonderful time spent playing baseball.
Good luck! Fight!
I hope this reaches Shohei Ohtani's heart!!!
YouTube videos
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Shinryu Elementary School Website
◇ Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editing assistance: Noboru Terauchi)
![June 19th (Wednesday) 2nd grade "The Town Loves Exploration Team" ~ 2nd graders went out to explore Hokuryu Town. K'z, Kita Sorachi Shinkin Bank, Cocowa, Smile. They had fun and learned seriously at each store! [Shinryu Elementary School]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-06-20-7.30.46-375x270.jpg)
![June 20th (Thursday) - The whole school celebrated "Let's eat strawberries!" - These are the first strawberries of the year. Each student received a large, ripe, red strawberry. They were so delicious that everyone ate them with great joy. [Shinryu Elementary School]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-06-21-7.33.31-375x279.jpg)
