Koshi Sakura No Aru Hi No Ohanashi Haiko No Kiki Wo Norikoe

[Machine Translation] Utsunomiya Shiroyama Nishi Elementary School was in danger of closing due to a decline in the number of students, but was miraculously restored thanks to a new principal with an attractive school reform policy, a united community that seriously worked on "Oraga School," and an administration that accepted the wish of the new principal. The Takako cherry tree in the middle of the schoolyard, which had begun to wither with the decline of the school, miraculously came back to life with the restoration of the school. Its graceful appearance, which could be called a repayment for its own life, still attracts many people.

宇都宮市立城山西小学校は児童数の減少により廃校の危機に陥ったが、魅力あふれる学校改革を掲げた新任校長と「おらが学校」を本気で取り組んだ地域の団結、そしてその願いを受けとめた行政によって奇跡の復活を遂げた。校庭の真ん中に咲く孝子桜は学校の衰退とともに枯れ始めたが、その復活とともに奇跡的に甦った。自らの命の恩返しともいうべきその優美な姿は、いまなお多くの人々を魅了している。