Sanda Gakuen
Sanda Gakuen (三田学園) in Minamigaoka, Sanda City, Hyogo Prefecture, is a school whose junior high school main building of 1912 and 25th anniversary library of 1937 were registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties on September 2, 1998 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). They are owned by the Sanda Gakuen school corporation.
The Two Buildings
The main building, designed by the office of Aihara Hyojiro in Kobe, is a two-storey clapboard school in the Stick style with a segmental pediment over its central entrance and wings at both ends, said to be modelled on an English public school. The library on the hill to the north, designed by Oshio Akira, is in the Spanish style, with Spanish-tiled roofs, a triple dormer and a towered stack wing (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Each is described on its own page.
Visiting
They are owned by the Sanda Gakuen school corporation (Agency for Cultural Affairs). As school buildings, no official information on visits was found.
References
- Sanda Gakuen Junior High School Main Building (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00000744
- Sanda Gakuen 25th Anniversary Library (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00000745
Last verified: 2026.10.26
Basic Information
| Name | Sanda Gakuen |
|---|---|
| Location | Minamigaoka, Sanda City, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Owner | Mita Gakuen Educational Corporation |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Properties (2) |
| Coordinates | 34.87626, 135.21730 |
