Center for Advanced Science & Technology HYOGO (CAST HYOGO)

The center was built for the aim to support scientific and technological activities in Hyogo by promoting the cooperation between industries, academic organizations, and governments.
It has a conference room, seminar rooms, accommodations, a restaurant, and so on. Even foreign researchers and engineers can stay here. International conferences and various kinds of meetings have been held here. The restaurant is open to all the visitors.

Spring-8

The Synchrotron Orbital Radiation is the artificial light which is produced by accelerating the electrons up to near the velocity of the light which goes around the earth 7 times per second.
From the Spring-8 facility we can get the artificial light which can be used for various kinds of experiments. The Synchrotron Orbital Radiation produced by Spring-8 has its wide applicability. For example, it can be used for the inspection and the therapy of cancer and heart disease, the investigation of probing the inner earth, and so on.

(Explanation of Spring-8)

After the explanation we heard from a staff of the Spring-8.
Electron wears particles of light like clouds in the sky. From the electrons running with very high velocities, the clouds are separated from them when they change their directions under the influence of magnetic field, and the clouds of light appear as the Synchrotron Orbital Radiation.
Synchrotron Orbital Radiation is a bunch of light, which consists of light with various wave lengths, ranging wide from the infrared region to the X-ray region with quite short wave lengths.
It is very bright light and it goes straight and reaches very far without any spreading and with no loss of its brightness.

School building

This is our Harima Higashi Elementary School. We have now 55 students on Sept. 1997. It is 3 years old from its opening. One of the most particular features of our school building is its wide central gallery space. We not only play there between classes, but use it as a place of our mutual communication. A lots of activities, morning gathering, reading contests, calligraphy contests, and etc. are held there. We have wide corridor and classrooms with open space. Another feature will be the dome-shaped roof of the gym.

Even if you see our building from far away, you can easily recognize it for its characteristic external appearance, the wide-spread layout of the school and the concrete wall of the building. It was designed by Tadao Ando, a famous architect.
Dynamic V-shaped pillars are well-matched with surrounding magnificent nature. Because of the small number of students we join together with Harima Kogen Higashi Junior High School in athletic meetings.
When it snows much in winter, we play outside with snow in the1st period in the morning.

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