Aomori High School

Aomori High School
青森県立青森高等学校
Aomori High School; 青森県立青森高等学校
	New school building completed in 2006
Address
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	8-1-2 Sakuragawa; Aomori, Aomori 030-0945; Japan
Information
Type	Prefectural Senior
Established	11 September 1900
Principal	Shinji Shishikura
Grades	1st-3rd years Senior High School
Gender	Coeducational
Website	www.aomori-h.asn.ed.jp/English_index.html

Aomori High School (青森県立青森高等学校, Aomori Kenritsu Aomori Kōtō Gakkō) is a high school in the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Originally a junior high school named Aomori Prefectural Third Junior High School (青森県立第三中学校, Aomori Kenritsu Daisan Chūgakkō), the school was established on September 11, 1900.^[1]

Aomori Prefectural First Junior High School in Hirosaki and Aomori Prefectural Second Junior High School in Hachinohe were later renamed Aomori Prefectural Hirosaki High School and Aomori Prefectural Hachinohe High School respectively. Aomori Prefectural Third Junior High School in the city of Aomori was also renamed Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School.

The school later moved to the site of the former military camp where the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment involved in the Hakkōda Mountains incident was based. In the 1902 accident, 199 out of 210 soldiers on winter training exercises perished.^[2]

In 2000, one of the school's chairmen embezzled 34 million yen from the school's 100th anniversary funds.^[3]

Notable alumni[]

Osamu Dazai, writer^[4]
Tomohiro Katō, spree killer^[5]
Keizo Miura, skier and mountain photographer
Kyōichi Sawada, photographer^[6]
Shūji Terayama, writer^[7]

References[]

^ 沿革 (in Japanese). Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ Shigeyuki Matsunami. 国道103号 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ 生徒の教育環境を最優先に (in Japanese). Toonippo. 2004-03-18. Archived from the original on 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
^ "AOMORI CITY in Brief Report 2004". Aomori, Aomori. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ "Tokyo killer announced his intentions through SMS". The Australian. 2008-06-10. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
^ "展示室D前廊下澤田教一:安全への逃避(in Japanese language)". Aomori Museum of Art. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
^ "Shuji Terayama". Minato City Library. Retrieved 2008-07-21.