Old train car transformed into classroom, popular among kindergar

Old train car transformed into classroom, popular among kindergar

TOKYO, Japan - Students of Tomoe Kindergarten enjoy their classroom built out of an old train car. Tomoe Elementary School, whose unique teaching style was featured in the best-selling novel ''Totto-chan'' by actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, burnt down during the March 10, 1945 air raids on Tokyo, and only its kindergarten reopened. This file photo was taken on Nov. 2, 1948 in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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