111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - A girl (C) replies during an entrance ceremony in the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, as the sole entrant in April 2011, while six senior pupils sat around her. The school is to close in spring 2012.

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils clean a corridor at the 111-year-old wooden building housing the Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in December 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012.

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils play in the snow in front of the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in February 2012. The school is to close this spring.

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - A woman who used to teach at Fukiya Elementary School touches the keyboard of an organ, which has been there since the school's foundation, in the school's 111-year-old wooden building in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in October 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012.

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in August 2011 shows a woodblock print calendar, which has been created every year by pupils of Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, with their parents. The school with its 111-year-old wooden building is to close in spring 2012.

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows pupils' faces through a hole in the hall of the second floor of the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in December 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012.

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - A woman who used to teach at Fukiya Elementary School touches the keyboard of an organ, which has been there since the school's foundation, in the school's 111-year-old wooden building in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in October 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012. (Kyodo)

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - A girl (C) replies during an entrance ceremony in the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, as the sole entrant in April 2011, while six senior pupils sat around her. The school is to close in spring 2012. (Kyodo)

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in August 2011 shows a woodblock print calendar, which has been created every year by pupils of Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, with their parents. The school with its 111-year-old wooden building is to close in spring 2012. (Kyodo)

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils play in the snow in front of the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in February 2012. The school is to close this spring. (Kyodo)

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows pupils' faces through a hole in the hall of the second floor of the 111-year-old wooden building housing Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in December 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012. (Kyodo)

111-year-old school building

111-year-old school building

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils clean a corridor at the 111-year-old wooden building housing the Fukiya Elementary School in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in December 2011. The school is to close in spring 2012. (Kyodo)