Nagasaki South Commercial High School

NSCHS is commonly known by the nickname "Nansho" which is short for south commercial. It is located on the side of a hill overlooking the fishing port of Mogi. Mogi is a peaceful suburb of 6000 people about 25 minutes away from  Nagasaki City. The area specialises in growing loquats, a small yellow fruit. The school was founded in the 60s as a high school specialising in commercial subjects. It reached it's peak in the late 80s with an enrolment of around 800 students. This has been steadily declining until the student population today is only 283. I don't quite understand why but Nansho is one of the least preferred schools in the city. This is a mystery to me because I think the school has excellent facilities and dedicated and caring teachers. Because it is near the bottom of the list of schools that junior high school students want to attend, Nansho seems to feel the full force of the Japanese decline in birth-rate.  But I have enjoyed my time here and have taken full advantage of the cable internet that the school has. The last three photos are of my junior high school and the beach near my JHS.

 The entrance of Nagasaki South Commercial High School Nansho_entrance.jpg (203184 bytes) The 3rd floor walkway that connects the buildings has a picturesque view of Mogi harbour. Nansho_classroom.jpg (184971 bytes)

This is my desk at school. Each year every teachers desk is moved to a different location. The more important teachers sit in the middle of the room. I am usually near the door

 teachers_room.jpg (192457 bytes) The view of the sports ground Students removing grass from the soccer "field".

We had some heavy snow in January. It was such a contrast to the sweltering summers. School was closed then of course.

 This is my island junior high school. It's quite a big school for 22 students. Cooking Thai curry at junior high school This is the beach near Ioujima JHS. It is the closest beach to Nagasaki City. It is busy in the summer but usually it is deserted.

Here is a satellite image of my school. You might have to download some application to see it but if you zoom out you can see exactly where it is in Japan. It's very interesting. 

And here is the official homepage of my school. If you don't have Japanese font installed on your computer it will probably look all messed up ...