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Our guide
The Shizutani School in Bizen, Okayama, was a school for the common people, opened by the Okayama Domain in the early Edo period. Its Auditorium is a National Treasure.
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Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Shizutani school the hall and shosai — by Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Shizutani school stone gate — by Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Shizutani school library — by Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Shizutani school inside of the hall — by Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Shizutani school Confucian shrine and Shizutani Shinto shrine — by Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Shizutani school 10d — scarletgreen · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Shizutani at night 10 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Shizutani at night 04 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Shizutani at night 03 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Shizutani at night 02 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
The Shizutani School (閑谷学校, shizutani gakkō) was a school for the common people opened by the Okayama Domain in the early Edo period. It is located in Bizen in the Okayama Prefecture of Japan. The Auditorium (講堂, kōdō) has been designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the government of Japan as National Treasures in the building/structure category.
Visitor information checked: 2026-10-05 · 旧閑谷学校入場案内 - 特別史跡 旧閑谷学校（日本遺産）
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