Kyoikuto
The Kyoikuto, or the Education Tower (Japanese: 教育塔; or きょういくとう, literally "Education Tower") is a memorial tower located in Osaka Castle Park in Chuo Ward, Osaka City. It serves as a memorial for the victims of Muroto typhoon in 1934.
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Name
The name Kyoikuto came from Japanese word for Kyoiku (教育), which means education, and to (塔), which means tower.
History
On the morning of September 21, 1934, Muroto typhoon hit Kansai region. The typhoon strikes during school time, and many wooden school buildings were destroyed, causing the death of more than 600 children, and 25 school staffs. Immediately after the disaster, the education community in Osaka hopes that such a catastrophe will never happen again, and proposes the construction of a monument order to commemorate the children and the school staffs that dies in the disaster. The Imperial Education Council decided to build a monument. People from all over Japan responded to this call, including children, students, teachers and volunteers, and together, they contributed more than 320,000 yen for building the memorial tower. The tower is completed on October 30, 1936.
The construction of the tower took about 350,000 yen in total. The tower itself cost 175,000 yen, while the other expenses include ceremony expenses, preparation expenses, and etc. The tower was designed by Mr. Shimakawa Seiya, while the relief on the front of the tower was sculpted by sculptor Mr. Hasegawa Yoshiki.
Education Festival
The first Education Festival is held on October 30, 1936, the same day as the date of the completion of the tower and the Imperial Rescript on Education was issued. Since then, the festival is held on October 30 every year.