A statue of a boy modeled after an Olympic torchbearer stands in the schoolyard of Nago Elementary School. It was donated by graduates and parents the year after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It also commemorated the fact that the Olympic torch relay passed through Nago City.▼ It was named "Statue of Hope" with the hope that it would become a symbol of the school that illuminates the future.
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A statue of a boy modeled after an Olympic torchbearer stands in the schoolyard of Nago Elementary School. It was donated by graduates and parents the year after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It also commemorated the fact that the Olympic torch relay passed through Nago City.▼ It was named "Statue of Hope" with the hope that it would become a symbol of the school that illuminates the future.