It was run from 1874 until 1995. the school didn't close down due to any tragic accidents or anything because the explorer found decorated banners that had "Sayounara" written on in, implicating that the school was closed down properly (may have been due to lack of students, as that is the most probable reason schools in Japan and shut down for).

I just started watching your videos and, since I've been in Japan for 8 years, I was surprised to see this just got up a few days ago. Makes me wish I could have been around to give a hand in translation. A few notes: 3:08 It says “Foreign Currency.” Guess they were showing pupils how foreign bills looked like. 5:48 Yeah, spiders get fucking huge here. Saw a phone booth near my place full of those last year. Potent nightmare fuel there, but nobody luckily uses those anymore. 6:08 Big characters: “ハ木 宙 参上” (“Yagi Sora was here,” but my reading of the name and interpretation could be off). In small: “Who are you?” 6:20 Don't know if it was the case here, but I do know someone who was renting space from a nearby closed school for storage. This could have been stuff left there for storage. 6:34 「ようこそみなみかわへ」 “Welcome to Minami-Kawa.” 8:00 「青梅」 “unripe plum” (Not sure why that's written there.) 8:05 「職員室」 “Staff Room”. 8:09 Flyer informing people that, starting September 2007, recyclable plastic should now be disposed in a specified plastic bag. 8:33 A placeholder to write the month, date, and day of the week. 9:55 I chuckled when I learned this was the “creepy” music. Many towns has that chime playing at 5:00 (or 4:30, or 5:30, depending on the place and season). Sometimes, it's accompanied by a recorded message. It's simply a message asking kids to go home before it goes dark and tell what time it is. The music is usually played on the town-wide speaker system. Hope this was informative. Keep those videos coming!

I live in Japan and I know what that music is so bacically Every Monday to Saturday at 5 o'clock there would be this music that will let you know that it's already 5 o'clock and people who works will preapre to go home ! thats it !!

Everyone is mentioning Corpse Party while I'm thinking it looks like something straight out of Gakkou Gurashi.

I love how respectful Josh is of the places he visits

I like how he respects not taking anything like the money he could've taken it and not cared but he puts it back so other people could come and see this is I love watching his videos

It’s really eerie when the melody starts playing and he said that the time was 4:44, which the number 4 in Japanese (probably also Chinese) pronounced same as death 「四/死」 (shi) . But as his companion explained, it wa probably on purpose though... With the location and situation, those kind of coincidence makes really good vibes :D

For those filipino watching this did you see our old money? The third one 3:23

That's weird on the black board it said あなたは だれですか Which means who are you....that's creepy

imagine instead of the music they heard like fucking skrillex

That place looks like that anime "Assasination classroom" the way how all the things was set up....

Compared to Aussies spiders that’s practically a baby 😂

Japan's population is actually decreasing and some junior/elementary schools have had to close, due to lack of students. If you look on KZfaq, you will find clips showing schools with one or two pupils left in the class.

Did u guys realize something about abandoned places in Japan? There is nobody there who vandalize, spray graffiti etc! They even respect those places, everything there was left clean! Japanese people are so great, this makes those adventures there much more interesting. So in love with this country. Greetings from Albania guys, keep yourself safe ♡

It's E class in Assassination Classroom hahaha 😂

The classrooms looks like the anime from Assination Classroom...

I love how respectful he is towards the school and its preservation, and how he gives information about the things the Japanese use that the US don't usually do (like the coat rack and the shoes, and the school slippers).

"spinning earth ball" you mean globe?

“Spinning earth ball” -Josh “You mean globe?” -Me

THE SWING SWINGING BY IT SELF Josh: Talking normaly like nothing happens 😂

The Japanese culture is to respect everything and so everything was left because they respect the spirits or something. I know a bit about Japanese culture but not much. I think it is beautiful

Maybe the kids haunting that place started playing the music cuz they figured you have seen enough and it's time for you to go home.

That's an old five peso bill, it's a coin now so that five peso bill is pretty rare. Just sharing.

this guy has no chill xD

dude the hallways in the school instantly reminded me of assassination classroom

At 6:06 it says "あなたはだれですか!" It means "who are you?!"

I live in Japan so when i move out you can explore my apartment

It really is a traditional Japanese School. In Japan, its common to have tea breaks and clubs, also Japanese people take their shoes of always and wear slippers, to keep everything clean. They're also quite strict about uniform and don't tolerate misbehaviour. Some schools in Japan have rules like, your not allowed to have a boyfriend/girlfriend and stuff

That money from the philippines for 5 peso bill. Thats so old. 5 peso here in the philippines is now transformed to coin. I like the fact that there are no vandalism in this school. I hope all abandon places are as clean as this. Its like frozen in time! They respect the place and their culture. And i love it l.

"never seen a spider that big before!!" burst out laughing cause u live in Australia😂🇳🇿

I like how you just explore these places and never take or touch anything. You are a very respectful person towards each country's culture. that's why I love watching your vids ;)

The science lab was gross. I just don’t like insects or bugs but loved the video massive respect to you for having respect with the items they had stored.

Josh: *goes to hundred of abandoned and haunted places* BRUH THERE'S A FUCKING BIG SPIDER HERE WE BETTER WATCH OUT Me: *facepalms*

1:37 why is the purple swing moving by itself???🤔

His respect for all the places he visits is so genuine, it’s amazing.

There was a purple swing moving while the pink ones were not. That scared me! The ghost kid was probably just having fun. It’s sad to know these kids are gone. I’m crying on the inside. :(

sorry to ruin everyting for yall but the swing was swingging because of josh he did it to take the viseo at 7:54 and he usually does his intro when hes done

Roses are red Violets are blue I'm happy I wasn't click-baited And so should you

thank u for giving the link of epidemic sound. I am loving the music collection it has got. Specially the acoustic ones 😍😍🤗😄

Great video Josh! I LOVE world globes too. I have a really nice gold one on a pedestal in my living room and my exchange students are always hypnotized by it! Keep up the great videos!! ❤️❤️

The school reminds me of the school from Wolf Children.

at 3:22 I saw a Philippine money year year ago, 5 pesos I think.

it's gorgeous josh, i am getting goosebumps from it

Awesome video Josh keep up the great work

spinning earth balls - Josh 2017

I've always loved *spinning earth balls*

at 1:36 the swing behind you started moving by itself

this school reminds me of an anime called "another" the school in that story was been abandoned too.

spinning earth ball? I think you mean globe Josh 😂😂😂

"Im actually living in anime life rn"

3:20 *what's an old singapore dollar note doing there* 😂🇸🇬

You're so good Josh you didn't get that stuff for others to see it too what a kind attitude, btw I'm your fan from Philippines

hey that's a Philippine 5 Peso Bill!! how did that get there? and it's really old too.

Dude that spider is so small, Look at the spiders we have got in Australia mate 😂

I saw the old 5 peso bill from our country how nice ❤

This is the first video of yours that I have watched and I love it

7:45 reminds me of an anime called 'Another', the scene where the girl falls down the stairs with the umbrella

9:55 YO THAT WAS ALSO OUR BELL ON OUR SCHOOL HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

pause at 6:07 the writings on the chalkboard says, "anata ha dare desu ka!" which means "Who are you!" so creepy lmao

5:40 they’ve never seen a spider that big? Hahahaha come to Australia.. I literally watched that like wtf that’s tiny?

Not to be mean or anything but, to me, Japanese schools look WAY better than ours even if it was abandoned like this one

"Nothing is big here in Japan" dead 😂

When I saw the corridor: ASASSINATION CLASSROOM 😂

The going home song played 8760 times since 1995

This looks like some shit straight out of Corpse Party. No thanks.

I don't why I thought of corpse party when I watched the video

I like that you put stuff back exactly how you found I respect that even tho I’m not Japanese and that’s why I’m subbed to you lol

I dont understand why, but I enjoy watching abandoned stuff, so thanks Josh 💚

The music you heard is informally known as the 5 o clock chime as they are played every day at 5pm to test that the municipal disaster broadcast system is working properly. This is a nationwide system used to quickly relay messages in case of disasters like earthquake and tsunami and they are a set of speakers mounted on top of a tall pole, most likely the one behind the tree at 10:53, hence why you thought it was louder upstairs. It is timed at 5pm as they thought if they are going to play a tune, it might as well serve a good purpose too as 5pm is the time that all kids should go home as it is getting dark. That particular tune is called "yuyake koyake". It is a Japanese children's song.

Dose anyone one notice the swing is moving and it’s getting higher and higher at 1:37

the reason why you love abandoned stuff is how i like car junk yards...every old stuff and place and things tells a story..people like old music and people like trying new foods....it tells a story...you cant help but think and want to feel how it was back in the day...and why the school was abandoned....abandoned things tells a lot of story my friend...that feeling of eagerness is part of the adventure..the thrill of exploration..to venture to the unknown despite the obvious known...you just want to hear the stories and you cant help but speculate of allt he things that happened and are sad that will never happened again tot hat particular place. it gives you that sense of empty feeling...and looking at abandoned things and places help but gives you story.

You should come to Australia and look for abandoned places here.

That's freaky, but I don't understand why they can't take the still useable stuff and donate it to other Japanese schools because some japanese schools don't have very much. And most of the things in this school were in good condition.

obviously these guys haven't been to Australia.

I like the way u and u r camera man focus on every thing neatly as most other KZfaq rs miss I want to thank u r camera man ....

Josh-- have you ever explored Australia?? That would be awesome to see and there are many many awesome places there to explore and not only abandoned buildings. Check it out bro !

3:23-3:26 OMG I SAW A 5 PESOS REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS, MONEY FROM PHILIPPINES, WHICH WE DO NOT USE ANYMORE. IT IS AN OLD PHILIPPINE MONEY OMG I'VE NEVER SEE ANY OF THAT.

"When you go into abandoned places, always put the stuff back where you found it..." *stops camera* ... *shoves money into pocket* .. (3:45)

As well as Japanese culture and stuff like that, I also love how it has so much mysterious stuff like this.

I find these videos interesting because I’ve always wanted to go to a school that was all indoors. All the schools I’ve gone to like Elementary, Middle, and Highschool have always been outdoors.

I wanna be just like Josh one day, and discover abandoned places, beautiful sculptures, I wanna explore, just like josh.

The swing was moving and nothing else was!!!!!!!

3:06! Yooo!! That green bill was probably the old 25 cents of the Philippines(my country) which is extremely rare to find it here so you probably should get those😂 idkw Big fan✋

Wanna see even bigger spiders? Come to Australia

this elementary school reminds me of the exact same one from an anime called corpse party! creepyy!

Those pianos looked like organ pianos, gotta use the pedals to get them to work

Josh is such a dork! Good video, though, it makes me want to visit Japan even more now

1:37 it freaked me out a bit that the swing in the background was swinging quite a lot but it could’ve been one of you or the wind

That "creepy Music"is a 4o clock BELL or a 5o clock BELL and I know that because I go to a Japanese school.😌

Where does this kid get all this money to travel like this

Just a regular school at Sunday? Everything is so clean and usual.

"There's money still left here, that's how you know how nice japanese people are." That or the fact that it's totally unusable for them😂 the money was from Singapore, the Phillipines, and the U.S.

hi Josh thanks for making another video because today is my Birthday and I am very happy

great job josh,,be careful.. shared

I just started watching this and I could watch this all day ..

how is that music still playing.. it almost 22 yeas old since the school closed, creepy man

1:38-1:45 the swing was moving on its own

“Avenge me of my death” - I love their writing, I don’t know what it says but I love it

The boys did an awesome job cleaning it up before leaveing.

If I head that creepy music in my school, I'd grab my things and Dashi Run Run Run from there