Osaka Prefectural Shimizudani High School
| Osaka Prefectural Shimizudani High School 大阪府立清水谷高等学校 |
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2-44 Shimizudani-cho Tennōji-ku, Osaka, 543-0001 Japan |
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| Coordinates | 34°40′29.5″N 135°31′29.3″E / 34.674861°N 135.524806°ECoordinates: 34°40′29.5″N 135°31′29.3″E / 34.674861°N 135.524806°E |
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| Type | Public secondary, Co-educational |
| Motto | 愛と恕 Ai to Jo (Love and Sympathy) |
| Established | 1900 |
| Grades | 16-18 |
| Enrollment | 960 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | Official Web Site |
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Osaka Prefectural Shimizudani High School (大阪府立清水谷高等学校 Osaka Furitsu Shimizudani Kōtōgakkō?) is a prestigious Japanese public co-educational senior high school (secondary school), located in Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Shimizudani is one of the oldest high schools in Osaka with a history of over 100 years. The school was founded in 1900, and named as Osaka Prefectural First Girls’ High School (traditional Japanese: 大阪府第一高等女學校).
"Shimizudani" was named from a place of Shimizu (清水, which means "pure water" or "clear stream") and Tani (Dani) (谷, which means 'valley'), which means the place that the clear stream flows through.
Shimizudani High School is located on the northern part of "Uemachi Plateau" that is the center of Osaka from ancient times, and the South-West of Osaka Castle, and the south side of the Naniwa Palace. Therefore, it is said that there's "Suzaku Avenue" under the Shimizudani.
In former times, Shimizudani was the elite school, and place of the cultivation of many an upper class young lady. For example, famous graduates of this school include Kawashima Itoko (grandmother of Princess Akishino; great-grandmother of Prince Hisahito of Akishino), Tanizaki Matsuko (wife of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, and a model in Tanizaki's novel "The Makioka Sisters (novel)"—portrait of the daily life of the upper class of Kansai). The number of Shimizudani graduates is more than 30,000 people.
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