On a hill overlooking the famous Zenkoji Temple and the heart of downtown Nagano City sits Nagano Nishi High School. Originally an all girls school, Nagano Nishi is the second oldest school in Nagano City, having been founded in 1894. Approximately fifty years ago, the school became a coeducational institution, and, in 1996, we celebrated both the centennial anniversary of our full-time schooling system department and the bicentennial anniversary of our part-time correspondence course.