Name: 只有 8 名學生的日本小學的一天 (Day in the Life of a Japanese Elementary School w/ Only 8 Students)
Uploaded: 2025-08-01T18:22:26.000Z
Duration: 30 min 34 s

This is a day in the life of a Japanese elementary school with eight students.

這是一所日本小學 8 名學生一天的生活。

Today is a typical Japanese school day for the Shirasaka family and the three kids are all just waking up.

今天是白坂一家典型的日本上學日，三個孩子都剛剛起床。

They live in a small city called Soshi in Kagoshima, Japan, which is where their mom grew up.

他們住在日本鹿兒島一個叫宗市的小城市，他們的媽媽就是在那裡長大的。

They have a very spacious 4LDK house, a lot bigger than the average Japanese house you'd see in the city.

他們有一棟非常寬敞的 4LDK 房子，比你在城市裡看到的普通日本房子要大得多。

A definite advantage living in the countryside.

Oh no, it seems like Aru can't find the socks she wants to wear.

糟了，阿魯好像找不到她想穿的襪子了。

Apparently, all three kids have their own room, but the other two want to sleep with their mom still.

顯然，三個孩子都有自己的房間，但另外兩個孩子還是想和媽媽一起睡。

Now the three kids have breakfast together.

It's pretty common to eat bread these days in Japan, but their family usually eats a Japanese-style breakfast with rice and miso soup.

現在在日本，吃麵包已經很普遍了，但他們家通常吃的是日式早餐，配米飯和味噌湯。

After breakfast, Rukia walks the dog with his dad.

早餐後，瑠亞和爸爸一起遛狗。

Oh, Aru is finally done with his breakfast.

They have time before school, so the kids take turns practicing the piano.

上學前有時間，孩子們就輪流練琴。

While mom does Aru's hair, dad cleans up the kitchen.

媽媽給阿魯梳頭，爸爸收拾廚房。

Interestingly, in Japan, piano used to be the most popular lesson for elementary school kids, followed by Japanese calligraphy.

有趣的是，在日本，鋼琴曾經是小學生最喜歡的課程，其次是日本書法。

However, the popular trend in the last few decades has been swimming classes, with English lessons coming in second.

不過，在過去幾十年中，游泳課一直是流行趨勢，英語課排在第二位。

It's usually between ¥10,000 to ¥15,000, about $66 to $100 monthly per child.

費用通常在 10,000 到 15,000 日元之間，約合每個孩子每月 66 到 100 美元。

Oh, that's a traditional Japanese school backpack called randoseru.

哦，那是日本傳統的書包，叫 "randoseru"。

It's fairly rigid and designed to fit A4-sized books without bending them, making it ideal for young kids to carry their own books comfortably.

它相當堅固，設計用於裝入 A4 大小的書籍而不會彎曲，非常適合年幼的孩子舒適地攜帶自己的書籍。

While public schools never officially mandated its purchase, it's become so customary that all school children use one to ensure that they don't send out from their classmates.

雖然公立學校從未正式強制要求購買，但它已成為一種習慣，所有在校學生都會使用它，以確保自己不會被同學發現。

So the kids usually meet up with their classmates and walk together to school while their grandfather accompanies them.

是以，孩子們通常會在爺爺的陪伴下，與同學相約一起步行上學。

It's common for Japanese kids in the neighborhood to commute as a group, usually assigned by school.

附近的日本孩子通常都是集體通勤，通常由學校統一分配。

Different grades are mixed together so big kids watch over the little ones.

不同年級的學生混在一起，是以大孩子可以照看小孩子。

And it looks like they're already having fun.

看起來他們已經玩得很開心了。

我又回來了，又是一天的生活。

I've been wanting to do this video for such a long time, and we finally got permission to do it.

我一直想拍這個視頻，終於得到了許可。

所以，孩子們應該很快就會來了。

So the kids walk 2 kilometers, about 1.2 miles to school every morning, which takes them about 30 to 35 minutes, a little more than the average for Japanese elementary school students taking 24 minutes.

是以，孩子們每天早上步行 2 公里（約 1.2 英里）上學，大約需要 30 到 35 分鐘，比日本小學生平均 24 分鐘的步行時間稍長。

I guess they're waiting for another student.

So this is Kojin Shogako, the public elementary school that the kids attend.

這就是高神小學，孩子們就讀的公立小學。

It's a typical Japanese school, but with only 8 students enrolled.

這是一所典型的日本學校，但只有 8 名學生。

These numbers concerningly becoming less uncommon throughout Japan's countryside with declining populations.

令人擔憂的是，隨著種群數量的減少，這些數字在日本農村地區也越來越不常見。

With so few students, almost half of the school, which has received a special accreditation to even allow students from other districts to enroll to be taught by their 11 teachers.

由於學生人數太少，該校幾乎有一半的學生獲得了特殊認證，甚至允許其他學區的學生入學，由他們的 11 名教師授課。

Before going inside, the students must change into their uwabaki, in-room shoes, typical for Japanese schools, which helps maintain a clean school facility while also protecting their feet.

在進入室內之前，學生們必須換上日本學校特有的 Uwabaki（室內鞋），這有助於保持學校設施的清潔，同時也能保護他們的雙腳。

Now the students separate to their assigned classrooms.

現在，學生們各自回到指定的教室。

Rui's in a combination class of 1st and 2nd grade, all students with their own desks.

小蕊所在的班級是一年級和二年級的混合班，所有學生都有自己的課桌。

Usually in Japan, each grade will have multiple classes of 20 to 30 kids, but with so few students, this school is forced to adjust.

通常在日本，每個年級都會有 20 到 30 個孩子組成的多個班級，但由於學生人數太少，這所學校不得不做出調整。

The students have about 30 minutes before the start of their morning homeroom, so each student performs their assigned duty called toban in Japanese, and these two are assigned to take care of the school's rabbits.

學生們在早自習開始前大約有 30 分鐘的時間，是以每個學生都要履行自己的職責，日語稱之為 "toban"。

Now that all the students are finished with their morning duties, they use the rest of the time to play, running around, jumping rope, and anything else that they feel like.

現在，所有的學生都完成了上午的任務，他們利用剩下的時間玩耍、奔跑、跳繩和做其他任何他們喜歡做的事情。

At 8.15, the students have their morning homeroom in their own class.

8 時 15 分，學生們在自己的班級上早自習。

Soshi City's declining population and birth rate is not independent, but something that the entire nation is experiencing, worsening year after year.

越西市的人口和出生率下降不是一個獨立的現象，而是全國都在經歷的問題，而且逐年惡化。

Not having enough government support for affordable childcare, parental leave, and childbirth encouragement are just some of the issues that Japan must face in the future ahead.

政府對負擔得起的託兒所、育兒假和鼓勵生育的支持不夠，這些只是日本今後必須面對的一些問題。

Every morning before class begins, both students and teachers clean the school together.

每天早上上課前，師生們都會一起打掃學校。

Today, they're cleaning away the fallen leaves on the school grounds.

今天，他們要清理校園裡的落葉。

This typical morning ritual not only maintains the school's cleanliness, but also cultivates a strong sense of teamwork and builds cooperation skills while also setting a positive tone for the day ahead.

這一典型的晨間儀式不僅保持了學校的整潔，還培養了強烈的團隊意識，提高了合作能力，同時也為新的一天奠定了積極的基調。

So cleaning the school is common in Japan?

In Japan, students are taught to always wash their hands a custom dating back more than a thousand years as a proactive approach to health and hygiene.

在日本，學生被教育要經常洗手，這一習俗可以追溯到一千多年前，是一種積極主動的健康和衛生方法。

At 8.45, finally first period starts, but it kind of feels like school already started a while ago.

8 點 45 分，第一節課終於開始了，但感覺好像已經開學好一會兒了。

In the first and second grade classroom, the students study kokugo,

在一、二年級的教室裡，學生們學習國語、

To make it fun and engaging, they teach the kids in a theater-style format which the kids seem to enjoy.

為了使課程生動有趣、引人入勝，他們以戲劇的形式為孩子們授課，而孩子們似乎也樂在其中。

So it looks like they're going to be doing this for a little bit longer, so while they're doing that, let's go upgrade.

看來他們還要再做一段時間，所以在他們做的同時，我們來升級吧。

Okay, so let's see what else is going on in the other class.

好了，讓我們看看其他班級還發生了什麼。

Okay, so I think this is the 3rd and 4th grade class right here.

好的，我想這是三四年級的班級。

They're also studying Japanese language using their tablets, and today focusing on Muromachi, directly translated Roman alphabet.

他們還在用平板電腦學習日語，今天主要學習室町文字，即羅馬字母直譯。

In Japan, over 96% of schools today use tablets in the classroom, a significant change in the last 5 years following the introduction of the Giga School concept an initiative by the government which provides one tablet per student and setup of their network environment in order to help Japan's lagging students catch up with the world in information and communication technology education.

在日本，如今有超過 96% 的學校在課堂上使用平板電腦，這是繼政府推出 Giga School（千兆學校）概念之後，在過去 5 年裡發生的重大變化。Giga School（千兆學校）概念是政府為幫助日本落後的學生在資訊和通信技術教育方面趕上世界水準而採取的一項舉措，它為每個學生提供一臺平板電腦，併為他們設置網絡環境。

好吧，我們去看看艾黎在做什麼。

Airi is in the middle of her music class learning the Japanese music scale.

Airi 正在音樂課上學習日本音階。