On the Document of the First Scientific Excursion in Japan : Kin-nosuke Hirasawa \u22六州游記 Rokushu-Yuuki\u22, a diary written by one student of Higher Normal School

We know first scientific excursion in Japan was begun from Higher Normal School in Tokyo, in the summer of 1887. But no one have known the details of this scientific excursion. Arinori Mori, the first Minister of Education in Japan, planned about training of teachers in new Meiji Japan. He thought character of good teachers for the Imperial Japan is like a soldier. In order to this policy, Mori arranged all of school life in normal schools to military style. Normal schools adopted military training and military march for long days instead of physical exercises. Hideo Takamine, Principal of Tokyo Normal School in those days, disliked Mori\u27s policy, militalism in education. He would add academic research to military march and call this march \u22修学旅行scientific excursion\u22 from this time. I found a diary written by a student who particiated in this first scientific excursion in Hirasawas\u27 documents (Mr. Tatsuyo Hirasawa owns). That student is Mr.Kin-nosnke Hirasawa, who became a principal of middle school later. He wrote a diary during this excursion, named \u22六州游記 Rokushu- Yuuki\u22. This excursion was operated from August 6 to September 4. About one month was spent on this excursion. I will introduce this diary. This diary shows us the details of this excursion. Based on these documents, we can discuss about the culture of schools and teachers in modern Japan