A private school where Yoshida Shoin educated children of low-ranking samurai and commoners for two and a half years from 1857 in a tiled one-story house with two rooms (8 and 10.5 tatami mats) located in the precincts of Shoin Shrine.
The school produced many talented individuals who were active during the Meiji Restoration, including Takasugi Shinsaku, Kusaka Genzui, and Ito Hirobumi.
10 minutes on foot from Higashi Hagi Station on the JR Sanin Main Line