In Photos: Tokyo elementary schoolchildren wowed by cool blackboard art

Students at Inagi Seventh Elementary School in suburban Tokyo tour around classrooms to view blackboard artwork drawn by local volunteers to uplift their spirits after summer break on Sept. 1, 2021. (Mainichi/Natsuki Nishi)

Students at Inagi Seventh Elementary School in suburban Tokyo take photos of blackboard art with tablets distributed to them on Sept. 1, 2021. (Mainichi/Natsuki Nishi)

Students at Inagi Seventh Elementary School in suburban Tokyo are seen during the opening ceremony for the new trimester in front of blackboard artwork drawn by local volunteers to uplift their spirits after summer break on Sept. 1, 2021. (Mainichi/Natsuki Nishi)

Students at Inagi Seventh Elementary School in suburban Tokyo tour around classrooms to view blackboard artwork drawn by local volunteers to energize them after summer break on Sept. 1, 2021. (Mainichi/Natsuki Nishi)

Students at Inagi Seventh Elementary School in suburban Tokyo are seen during the opening ceremony for the new trimester in front of blackboard artwork drawn by local volunteers to give them a lift after summer break on Sept. 1, 2021. (Mainichi/Natsuki Nishi)