Abstract
There are some elementary schools that have hillbacks adjacent to themselves in local cities. We surveyed actual conditions of education and mountain play in the hillbacks in IBURI sub prefecture Hokkaido and asked the boards of education in Hokkaido about possibilities of elementary schools using hillbacks. The results became the followings.
1) 11% elementary schools use hillbacks in class. P.T.A or teachers almost maintain the hillbacks.
2) Over 60% boards of education in Hokkaido feel the elementary schools with hillbacks have possibilities, for example, for environmental education.
3) Mountain play in the hillbacks which is concerned with block plan of elementary schools or parents understanding. For example, we found much mountain play at the school with the faculty’s office near the entrance in the hillbacks.
