Study on the Conversion of Former Military Land and Buildings by National Universities in Northern Kanto Region

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the usage of former military land and buildings by national universities in Northern Kanto region.In Ibaraki Prefecture, the former Tsukuba Naval Air Base was temporarily used by Mito High School which was affected by the air raid. And then, it moved to the former 2nd Infantry Regiment in Mito and, it became the main campus of the Ibaraki University together with the adjacent former Mito Army Hospital. In addition, the Ibaraki Youth Normal School, which was not affected by the air raid, used the former Tsukuba Naval Air Base and opened a farm at the former Nishi-Tsukuba Army Airfield. The Kasumigaura Agricultural College was established at the former Kasumigaura Naval Air Base, which later became the Faculty of Agriculture at Ibaraki University. In Tochigi Prefecture, part of the former Utsunomiya Army Airfield was used as a farm for the Utsunomiya Agricultural and Forestry College, and Utsunomiya University took over the farm. In Gunma Prefecture, the former 15th Infantry Regiment was used by the Gunma Normal School for Boys, which lost its building in a fire, and the Gunma Youth Normal School, which needed to relocate after the WWII. However, Gunma University did not take over it.