Taimei Elementary School
is a public elementary school in Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo. It is operated by the Chuo City Board of Education (中央区教育委員会). It has a plaque for . Another plaque stated that the façade, which has ivy, is seen as a symbol in Ginza. The school's attendance boundary includes the following portions of Ginza: All of 5-8 chome, and parts of 1-chome (2-10-ban, and two lots of 11-ban), 2-chome (2-9 ban), 3-chome (2-8 ban), and 4-chome (1-8 ban). History The school's year of establishment is 1878. A new building opened in 1912. Another new building was established after the Great Kanto Earthquake. U.S. bombing raids destroyed the school in May 1945. It was rebuilt to closely match the previous building. By 2016 some new family-style apartments opened in the school's attendance boundary, prompting an increase of students in the attendance zone. The school requires its students to wear school uniforms. In 2018 the school announced that a new set of optional uniforms would be designed by Armani. They were criticized by parents, Japanese government officials and opinion columnists being relatively expensive, especially as prices of school uniforms in general in Japan increased. The complete set had a cost of over 80,000 yen,