Takeyuki Tokura, an associate professor of history at Keio University’s Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies, shows off graduates’ pennants on Nov. 11 at the school’s Mita Campus in Tokyo’s Minato Ward. (Yasuhiro Sugimoto)
Around 130 pennants that have adorned the walls of a Tokyo restaurant and symbolized the history of Keio University are being relocated to a planned school museum following the death of the eatery’s owner.
“They are significant materials to trace the history of Keio University,” said Takeyuki Tokura, 40, an associate professor of history at the university’s Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies.