Young Japanese artists turn school blackboards into a hit medium for creativity
A teacher walks down stairs near a blackboard artwork displayed on the hallway at Kumagaya Girls High School in Kumagaya, northwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, after its art club members won the first prize in a national blackboard art contest in 2023. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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