Pool cleaning season

Its pool cleaning season in Japan. Many schools around Japan have an outdoor swimming pool, which they use in the summer months only. For my children, its usually from mid June until the end of school term. However, there are times after school term that they can use the pool, until around Obon, which is mid August. 

Last week, one of my Junior High School aged children had to clean the pool at her school. Yes, the school children climb into the outdoor pool and scrub the sides and floor. It is something she also did several times in elementary school. However, since the pandemic that elementary school, which my youngest child still attends, no longer uses the school's outdoor seasonal pool. A story for another post!

My child is a first year student in Junior High School. I also have another child in third year. The third year students did not have to clean the pool this year. I have another child in senior high school. This is his first year and, do you know what, I don't even know what the pool system is in his school. I am sure I will find out in the coming weeks.

Yesterday, while on a walk in Omiya I noticed that they were cleaning the outdoor seasonal pool in one of the parks. You can see the big hose in the photo above. There were actually about ten large hoses in total. I presume they are used for both cleaning and filling the pool. The outdoor pools in parks generally open around mid July and they are obviously preparing for this year's season already.

If you work at and / or have children in a Japanese school: have you ever seen the kids cleaning the pool? Do your kids / students also clean your school's pool?