A dedication to recording history; the time capsule

Today, and October 22nd annually, is Time Capsule day, also known as Time Capsule Shinmai Pen Treasury Day. The reason being that on this day in 1951, "Shinmai", the common name for Shinano Mainichi Shimbun, started the Shinmai Pen Warehouse project to collect and preserve essays, drawings, and materials from around the prefecture, by children and students, at the purpose built Shinmai Pen Warehouse.

At a time when the idea of a "time capsule" was not common, this was a very ambitious project. The aim was to preserve Shinshu materials for 70 years, on the day that the newspaper published its 50,000th issue. It is a rare and very special practical example of the newspaper's mission to recording history and preserving it in memory.

When I was in primary school we planted a time capsule. I cannot remember what I put in it or where exactly the capsule was buried. I was quite young. My primary school, which was more than 100 years old, has unfortunately since closed and the land sold to develop residential units. I wonder what ever became of our time capsule! Have you ever buried a time capsule?