Only In Japan Would Students Do THIS While Teachers Weren’t Looking.

When students have some downtime, they are often turning to technology, whether it be a smartphone or tablet to kill time. Some students in Japan, however, are taking to drawing and it’s not graffiti. There is a growing trend amongst students using chalkboards as a medium to create art murals that one would think are done by professionals. This trend is so popular that a lot of the art is going viral online. Japanese chalkboard company [Nichigaku][1] saw the opportunity to celebrate the students’ talents on the unconventional medium by holding a [Blackboard Art contest][2]. The entries were nothing short of outstanding with students drawing murals of their favourite activities at school, Mt. Fuji as well as fantasy-like landscapes. Despite Japan being a leader in technology, its schools still use chalkboards which is great because we get to see some fantastic art. The only hard part of using a blackboard to produce a masterpiece is the knowledge that at some point, it will be wiped clean. [1]: http://nichigaku.co.jp/ [2]: http://kokubanart.nichigaku.co.jp/Mito Sakuranomaki High School in Ibaraki.