Orita-sensei statue

Hikoichi Orita was a principal at the third-high school, which is the predecessor of Kyoto University, the second oldest university in Japan.
In the campus at the Faculty of Integrated Human Studies of the University, there was a bust of him. Since 1990th, the bust had been painted by students every spring like masquerade: angry person, kabuki actor, tower of the sun, Lenin with helmet, and so on. To stop the painting, the faculty set a signboard saying "Do not mess up this bust. Mr. Orita was one of principals of the third-high school and greatly contributed to the foundation of Kyoto University and cultivating the free, autonomous spirit." However, because the painting had continued, the faculty moved the bust to basement of the faculty in 1997.

After the removal, students have set fake busts (such as Suppa-man, Nagasawa-kun, Poko-chan, and Tendon-man) and signboards every year until now. The wit and quality of the fake bust let the faculty relent to set it in the campus.

In this February, a bust likeness of Riderman (i.e. a fictional character in the Kamen Rider V3 TV series) met and encouraged students taking the entrance exam at the campus. The free, autonomous spirit appears to be still alive in the University.