Gushan Elementary School

Gushan Elementary School was founded on May 24, 1907, as Takao Ordinary Higher Elementary School (打狗尋常高等小學校), originally established for the children of Japanese officials and merchants. With more than 111 years of history, it is the third-oldest elementary school in Kaohsiung. The school sits in the historic Hamasen (哈瑪星) railway hub area, one of Kaohsiung's first modernized districts under Japanese rule, and its own renaming history — from Takao, to Kaohsiung No. 1, to Minato-machi, to Minato — traces the port city's shifting administrative names over the decades.

鼓山國小創立於1907年（明治40年）5月24日，最初名為「打狗尋常高等小學校」，原專供日籍官員與商人子弟就讀。擁有111年以上校史，是高雄第三悠久的國小。學校座落於哈瑪星歷史街區，這裡是日治時期高雄最早現代化的地區之一，而學校自身歷經「打狗」、「高雄第一」、「湊町」、「湊」等更名歷程，也見證了這座港市行政名稱的變遷。