1923 Great Kantō earthquake people in Tokyo and other areas, causing major tsunamis, and creating major firestorms. In the film adaptation of "Japan Sinks", "Nihon Chinbotsu", the Sagami Trough ruptures in a massive earthquake called "The Second Great Kanto Earthquake". In the manga (comic) adaptation of "Japan Sinks", the Second Kantō Earthquake killed over five million. In the historical fantasy novel "Teito Monogatari" (Hiroshi Aramata) a supernatural explanation is given for the cause of the Great Kantō earthquake, connecting it with the principles of feng shui. In Oswald Wynd's novel "The Ginger Tree", Mary Mackenzie survives the earthquake, and later bases her clothes designing
Canadian Academy purchased land on Nagamine Heights, the Duke of Gloucester dedicated a boy's dormitory, Gloucester House, named in his honor in May 1929. The Latin Motto of "Scientia Clavis Successus," knowledge is the key to success, was chosen in 1921 as was the school song. The school housed refugees from the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. CA remained at the Aotani-cho campus until it closed due to World War Two. The last formal graduation ceremony took place in 1942. The Japanese government seized the school to serve as internment camps for enemy aliens. Only Gloucester House and the principal's house survived