A place of learning whose mission is to bring smiles to children all over the world.I believe many conflicts around the world start from misunderstandings in communication.
Beneath that same sky, children continue to lose their smiles,

and sometimes even their lives.

With the hope of making the world even just a little kinder,
and passing it on to the children who will live in the future,
this academy was born.
 

A place of learning that brings smiles

to children around the world

Then how can we prevent what I call communication errors,
and truly seek to remove conflict from the world?

I am convinced of this:the world now needs essential learning.

This kind of learning cannot be easily understood
by simply organizing knowledge or accumulating information.
Because of that, many have hesitated to create such a place of learning,
and many who tried have eventually given up.
But I will not give up.Someone must do it.
And what is learned must be preserved, passed on, and carried forward.

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If that is so, then there is no reason not to stand up myself.
Here, I would like to speak these words,
borrowing from To Men by Naoko Shiono.
 

​What truly gives us the strength

to live is intelligence and cultivation

There are many cases in which graduating from a highly competitive department of a prestigious university,
and going on to work at a top company, a government office, or a university,does not necessarily make a man an intelligent one.

In Japan, men who are educated but lack cultivation—
and this is equally true of women—are, quite frankly, everywhere.

What I mean here by an “intelligent man”
is someone who thinks with his own mind,makes judgments based on that thinking,is not bound by prejudice,
is more flexible than those who cling rigidly to ideologies or doctrines,and yet possesses keen and deep insight.


In other words,it is simply someone who has what is often called a personal “philosophy.”
This does not mean philosophy as a difficult academic discipline,but rather whether one has a stance—
a way of facing and dealing with things.

That is why it has nothing to do with age,nothing to do with social position,and nothing to do with the level of one’s education.
There are only those who have it,and those who do not.


Nanami Shiono