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Tamagawa Gakuen (Academy) is a little different than many of the universities that gradually added private grade school programs. Tamagawa was a private grade school that added a universdity program. The School was founded in 1929 as an elementary school. Subsequently a secondary division was added. After World War II with the American promoted educatiinal reforms, Tamagawa University received approval to open an 'old system' (pre-war) university (1947). As an academy (gakuen) which encompasses all school grades, the school currently provide education from kindergarten through graduate school on a single campus. Tamagawa founder Kuniyoshi Obara believed that a person has a unique individuality from birth, and also a commonality with everyone in the world. The mission adopted by Tamagawa is to realize this principle. The School says, "Our mission is to produce outstanding individuals who can contribute to not only Japanese society but to the world. To achieve these goals, students need to improve their knowledge and skills, cultivate healthy mind and body, and lift their spirits." The School promotes 12 precepts of education. At the top of the list is Zenjin Education. Shoten Zenjin is a borrowed Chinese word expressing the protective forces of nature. In Nichiren Buddhism, the term Shoten Zenjin is included as part of the silent prayers while doing gongyo, which is chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo (Daimoku) and then the Lotus Sutra is chanted in between. The idea here is to incorporate the values of human culture harmoniously into personality. The Tamagawa Academy and University pursues education designed to create the six values, namely truth, goodness, beauty, holiness, soundness, and wealth. The school has a uniform for the younger children.
Tamagawa Gakuen (Academy) is a little different than many of the universities that gradually added private grade school programs. Tamagawa was a private grade school that added a university program.
Tamagawa founder Kuniyoshi Obara believed that a person has a unique individuality from birth, and also a commonality with everyone in the world. The mission adopted by Tamagawa is to realize this principle. The School says, "Our mission is to produce outstanding individuals who can contribute to not only Japanese society but to the world. To achieve these goals, students need to improve their knowledge and skills, cultivate healthy mind and body, and lift their spirits." The School promotes 12 precepts of education. At the top of the list is Zenjin Education. Shoten Zenjin is a borrowed Chinese word expressing the protective forces of nature. In Nichiren Buddhism, the term Shoten Zenjin is included as part of the silent prayers while doing gongyo, which is chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo (Daimoku) and then the Lotus Sutra is chanted in between. The idea here is to incorporate the values of human culture harmoniously into personality
The Tamagawa Academy and University pursues education designed to create the six values, namely truth, goodness, beauty, holiness, soundness, and wealth. The school has a uniform for the younger children.
Tamagawa Gakuen (学校法人玉川学園) was founded in 1929 as an elementary school. Oy is located in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. The school was founded by influential Japanese education reformer, Kuniyoshi Obara. Subsequently a secondary division was added. After World War II with the American promoted educatiinal reforms, Tamagawa University received approval to open an 'old system' (pre-war) university (1947).
As an academy (gakuen) which encompasses all school grades, the school currently provide education from kindergarten through graduate school on a single campus. The Academy has a K-12 including a kindergarten, elementary school, junior high, and senior high school. The culmination of thge schools effort to develop learning skills is ob the ninth grader as the students makes the transition from the lower to the upprer school. The School explains, "We will study the issues individually, explore them throughout the year, and give presentations. What we ficus on at this time is 'the skill of learning'. As a result, some students have reached the level where they can write papers that are highly evaluated outside the university, which is a reliable result."
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