Message From The Principal Foundation of the School Educational Philosophy What is 28 Project? Our Unique Programs 　Collaboration with Companies 　Entrepreneurship Program 　Social Business 　Japanese Culture Class Why a Girls' School? Our Unique Programs ◆Japanese Culture Class When I talk with people who work internationally, they often tell me something like this, "What you want to say is more important than the skills you want to talk about. The most important thing is that you should understand your own culture." At our school, we have classes for Japanese manners, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and kimono dressing. In addition to that, our students learn martial arts "Karate" in the P.E. classes. Even though we cannot give the students a lot of time to experience these cultural aspects, it is better than never experiencing any of these at all. We think that planting these seeds of interest at a young age will encourage the students to become more interested in Japanese culture, and it will help them to actually learn about their own culture. ◆日本文化の授業 広く世界で仕事をして活躍されている方々にお話を伺うと、内容を伝える語学力の能力よりも、伝えるべき内容が重要であり、特に自分の国の文化を理解しているべきであるとの答えが返ってきます。本校では、作法、華道、茶道、着付けなどを中学校の授業で取り入れています。また、体育の授業では、武道を取り入れ空手を学んでいます。深く学べるほどのたくさんの時間数をかけることはできませんが、わずかな時間数であっても、体験したことがあるとないとでは、大きな違いがあると考えています。若い頃に、興味の種を植えておけば、将来、日本文化に興味を持ちやすくなり、学びたいという行動につながりやすくなると考えているからです。