Author: Japan
Book Cafe (Osaka, Japan)
On this day, philosophers in Osaka, Japan, meet up to talk about the book “The Little Prince”, where two main topics were discussed: 1 – how the most essential things […]
Climbing Mount Fuji (Yokohama, Japan)
Members of New Acropolis Yokohama climbed the first part of Mount Fuji! When you think of climbing Mount Fuji, you probably imagine climbing all the way to the top, but […]
Philosophical Walk (Yokohama, Japan)
Despite the unfortunate weather, we held a philosophical walk around Kanagawa-shuku on the Tokaido road. This is the second time we’ve walked the old Tokaido road, and we started our […]
Earth Day at the Botanical Gardens (Kyoto, Japan)
To celebrate Earth Day we went for a very nice walk along the Kyoto Botanical Gardens, the biggest and most diverse in Japan, containing about 12,000 species of plants. We […]
Earth Day Philosophical Walk (Yokohama, Japan)
Even though it was a long weekend, we held a philosophy walk through Sankeien Garden in Yokohama City, with many people participating. Many flowers such as irises, wisteria, lotuses, lily […]
Lecture on Ancient Greece (Osaka, Japan)
This month we held an interesting lecture to honor some of the great teachings that humanity has inherited from the Greeks. Some of the topics discussed were: Beauty and charm […]
Philosophy Walk (Yokohama, Japan)
We held a philosophy walk through the Otsuka Toshikatsudo Ruins Park near Yokohama’s Center-Kita Station. This is a valuable site where remains of a burial mound as well as residences […]
Philosophical Walk (Yokohama, Japan)
A Philosophical Walk was held during the rainy season. The starting point was Uraga. A historic land that had a castle and a guardhouse in the Edo period, there are […]
Philosophical Walk to Jinmu-ji Temple (Yokohama, Japan)
Blessed with fine weather, we held a philosophy walk towards Jinmu-ji Temple. While walking along the mountain path with a quote collection in hand, we had a heartwarming conversation. Dialogues […]
Special lesson about Intelectual Values (Kyoto, Japan)
This time we gathered some of our students to discuss about values we should develop that are related to the mind, such as coherence, knowledge, discernment and logic. Without these, […]
