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Message from The Staff
Summer Vacation in Japan are short and, as a result of it occurring in the middle of the school year, filled with homework, going to cram school, and going to extracurricular activities. - I myself also had the customary "Summer Homework." Of course, typical Japanese summer vacations are also a wonderful summer experience where one can gain many experiences and make many friends.
At the same time, many children in the West spend their summers at summer camp. There, they not only do they have fun, but they also learn about the great nature, feel their own small existence as a human being, and develop a love for everything that surrounds them.
When I was 15 years old, I spent a month at a summer camp in the United States. I spent that summer absorbed in self reflection, not understanding a word of English. I was salvaged by being the strongest tennis player at camp, and being the only one who could play the guitar and sing John Denver songs (even though I didn't understand the meaning of them). In spite of these circumstances, I had a lot of fun in the group life, shooting rifles, riding horses, water skiing, marveling at the star-filled sky at night, and at the end of the camp, being intimidated when a girl asked me to dance at the Friday night dance party. It was a very tough summer, but it was also a really wonderful summer, and on the plane ride home, I realized that I had become an adult one or two times over.
To be away from your guardians for a period of time and to put yourself in an environment that you don't normally know; to listen to what I was feeling from a place where there was nothing to listen to. I believe that these experiences were very important to my life thereafter.
I want to make that kind of summer happen in Japan. I have always had this thought in my mind even while working as a businessman.
Now, blessed by the people of Isa, Kagoshima, and a group of friends who sympathize with me and say they want to accomplish this together, we are beginning to bring a new, authentic summer camp to Japan.
Once at camp, there is no digital devices allowed. And above all, we encourage lots of play. We will do our utmost to ensure the kids' safety, without diminishing their need for freedom, and to provide a summer where they will have the ability to make their own decisions, to feel, and to see the preciousness of their own existence.
We hope you join us.
そんな状況でしたが、集団生活の中で、ライフルを撃ったり、馬に乗ったり、水上スキーをしたり、夜には満天の星空に感動したり、キャンプの最後のほうでは、金曜日夜のダンスパーティで「踊ってほしい」と女の子に申し込まれてドギマギしたり。本当に大変な夏でしたが、本当に素敵な夏で、僕は帰りの飛行機の中で、一回りも二回りも自分が大人になったことを実感した夏でした。ある期間を保護者から離れ、自分がいつもは知らない環境に身を置いてみること。そして、何もないところから自分が何を感じているかに耳を傾けてみること。それらは、僕がその後生きてきた中で、とても大切な経験であったと思っています。あの夏を日本でも実現したい。その思いは、ビジネスマンとして仕事をしながらいつも心の中にありました。この度、鹿児島県伊佐市の皆様、そして、共感して一緒に成し遂げようと言ってくれる仲間たちに恵まれて、新しい本格的なサマーキャンプを日本でも実現しようと走り始めました。キャンプの中に入ったら、デジタル禁止。そして、なによりたくさん遊ぶことを励行します。安全には最大限配慮しますが、多くを与えすぎないことを大切に、自分で判断する力、感じる力、そして、自分という存在の尊さを感じてくれる夏を提供できるように、スタッフ全員で全力で対応して参ります。ぜひ奮ってご参加ください。
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