Shinjuku Seiga Children's Nursery and Nichinan Town, connected through "supervised childcare",
are promoting an increase in the number of people moving into Nichinan Town and strengthening the educational environment.
On January 15, 2025, Shinjuku Seiga Children's Garden (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo) and Nichinan Town, Hino District, Tottori Prefecture signed a collaboration agreement. This agreement is part of Nichinan Town's "Town Future Creation Project," and a groundbreaking initiative aimed at strengthening early childhood education and integrated elementary and junior high school education, as well as encouraging young people and people raising children to move into the town .
Background of the agreement

Since 2019, Nichinan Town has been focusing on the Fujimori Method of Childcare that Watches Over You (hereinafter referred to as ``childcare that watches over you''). We have been working to improve the quality of education. As part of this, Toshihiko Nakayama, deputy director of Shinjuku Seiga Kindergarten, made a proposal as a member of the Nichinan Town Children's Nursery Review Committee, and the move toward educational reform across the town began in earnest. As a result, we have concluded this collaboration agreement.
Purpose and significance of the agreement
- Strengthening integrated elementary and middle school education through the introduction of mixed-age childcare
- Utilizing mixed-age childcare, which is a feature of ``Monitored Childcare'', we develop children's non-cognitive abilities.
- Increase in immigration population
- We promote efforts to promote the attractiveness of the educational environment and increase the number of people transferring from outside the town.
- Expansion of related and exchange population
- Activate exchange activities with childcare teachers and parents and deepen ties between communities.
- Building a collaborative system during disasters
- Through the agreement, we also aim to strengthen support systems in times of disaster.
Main initiatives based on the agreement
- Practicing “supervised childcare”
- Introduced an educational method that emphasizes the development of non-cognitive abilities into childcare and education in Nichinan Town.
- Promotion of STEM education
- STEM education practices that foster logical thinking from infancy.
- Holding lectures and training sessions
- Conducted training and lectures for educators and parents.
- Implementation of exchange projects
- We offer nature experience activities and short-term study abroad programs for children and their parents.
- Strengthening cooperation during disasters
- We aim to establish a prompt support system in the event of an emergency.
About Shinjuku Seiga Kindergarten
Shinjuku Seiga Children's School is a childcare facility that opened in Shinjuku, Tokyo in 2007. The ``supervised childcare'' system advocated by the school's director, Heiji Fujimori, has been highly rated nationwide, and more than 1,000 people visit every year. It is also attracting attention in Asia, and in Singapore in particular, about 100 schools are practicing "supervised childcare."
About Nichinan Town
Nichinan Town is a town located in Hino District, Tottori Prefecture, surrounded by rich nature. We are actively working on education and migration promotion, and are promoting future-oriented town development.
Through this partnership agreement, Shinjuku Seiga Children's Garden and Nichinan Town aim to revitalize the region centered on education. Through the spread of ``supervised childcare'' and the practice of STEM education, this initiative is attracting attention as an initiative that not only nurtures the future of children but also contributes to the development of the entire region.
■Press release source - Social Welfare Corporation Shoga-kai
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