In 1954, quite late in her life at the age of 69 Nakamura Gakuen school corporation founder Haru Nakamura opened Fukuoka High School of Nutrition Studies, predecessor of present day Nakamura Gakuen University and Junior College Department of Dietary and Nutritional Sciences. Through the 18 years until her passing at the age of 87, she established Nakamura Gakuen Girls’ Senior High School, Nakamura Gakuen University, and its affiliated Asahi Kindergarten.
She became instructor - elementary school teacher in modern term - when she was 17 years old, then started her research on cookery at the age of 35, so it can be said that she had been active as a teacher for 70, and researcher for 50 years of her lifetime.
“Character is the foundation of human beings, it is above the relative merits of intellectual and scholar qualities or anything” was her creed of education. This is our eternal belief, at all times, amidst present day phenomenon such as advanced information society, globalization or declining birth rate and the graying of society, the changes our world has to deal with. It is our leading principal that guides daily education in all of our schools.
Thankfully, Nakamura Gakuen has been running for more than 50 years since its foundation.
With the understanding and support of the local community, graduated students and those involved with Nakamura Gakuen, we unite our school personnel’s efforts to go on undaunted in the many years to come.