札幌創価幼稚園, Educational facility in Toyohira Ward, Sapporo, Japan
Sapporo Soka Kindergarten (札幌創価幼稚園) is a kindergarten in the Toyohira ward of Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaido. It has classrooms and an outdoor play area for learning activities and physical development.
The kindergarten opened on April 1, 1976, as part of the Soka educational network, making it one of the first such facilities in Hokkaido. Its founding came during a period when Soka schools were expanding across Japan.
The program includes English lessons and games from different countries that children experience together. This gives them early contact with other languages and everyday habits beyond their own.
The facility is located in the Toyohira area and is reachable by city bus. Anyone wanting to visit the grounds should check in advance, as it is an active school with restricted access for visitors.
Each class tends its own vegetable plots in a rooftop garden and harvests potatoes there. This hands-on contact with plants takes place right in the middle of an urban school day.
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