Established in 1955 by Kisaku Mayekawa, philanthropist and founder of Mayekawa Manufacturing Company, Wakeijuku has been honored as the proud home of Japan's finest university students for more than forty years.
Some four thousand graduates have passed through Wakeijuku's gates since it's founding, and the institution continues to thrive thanks to an enduring dedication to preserve tradition while keeping with the times. This was best described by Mr. Mayekawa in 1957 when he stated: "The humble aim of this institution is to create adults who will guide tomorrow through patience\the core of humanity, in order that joy and success will endure in our diverse society. Though the nation's universities may offer wisdom through their noble education, virtue may be overlooked in formal instruction. Wakeijuku serves to promote this otherwise neglected principle.
Through the experience of community, our pupils will inherit the purest of social morals, and upon graduation, may they
possess such virtues and abilities as to blossom in the world. Such is the essence of Wakeijuku."
Wakeijuku remains as steadfastly committed to furthering this philosophy today as when Mr. Mayekawa established the aims of the institution some forty years ago.