Jo Niijima's Story

江户时代末期，新岛襄冒着生命危险远渡美国追寻自由。幸运的是，在这片新土地上，他得到了许多善良之人的支持，得以在三所学校接受民主而先进的教育。 留学期间，新岛意识到，日本要成为现代国家，必须建立能培养富有自主、自由与坚定良知之人的教育体系。回国后，他致力于将美式学校移植到故乡，挑战创办日本第一所私立大学。创办大学的抱负与梦想最终未能在他生前实现，但这个梦想一直传承下来，至今仍活在同志社的学生、校友与教职员之中。

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During the final days of the Edo period, Jo Niijima risked his life to travel to America in search of freedom. Fortunately, with the support of many kind-hearted individuals in this new land, he was able to receive a democratic and advanced education across three different schools. While studying abroad, Niijima realized that for Japan to become a modern nation, it was essential to have an education system that fostered individuals filled with autonomy, freedom, and a strong conscience. Upon returning to Japan, he dedicated himself to transplanting an American-style school into his homeland, taking on the challenge of establishing Japan's first private university. Ultimately, his ambition and dream of founding a university were not realized during his lifetime. However, that dream has been continuously passed down and lives on within the students, alumni, and faculty of present-day Doshisha.