Self- & other-awareness
Understand yourself better, and as self-awareness grows, deepen your awareness of others.
Public Interest Foundation · est. 1958
To the heights, to the deep.
Altum — Latin for the heights and the deep.
A public-interest foundation rooted in Ashiya, Hyogo, cultivating whole people of unwavering character and rich bonds — people who respect and walk alongside others.
News Information
- On June 30, 2023, the organization received approval and became the public-interest incorporated foundation Altum Foundation.
- On December 10, 2022, the organization was renamed from the Seido Education Promotion Foundation to the Altum Foundation.
Who we are
For an uncertain age — deep wisdom and high resilience.
We welcome those with a connection to Hyogo Prefecture, offering students and working adults places and programs to learn and to meet one another.
Read our history →Rapid social change has made our era hard to foresee. The Foundation aims to cultivate people of deep wisdom and high resilience — people able to contribute to society, as such times demand.
Ichiro Mukoyama, Chairman
Vision & Means A hundred-year horizon —
A hundred-year horizon —
the world we look toward.
From the highest vision down through purpose, outcomes, and daily activities, every effort is bound by a single axis.
- 01 Vision
VisionThe world we look toward
A world that seeks and honors the true, the good, and the beautiful.
- 02 Purpose
PurposeThe goal of our work
The whole-person formation of people with an unwavering axis and rich bonds, who respect and walk alongside others.
- 03 Outcomes
OutcomesResults needed to reach the goal
Participants strengthen their capacities across six dimensions.
- 04 Activities
ActivitiesThe means to produce outcomes
Providing places to learn and connect, and program activities.
Six Outcomes
The six capacities participants build.
Inner strengths for living well, formed as habit. Every program is designed toward these outcomes.
Objectivity & metacognition
Watch yourself and your surroundings on stage from a second self seated in the audience.
Acceptance
Receive things as they are.
Values & commitment
Discover the values you want to live by, then commit to and act on them effectively.
Dialogue
Hold dialogue open to calm and creativity.
Self-transcendence
Move beyond your shell and boundaries — venture out to explore, and engage deeply with others.
Activities
All activities→ Nine forms of learning and connection.
Circle
→ Circle
A study group for understanding oneself and others and forming the awareness and habits to navigate uncertain situations.
Retreat
→ Retreat
Time to step away from daily life and, in silence, reset body and mind for renewal and rebirth.
Lecture
→ Lecture
Lectures and seminars in the liberal arts — history, philosophy, theology, anthropology — by scholars from Japan and abroad.
Forum
→ Forum
Talks and dialogue led by executives, social entrepreneurs, film directors, artists, musicians, consultants and other specialists.
Open Dialogue
→ Open Dialogue
A relaxed gathering where, amid comfort and calm, you discover some new "something."
Personal Session
→ Personal Session
One-to-one accompaniment, coaching, mentoring and confiding — in person or remote.
Join · Support Your first step
Your first step
opens a course for another.
New here? Begin with a personal orientation. We welcome enquiries, materials requests, donations and volunteers.