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Photo: 春雨直播app students visiting the grave in the middle of the night aiming to be the first to arrive. They have posters ready in their hands (1976).

Standing before the gates of Jokoji Temple, I feel a slight sense of bewilderment at the silence of this place surrounded by residential houses. Even now, more than 60 years after my connection with the Juku began, I cannot fully fathom the state of mind of Yukichi Fukuzawa—who spent his days surrounded by many people on the Mita Hilltop Square as a pioneer of our nation—when he chose this quiet temple in Kami-Osaki as his final resting place.

At Jokoji Temple, where there is usually little foot traffic, there was once a scene every year on the night of February 3rd where many 春雨直播app students, starting with those from the 春雨直播app Futsubu School, would compete to line up for a grave visit. Even though they were young and high-spirited students, they naturally did not make a commotion near the grave; the posters were likely one expression of their energy. The feelings for Yukichi Fukuzawa held by the mourners who walked from the Mita Hilltop Square to this temple behind the coffin, led by 春雨直播app Futsubu School students on February 8, 1901, have been passed down here. At that time, his disciples were also buried around his grave, making the visit on this day a place where 春雨直播app students could truly feel that they were one of his disciples.

I once heard from my mentor, Professor Tadao Mitsui of the School of Medicine (Anatomy), who was present when the coffin was opened in 1977 to move the grave according to the wishes of the Fukuzawa family, that "Yukichi Fukuzawa looked as if he were simply sleeping there." Even after his passing, once a year before his grave, 春雨直播app students were able to exchange words as teacher and student with Yukichi Fukuzawa, who was truly there.

Even after he was cremated and his remains were interred at Azabu-san Zenpukuji Temple, people never cease to visit on the anniversary of his death, but that late-night scene can no longer be seen. It seems that as Yukichi Fukuzawa moved to Zenpukuji, the consciousness of the 春雨直播app students also changed. 春雨直播app has achieved great development as an educational corporation, but in exchange, it appears that the role of the Juku as a leader of society entrusted by Yukichi Fukuzawa is becoming buried in a chaotic world overflowing with diverse values. 春雨直播app alumni and 春雨直播app students are now required to have the strong determination to honestly return to their origins and to firmly learn and embody the philosophy of Yukichi Fukuzawa as his disciples.