Promoting Children's STEAM Learning Environments in Kaga City: Announcing the Establishment of 'Creative Net Kaga'
NPO Everyone's Code has transferred its tech education hub operations in Kaga City to the newly established general incorporated association, Creative Net Kaga, fostering a locally-driven, sustainable learning ecosystem.
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The specified non-profit organization Everyone's Code (Yokohama, Kanagawa; Representative Director: Akiko Suginohara; hereinafter "Everyone's Code") announces that its regional hub activities in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, will be taken over by the newly established general incorporated association, Creative Net Kaga (Representative Director: Ami Murakami), located in the same city.
With this change, the tech and creative learning spaces for children that Everyone's Code has operated in Kaga City will transition to local management, leading to the construction of a sustainable operational structure.
## Background
In 2019, Everyone's Code opened "Computer Clubhouse Kaga" in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, as Japan's first hub modeled after the US-based learning network "Computer Clubhouse." Since then, capitalizing on the unique characteristics of each region, they have been working to create spaces where children can engage with technology regardless of their local or family environments.
- 2019: Computer Clubhouse Kaga (Kaga City, Ishikawa *Operations suspended in March 2025)
- 2020: Mimimi Lab (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa)
- 2021: Tech Tech Susaki (Susaki City, Kochi)
Regarding these initiatives, a research study published in January 2026 by Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting titled "Development of Evaluation Methods for Children's Whereabouts - Development and Trial of Evaluation Methods (SROI and Radar Chart Evaluation) for Regional Projects Expected to Have Cross-Sectoral and Cross-Organizational Policy Effects" evaluated Computer Clubhouse Kaga using Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis. The study indicated that it holds multifaceted value as an environment where children can engage in creative activities.
In FY2025, Computer Clubhouse Kaga will pause operations. Instead, they are taking on the challenge of creating a new model to support children's learning in the community by establishing a "STEAM Club" to provide creative learning spaces utilizing technology.
Moving forward, to promote activities more closely tied to the community, the general incorporated association Creative Net Kaga has been established to take over the activities previously developed in Kaga, operating under a new structure. Through this organization's activities, we will work to enhance opportunities for children's creative learning in the region.
## About the New Corporation: Creative Net Kaga
Creative Net Kaga will operate under the vision: "We aim to develop an environment where the children of Kaga can enjoy using technology, growing into creative human beings who pioneer the region's future through creative and exploratory learning and activities."
Centered around the following activities, they will contribute to creating creative learning environments for children using technology in Kaga City.
- **Create**: Provide an environment where children can create freely using technologies such as programming, video production, generative AI, and robotics.
- **Connect**: Link children with local youth mentors, businesses, and educators, creating opportunities for learning to expand into the local community.
- **Nurture**: Foster a creative learning community where children can safely take on challenges outside of school and home.
- **Expand**: Deliver children's activities to society through local events and communications, generating a cycle of learning within the community.
With this change, the tech and creative learning spaces for children that Everyone's Code has operated in Kaga City will transition to local management, leading to the construction of a sustainable operational structure.
## Background
In 2019, Everyone's Code opened "Computer Clubhouse Kaga" in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, as Japan's first hub modeled after the US-based learning network "Computer Clubhouse." Since then, capitalizing on the unique characteristics of each region, they have been working to create spaces where children can engage with technology regardless of their local or family environments.
- 2019: Computer Clubhouse Kaga (Kaga City, Ishikawa *Operations suspended in March 2025)
- 2020: Mimimi Lab (Kanazawa City, Ishikawa)
- 2021: Tech Tech Susaki (Susaki City, Kochi)
Regarding these initiatives, a research study published in January 2026 by Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting titled "Development of Evaluation Methods for Children's Whereabouts - Development and Trial of Evaluation Methods (SROI and Radar Chart Evaluation) for Regional Projects Expected to Have Cross-Sectoral and Cross-Organizational Policy Effects" evaluated Computer Clubhouse Kaga using Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis. The study indicated that it holds multifaceted value as an environment where children can engage in creative activities.
In FY2025, Computer Clubhouse Kaga will pause operations. Instead, they are taking on the challenge of creating a new model to support children's learning in the community by establishing a "STEAM Club" to provide creative learning spaces utilizing technology.
Moving forward, to promote activities more closely tied to the community, the general incorporated association Creative Net Kaga has been established to take over the activities previously developed in Kaga, operating under a new structure. Through this organization's activities, we will work to enhance opportunities for children's creative learning in the region.
## About the New Corporation: Creative Net Kaga
Creative Net Kaga will operate under the vision: "We aim to develop an environment where the children of Kaga can enjoy using technology, growing into creative human beings who pioneer the region's future through creative and exploratory learning and activities."
Centered around the following activities, they will contribute to creating creative learning environments for children using technology in Kaga City.
- **Create**: Provide an environment where children can create freely using technologies such as programming, video production, generative AI, and robotics.
- **Connect**: Link children with local youth mentors, businesses, and educators, creating opportunities for learning to expand into the local community.
- **Nurture**: Foster a creative learning community where children can safely take on challenges outside of school and home.
- **Expand**: Deliver children's activities to society through local events and communications, generating a cycle of learning within the community.