Tomoko Hashimoto, Agnes Hodi and Yuki Otsuki 2025. ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATION AND EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE: THE CASE OF FUJI KINDERGARTEN IN JAPAN: Received: 24th April 2025 Revised: 30th April 2025 &1st May 2025 Accepted: 1st May 2025 Date of Publication: 7th May 2025. Docens Series in Education. 9, (May 2025), 14–28.