Does what worked in Adachi
still work anywhere else?
02 Our Insight | The hypothesis
There is no copy-paste in citizenship education.
Every place has different problems, a different administration, and a different distance between its teenagers and its politics. The Setagaya Mock Ward Mayoral Election is not the Adachi model carried over. It researches Setagaya's own problems, builds relationships with the ward office, the board of education, the election commission and local organizations from scratch, and redesigns citizenship education for that city specifically.
It is also the first test of whether what we built is a mechanism that can be taken elsewhere rather than something that only worked in Adachi. Alongside it we are standardizing the operating know-how and turning it into materials.
Researching the local problems
Designing the experience from Setagaya's own problems and from what its teenagers actually live with.
Building the relationships
Starting from nothing with the ward office, the board of education, the election commission and local organizations.
Testing whether it travels
Standardizing the manuals and materials, and finding out what a route to the rest of the country looks like.
03 Proof｜What we proved in Adachi
Built on three editions in Adachi City.
- 2023–2026Held three times in Adachi City. Co-hosted with the Election Administration Commission since 2025; the Mayor of Adachi City attended the third edition (2026)See the Adachi Mock Ward Mayoral Election →
- Assembly newsletterThe Adachi Ward Assembly newsletter featured the Mock Ward Mayoral Election three years running (issues 321, 328 and 334)Assembly newsletter ↗
- 2026Presented the Mock Ward Mayoral Election as a leading example of teen political participation at an assembly members' study session in Yashio, Saitama →
Run by: Setagaya Mock Ward Mayoral Election team Meet our members →