Third International Summit of Summits · Minakami, Japan

from war to

戦(war)から、和()へ

The Source of Peace and Prosperity

The source of peace and prosperity lies within you. In 2026, the world remains fractured, caught in persistent cycles of division and conflict. At the sacred headwaters of the Tone River — Mina-kami, "Everyone is God" — let us return to our own Source and weave a new narrative of economy and peace together.

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The Vision · Masaki Sugimoto

The Source of Peace and Prosperity

"The source of peace and prosperity lies within you. In 2026, the world remains fractured, caught in persistent cycles of division and conflict. The arrogance of attempting to overwrite the world's diversity with a single, "universal" justice continues to breed tragedy. The 3rd Summit of Summits takes place in Minakami, Gunma—the headwaters of the Tone River, which runs through Tokyo. Minakami carries a profound spiritual echo in its name: Mina-kami (Everyone is God). At these sacred headwaters, let us return to our own "Source" and weave a new narrative of economy and peace together."
Masaki SugimotoSource of the Third International Summit of Summits
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What we stand for

Four values, held in a circle

一 · 和

Peace

Peace is not the absence of war. It is the ability to go to war and not need to. This holds true for every couple, family, company, community and nation all over the world.

二 · 勇

Courage

Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the willingness to meet another — and oneself — without armour, and to offer our gift from the summit of our own mountain.

三 · 豊

Abundance

Abundance is not the accumulation of money. It is the knowing that there is enough — when love, care and capital are kept in flow rather than held.

四 · 輪

Community

Community is not a network we build. It is what remains when arrogance falls away: a circle in which everyone is seen, and no voice is invisible.

The Gathering · 4–6 October 2026

Introducing the Third International Summit of Summits

A three-day Open Space summit, from the evening of 4 to 6 October 2026 in Minakami, Japan, for leaders of established communities — designed to strengthen and activate civil society as an intelligent force for peace and prosperity.

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Explored through Open Space

Rather than a conference with designated speakers and a fixed agenda, we explore lasting peace and prosperity through Harrison Owen's Open Space technology.

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Strengthening our voices

By respecting and interweaving the unique voice of each community, a spirit of communion emerges that values lasting peace and prosperity over war.

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Mina-kami — everyone is God

We meet, sleep and eat at the headwaters in Minakami, two hours from Tokyo by Shinkansen. The name echoes Yaoyorozu — the Eight Million Gods — divinity residing in all things, each of us connecting to our own Source.

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By invitation only

Participation is by invitation only, limited to 30 leaders of established networks and communities — 15 from Japan, 15 from beyond.

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A pricing model that covers expenses only

As an experiment in harmony, the participation fee covers only the shared expenses of venue, food and accommodation — nothing for planning, operations or the organising team. In fact, the organising team pays exactly the same fee as you.

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The Happy Money Story

On the final day we reflect together on the value of this work for peace, playing a version of Charlie Davies' Happy Money Story — exploring how money can serve peace. Our intention is to find patrons who wish to invest in the Summit.

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How we gather · Harrison Owen

Everyone has a role to play

Open Space Technology invites self-managed groups, distributed leadership and diversity, and gives everyone a voice. It rests on four principles and the Law of Two Feet.

Whoever comes is the right people

Change does not require 100,000 people or a head of state in the room. What matters is people who care enough to show up — and by showing up, that care is demonstrated.

Whatever happens is the only thing that could have

We stay with the here and now, releasing every could-have-been, should-have-been and might-have-been.

Whenever it starts is the right time

Inspired performance and genuine creativity rarely pay attention to the clock. They happen when they happen.

When it's over, it's over

We don't waste time. We do what we have to do, and when it's done, we move on to something more useful.

The Law of Two Feet — if at any time you find yourself somewhere you are neither learning nor contributing, use your two feet and move to a place more to your liking.

About Open Space
Optional pre-tour

Harmony with nature

The Third Summit experience extends far beyond the summit itself, offering the rare chance to immerse in Japan's sacred and cultural heart — the mountains of Minakami and the Japanese Alps.

Pre-tour

Minakami & the Japanese Alps

2–4 October 2026

The J.Masterpiece event opens the gathering on 1 October, followed by a pre-tour through Minakami and the Japanese Alps from 2–4 October, to feel the flow of life at the source before the Summit begins. Details to follow.

The Summit

Summit of Summits · Minakami

4–6 October 2026

Three days and nights of Open Space at the headwaters — access to the Summit, contribute through Open Space, and stay together in Minakami.

Where we stay · Minakami

Sleeping at the source

We gather, sleep and hold our Open Space together at two private retreats beneath Mount Tanigawa — one group at a time, around the fire, beneath the stars. To encourage connection, we share rooms and eat together.

Mooska de Stuben

Mooska de Stuben

A private glamping villa with a Finnish wood-fired sauna, on a thousand square metres facing Mount Tanigawa — one group a day, with open-air bathing, fire and stars.

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Wind + Horn

Wind + Horn

A private glamping retreat with views of Mount Tanigawa, for up to ten — one group a day, free to gather around the BBQ and bonfire from check-in to nightfall.

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The core team

Those weaving the circle

The circle begins with a small team and grows as each invited leader joins. We start with those holding the container.

Alexander Inchbald

Alexander Inchbald

Source of the ongoing series

The visionary behind the #Masterpiece movement — an author and mystical artist exploring how we create in communion with mother nature and each other.

Masaki Sugimoto

Masaki Sugimoto 杉本 匡章

Source of the Third Summit

A management consultant in leadership, organisation and career development who has served on five company boards in Japan and the US, lectures at universities, and is a yoga therapist. He loves literature and reptiles.

Keiko Taneoka

Keiko Taneoka

Source of fun

President of two consulting companies across HR, product development, PR and sales. Her vision is to move society from "win-win" to "happy-happy," gathering Genkidama — vitality — from across Japan.

Kari Aina Eik

Kari Aina Eik

Founder of UNITED

Founder of UNITED, Kari spent twenty-five years at the United Nations, becoming Managing Director of the SDG Impact Fund as it grew into the world's largest fund for realising the Sustainable Development Goals. She has led a platform of 600 global CEOs and founded United Cities — working with 10,000 cities to realise the SDGs by 2030 — and now stewards UNITED alongside Alexander.

By invitation only

This journey isn't for everyone

It is for leaders of well-established networks and communities who:

Through the values they stand for, have no difficulty in moving others and attracting whatever resources and funds are needed for the long term — ideally also understanding that in so doing, they help shift the present fear-and-conflict ethos of our money systems to one of love and peace.

Understand that this call is not an opportunity for advancing one project to the exclusion of others, nor a "heroic self-sacrifice" — but a contribution to the greater good, through an openness to giving and receiving until it is impossible to tell the difference.

If this resonates

Return to the source with us

A circle of thirty leaders, weaving a new narrative of peace and prosperity at the headwaters of the Tone River.

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