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Now you can enjoy sink sink at 29 Sports Depot stores nationwide!
(Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; President: Kei Kawashima; hereafter "WonderPhi"), in collaboration with Alpen Co. (headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture; Atsuyuki Mizuno, President; hereinafter "Alpen"), which sells Alpen products, and in March 2022 began offering "Alpen meets Think! Think!" has been available at 10 Sports Depot stores operated by Alpen, and will be available at 29 stores nationwide, expanding by another 19 stores from the beginning of December 2022.
Educational content" that matches the needs of slow shoppers
The "Alpen meets Think!Think!" collaboration, which began in March 2022, has been well received by parents who want to enjoy a leisurely shopping experience as well as by children who visit Sports Depot. Think! Think!" has been well received not only by children visiting Sports Depot but also by parents who want to enjoy a leisurely shopping experience.
The special content is based on "Think Think," an educational app used by 2 million users in 150 countries around the world to foster thinking skills.
As content that eliminates the need to "wait a minute" when shopping, it is not only fun, but also stimulates children's "thinking ability" through the use of their minds and bodies. This allows parents to enjoy shopping with peace of mind while their children are having an exciting time.
Through the expansion of the number of stores that will introduce the new service, we will deliver the excitement of combining sports and learning to even more children who visit Sports Depot.
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Total 19 stores
Sports Depot Hakodate-Hayakawa / Sports Depot Kushiro / Sports Depot Omagari / Sports Depot Asahikawa-Nagayama / Sports Depot Chiba New Town / Sports Depot Mobara / Sports Depot Kameido Clock / Sports Depot Kofu Showa Inter / Sports Depot Numazu / Sports Depot Ion Mall Tsunan / Sports Depot Gakuen Minami Sports Depot Kofu Showa Interchange / Sports Depot Kakogawa Beppu / Sports Depot Tottori / Sports Depot Takamatsu Fuseishi / Sports Depot Marugame / Sports Depot Marinoa City Fukuoka / Sports Depot Saga / Sports Depot Nagasaki Tokitsu / Sports Depot Oita
<List of stores that have already introduced the system
Total 10 stores
Sports Depot Obihiro / Sports Depot Maebashi Yoshioka / Alpen TOKYO / Sports Depot Nagano / Sports Depot mozo wonder city / Sports Depot Sunshine Wharf Kobe / Sports Depot Fukuyama / Sports Depot Tokushima Aizumi / Sports Depot Dazaifu Interchange / Sports Depot Kumamoto Interchange
Think Think Think, an educational application that fosters thinking skills
Think Think is an educational application that uses puzzles, mazes, and figures to develop thinking skills in a fun way. The app was developed by a team of math professionals who have worked on problems for the Math Olympiad and other competitions. 20,000 high-quality problems in 120 different types are designed to keep you motivated and help you develop your thinking skills naturally. The program is designed to keep you motivated and to develop your thinking skills naturally.
It has received high acclaim, with more than 2 million users, an App Award by Google, and a Kids Design Award.
In Cambodia, a demonstration experiment was conducted with the full cooperation of the Cambodian government, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Makiko Nakamuro's laboratory at Keio University. It has been confirmed that Think Think has a significant effect on academic achievement and IQ. (*1)(*2)
<Previous Awards
Finalist, Google Play Awards 2017 "Best App for Kids" category (*3)
Finalist in the "Best Social Impact" category at the Google Play Awards 2019 (*4)
Google Best of 2017
Japan e-Learning Awards EdTech Special Prize
The 13th Kids Design Award
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Think Think's official website:https://think.wonderfy.inc/
About Alpen Co.
Establishment : July 1972
Capital ： 15.1 billion yen
Performance : Net sales: 233.2 billion yen, Ordinary income: 8.9 billion yen (for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022)
Business activities: ・Product development and sales of various sporting goods, golf equipment, outdoor equipment, etc.
Management of golf courses, ski resorts, and fitness clubs
Website:https://store.alpen-group.jp/corporate/
About WonderPhi Inc.
WonderPhi is a company that develops and operates educational materials and content to bring out the "intellectual excitement" in children around the world, including Wonderbox, a new correspondence course for STEAM education, and Think ThinkSync, an application for fostering thinking skills enjoyed by 2 million children in 150 countries. The company is a pioneer in STEAM/STEM and thinking skills educational materials, having produced and supervised many problems for international math competitions.
In November 2018, the company won the top prize at the Japan preliminary round of the Global EdTech Startup Awards (GESA), the world's largest education venture competition (*5). We have also exhibited and spoken at SXSW EDU and other global educational forums as a representative of Japan.
In February 2020, we announced a new educational program in the STEAM education area called "Wonder Box" (*6).
On December 14, 2022, the company name was changed from WonderLab to WonderPhi Inc.(*7).
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Official website of Wonderfi Corporation:https://wonderfy.inc/
reference information
Hugkum: "I want to know, what is the intellectual excitement fostered by the popular Google-approved educational app "Think!Think!"
https://hugkum.sho.jp/45876
JICA "Quality Learning Opportunities for Children in Cambodia
https://www.jica.go.jp/publication/mundi/202008/202008_04.html
WonderPhi provided all the questions for TBS's program "Participate with your smartphone! Thinking Power Battle on Live TV the HIRAMEKI" on TBS, with all questions provided by WonderPhi.
https://www.tbs.co.jp/the-hirameki/
Teresa News "Digital x Analog Next Generation Education to Enhance "Thinking Ability"" (Japanese only)
https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_economy/articles/000208159.html
XD "What Makes Children's Eyes Light Up? The creator of the educational app "Think Think" talks about learning experiences that reach the world"
https://exp-d.com/interview/10217/
Inquiries, questions, and interview requests
Public Relations: Ikeda, Nagahata
E-mail address: pr@wonderfy.inc
