The Vega Study Center Purpose

America's Premier Macrobiotic Residential School Since 1974

Under the auspices of the Vega Institute, Inc., a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation, The Vega Study Center has been serving students longer than any other macrobiotic residential school in the world. Its international reputation as the friendly, family-style macrobiotic center has grown out of the affectionate and generous spirit of Herman and Cornellia Aihara who resides at Vega, sharing her special approach to macrobiotics with the students who come to learn from her.

Continuing to fulfill their promise to George Ohsawa of developing Vega as a profound social force, the Aiharas have done so. Some new-generation macrobiotics are actively working to take the Aiharas' well-rooted Vega traditions into the next century, while nourishing and further cultivating these traditions with their own macrobiotic vision for a healthy and happy society. The Aiharas and other macrobiotics have blended their Eastern and Western upbringing and their traditional and progressive views, creating a happy quartet of contemporary, creative vitality and elder macrobiotic wisdom that makes Vega unique among the world's macrobiotic schools.