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Welcome to Yamamura Kokusai
Yamamura Kokusai is an energetic high school drawing students from all over the region to participate in our abundant academic, social, cultural and sporting activities. We put students and carers first, prividing a unique warm and individual care. While our sports teams go from strength to strength, our culture clubs draw attention from all around. Club collaborations in culture festivals and many other school events highlight the great atmosphere and the spirit to endeavor of our students and staff, and if you can’t come in person, please search out our competition and television appearances. We also offer strong opportunities to learn English, with licenced full time teachers (mostly from the UK and US) teaching every class twice a week, English travel study trips in Japan and abroad throughout the year, on campus English Camp for everyone in their first and second years, and year round after school EIKEN support and conversation classes. Yamamura Kokusai endeavours to mix the old with the new, the traditional Japanese with the Global, to provide our students with the richness of choices, experience and possibility to allow every unique individual to flourish and advance as strong, capable, worldly wise young adults ready to participate in a changing world.
International aspects of our school include
- Farmstay in New Zealand (Year 2 students)
- Homestay overseas. Previously: Canada/USA/Australia (voluntary)
- Intensive English week (Year 1 and 2 students)
- Activities with schools from all over the world
- Christmas outing to British Hills (voluntary)
- Visiting students from all over the world (incl. New Zealand and America school visits)
- Output based English classes
- Personal English Conversation classes
- A growing polyglot staff, including UK and US teachers
- Welcoming to returnees
- Encourage and support travel abroad, study abroad
- Welcoming to foreign study students
We are proud of the broad range of extra-curricular activities and our achievements in as diverse activities as
- Wind ensemble – national champions
- Dance – Aphex awards, national finalists, national second position (boys and girls)
- Biology Club – competing and winning against Super Science High Schools (SSHS) across Japan
- Baton twirling – national finalists (boys and girls)
- Broadcasting – national broadcasting awards
- Calligraphy – prefecture winners
- Fashion design – university awards
- Food and nutrition – with own allotment and dedicated cooking room
- Iaido (samurai sword style) (boys and girls)
- Kendo – regional quarter-finals (boys and girls)
- Illustration – selected and winners of prefectural contests
- Nursery and kindergarten education – preparing future teachers
- Soccer – prefecture quarter-finals
- Yosakoi dance club – performing this blend of old and new
and the positive, exciting, atmosphere created by our students and staff.
To find out more about our school and the opportunities it has to offer, please contact us by email at admin@yamamurakokusai.com or by phone, fax or letter via the contact information here
We look forward to hearing from you.
