Brass Band “Shito Award”
On October 7, 2024 by SasakiThe brass band received the “Shito Award” at our school’s cultural festival held on September 7th and 8th. This award is given to the most outstanding group selected by public vote. The brass band performed a total of five shows over the two days, from the opening to the closing. This stage was created through
Shitozai (Cultural Festival)
On September 11, 2024 by SasakiYamamura International High School held its 72nd Shitozai Festival (cultural festival) over two days, on Saturday, September 7th and Sunday, September 8th. The students began preparations during the summer holidays, and were able to finish the two days without incident, enjoying the opening (event at the beginning), public opening, and closing (event at the end)
High School and University Collaboration-Signed Cooperation Agreement Between Toyo University and Yamamurakokusai High School
On August 9, 2024 by SasakiOn July 29, 2024, Yamamurakokusai High School signed an agreement with Toyo University Kawagoe Campus (Faculty of Science and Engineering, Faculty of General Informatics) and Asaka Campus (Faculty of Life Studies and Faculty of Food Environment Science) on high school and university collaboration. The signing was made by Akihiro Matsumoto, Director of Engineering, Chieko Kato,
We held a send off party!
On July 20, 2024 by SasakiOn Friday, July 19, Yamamura Kokusai held a two part send off party at our school gymnasium. Part 1: Congratulations for the Baton-twirling Club, Men`s Soft Tennis Club, Broadcasting Club, and the Dance Club. We wanted to recognize these students who have recently won awards in their various fields. After an explanation of the tournaments
First Explanation Meetings for the 2025 School Year
On July 13, 2024 by SasakiThe First Explanation Meeting for the 2025 School Year will be held August 3rd, 2024. There will be two meetings held that day: 9:30 am and 1:30pm. Both meeting need to be reserved in advance through Mirai Compass here. You can also reserve individual consultations throughout the day. Those need to be reserved separately from
Yamamura Kokusai Open Campus
On June 11, 2024 by SasakiOn July 7, 2024, Yamamura Kokusai will hold an open campus for current third year junior high school students. Students will have an opportunity to try different classes from 9:00-12:45. Available classes: Strategies for passing the entrance exam (Math, Japanese, English), Fun with Roots (Math), Extracting DNA from Broccoli, Make Healthy Nikuman, Learning strategy for
69th Annual Sports Day
On June 10, 2024 by SasakiOn May 30th, The 69th Annual Sports Day was held at Yamamura Kokusai High School. Despite an approaching typhoon, we were blessed with fine weather and were able to finish all the competitions safely without any major accidents. For the third graders, this was their last sports festival/ They showed off the results of all
New First Grade Orientation
On April 12, 2024 by SasakiStarting April 9th, the new first years having been getting used to the start of their new life here at Yamamurakokusai. The first morning was a little confusing remembering where one`s homeroom was but by the end of the week everyone seemed to know where to go. New students have attended meetings, learned their way
British Hills Experience – Christmas 2023
On January 13, 2024 by giganick23 of our students brought in the holiday season over 3 days (December 26th ~ 28th) at our annual English language study excursion to British Hills, Japan’s leading English immersion village in the snow-laden mountains of southern Fukushima. In a setting designed to evoke the feeling of visiting the UK, students participated in a wide