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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. From our variety of courses, including nutrition and child care, to our innovative English teaching, to our frequently televised dance troupes, 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 on the local and the global platform for local and for global goals.
International aspects of our school include
- Farmstay in New Zealand (all year 2 students)
- Homestay overseas. Previously: Canada/USA/Australia (voluntary)
- Intensive English week (all year 1 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)
- Baton twirling – national finalists(boys and girls)
- Broadcasting – national broadcasting awards
- Calligraphy – prefecture winners
- Fashion design – university awards
- Food and nutrition course
- Iaido (samurai sword style) (boys and girls)
- Kendo – regional quarter-finals (boys and girls)
- Manga creation
- Nursery and kindergarten pre-schoolers education courses.
- Scientific research – university awards for biology, national winners.
- Soccer – prefecture quarter-finals
- Yosakoi dance club
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.
