Nishimachi International School
Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · Est. 1949
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- Established
- 1949
- Curriculum
- International inquiry-based K-9 curriculum with Japanese for all students
About this school
Nishimachi International School was founded in 1949 by Tané Matsukata on her family property in Azabu, after she returned from 17 years in the United States. Classes began with four students in a family home, with the aim of an education that stressed the human side of learning and peaceful coexistence. The school became a gakko hojin in 1955, adopted English as its main language of instruction in 1956, added a kindergarten in 1958 and a junior high in the 1960s, and took its current name in 1966.
Nishimachi teaches from kindergarten to Grade 9 in English, and Japanese has been required for all students since 1962. The school describes itself as academically rigorous with an intimate community, a student–teacher ratio of about 1:7 and average classes of about 20. It is accredited by WASC and CIS.
The campus in Moto Azabu includes the historic Matsukata House, a gymnasium, primary and upper-school buildings and the Yashiro Media Center, with the kindergarten nearby in Moto Azabu Hills. The school runs Camp Rioichiro Arai in Gunma Prefecture and has long supported a school it built in Cambodia.
