International Schools in Kobe, Japan

Kobe’s international schools include long-established English-medium day and boarding schools alongside bilingual and European-language campuses, so families can find IB, British-style and other international programmes within a compact urban region. Many schools use English as the primary language of instruction, while a growing number offer fully bilingual English - Japanese pathways or trilingual provision in German/English/Japanese. Annual tuition varies by provider and pupil age but typically sits in the broad range of roughly ¥1.5 million to ¥4.5 million, with additional one-off entry, capital, boarding or learning-support fees. Admissions are often handled on a rolling basis with main intakes at the start of each school’s academic year (check whether that school follows an April or an August/September calendar) and families should note that most international schools in Japan are legally categorised as “miscellaneous schools” under MEXT, which has implications for formal recognition in the Japanese system.

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