Saitama Japanese Language School(埼玉日本語学校)

About the school

1-58-1 Dotecho, Omiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama. 12 minutes' walk from Omiya Station and 3 minutes' walk from Kita-Omiya Station. Run by the Toei Kokusai Gakuen educational corporation; began Japanese-language education in October 1989 and moved to the current building in 2004. Student capacity 278; 30 teachers. For students aiming at further study; features are about 30 minutes from central Tokyo and living costs lower than in Tokyo.

Fees

Annual tuition

¥600,000

Fee basis

Tuition ¥600,000 (1 year). From the official website tuition page. Materials and extracurricular activity fees are included in tuition. Separately: facilities fee ¥80,000 (1 year), insurance ¥10,000 (1 year) and health check costs. Tax inclusion not stated. Fiscal year not stated (the current site).

Admission fee

¥70,000¥70,000. Tax-included/tax-excluded not stated. The screening fee is not stated officially

Dormitory

YesFrom ¥40,000 per month

Dormitory & housing

Student dormitory available (near the school, with TV, refrigerator, washing machine, microwave, gas stove, shower, air conditioning and heating). The partner real-estate company (Heisei Housing Co., Ltd.) introduces student residences, furnished apartments and share houses.

Admission requirements

Intake months

• April24 months(2 yrs)
• October18 months(1 yr 6 mo)

Study period

Further-study 2-year course (April entry), further-study 1-year 6-month course (October entry).

Admission requirements

Not stated officially (the admission guidelines page has not been read. Process before enrollment: inquiry → application → document, written and interview selection → COE application)

Japanese level requirement

Screening is by documents, a written test and an interview. Specific conditions such as a JLPT level are not stated officially.

Graduation & further-study support

Advancement guidance, sessions where graduates share advancement experiences, individual advancement guidance (choosing target schools, application documents, essay and interview prep). Scholarships (study incentive grant ¥30,000 per month, Nitori International Scholarship Foundation ¥60,000-80,000 per month, Kyoritsu Maintenance ¥60,000 per month, LSH Asia ¥100,000 and others, the school's own advancement support scholarship). Results: universities including University of Tokyo, Waseda, Keio, Tsukuba, Kyoto University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Saitama University, Tokyo Tech and Meiji, and vocational schools including Tokyo Global Business College and Nippon Engineering College.

Accreditation

Certified by the Association for the Promotion of Japanese Language Education in 1990; Ministry of Justice notified school (1990); supporting member school of the Association; full member school of the National Association of Japanese Language Education of Miscellaneous Schools; a school that can submit applications on behalf of applicants at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau. Whether it is a Certified Japanese Language Institution certified by the Minister of Education is not stated officially.

Nepal applicants

The official website is available in Nepali (नेपाली). No country restrictions could be confirmed (the text of the admission guidelines page has not been checked).

Language support

Website available in Japanese, English, Burmese, Nepali and Vietnamese (some Chinese and Korean pages). The language of instruction is Japanese. Staff support languages are not stated officially.