Kyoto International Junior and Senior High School

Kyoto International Junior and Senior High School (Japanese: 京都国際中学校・高等学校, Kyōto Kokusai Chūgakkō Kōtōgakkō; Korean교토국제중학교・고등학교; Hanja교토國際中學校・高等學校) is a Japanese school in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. It includes middle and high school levels. It is under the Educational Foundation Kyoto International School (Japanese: 学校法人 京都国際学園 Korean학교법인교토국제학원; Hanja學校法人교토國際學園).[1] Founded in 1947 as Kyoto Chōsen Chūgaku (京都朝鮮中学), a school for Koreans living in Japan, the school was authorized as Kyoto Kankoku Gakuen (京都韓国学園) by the governor of Kyoto Prefecture in 1958. In 2003, the school was transformed into a school that complies with Article 1 of the School Education Act, which adheres to the curriculum guidelines set by the Japanese government, and was approved by the governor of Kyoto and reopened in 2004.[2] Since then, the school has been accepting Japanese students, and by 2024, 90% of all students were Japanese.[3]

  1. ^ "Educational Foundation Kyoto International School". en.kyoto-kokusai.jp. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ 京都国際の甲子園での活躍に韓国メディアも注目=「響いた韓国語校歌」 (in Japanese). Nifty News. 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  3. ^ 野球:韓国語の校歌がまた流れる…京都国際高校、日本の甲子園で初の決勝進出 (in Japanese). Yahoo Japan News. 21 August 2024. Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.