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Aichi International School is located at Nijigaoka 3-4, Meito Ward, Nagoya, Aichi. The campus sits in a quiet residential district opposite Nijigaoka Park. It is about a 15-minute walk from Hoshigaoka Station on the Higashiyama Line and roughly a 10-minute drive from the Nagoya Exit of the Tomei/Meishin Expressways, with parkland in the immediate surrounds supporting a calm learning environment.
AIS uses a nine-year framework: three years of kindergarten and six years of elementary school. Kindergarten classes are taught exclusively in English, while the elementary program is bilingual in English and Japanese (approximately 70% English and 30% Japanese) for Grades 1–6, accommodating students aged 3–12.
Co-educational international school serving boys and girls aged 3–12.
Class sizes range from 10 to 20 students per class, enabling individualized attention. All teachers are certified to deliver the full curriculum. The school uses external assessments such as the ISA for Grades 3–6 and EIKEN Institute-based assessments for elementary students.
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Morning care for kindergarten starts at 8:00 AM. After-care is offered for kindergarten from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM and for elementary students from 4:15 PM to 5:00 PM.
AIS offers a bus service: a 5-minute ride from Hoshigaoka Bus Terminal bound for Irinaka. Timetables for the nearest stop (Nishiyama Elementary School) are provided, and additional transit information can be found via Nagoya City public transportation resources.
Application and Enrollment Fees
- Application fee (paid with the application form): JPY 22,000 for Kindergarten; JPY 33,000 for Elementary (Grades 1–6).
- Enrollment (admission) fee (one-time, amount depends on age/grade at entry):
- Kindergarten: JPY 330,000 (age 3); JPY 220,000 (age 4); JPY 110,000 (age 5).
- Elementary: JPY 440,000 (Grades 1–3); JPY 220,000 (Grade 4); JPY 110,000 (Grade 5); JPY 55,000 (Grade 6).
Annual Tuition (by program)
- Kindergarten (Ages 3–5): JPY 1,089,000 per school year.
- Elementary School (Grades 1–6): JPY 1,331,000 per school year.
Tuition — per term breakdown (calculated by number of months in each term)
- The school year runs April through March and is divided into three terms: Term 1 (April–July = 4 months), Term 2 (September–December = 4 months), Term 3 (January–March = 3 months). Term payments are calculated by the number of months in the term.
- Kindergarten (annual JPY 1,089,000):
- Monthly basis used for term calculation: JPY 99,000 (JPY 1,089,000 ÷ 11 months).
- Term 1 (4 months): JPY 396,000.
- Term 2 (4 months): JPY 396,000.
- Term 3 (3 months): JPY 297,000.
- Total for the year: JPY 1,089,000.
- Elementary (annual JPY 1,331,000):
- Monthly basis used for term calculation: JPY 121,000 (JPY 1,331,000 ÷ 11 months).
- Term 1 (4 months): JPY 484,000.
- Term 2 (4 months): JPY 484,000.
- Term 3 (3 months): JPY 363,000.
- Total for the year: JPY 1,331,000.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Tuition may be paid either in a single annual payment or on a term basis (term amounts are calculated by number of months in each term). Both annual and term payments are collected by electronic withdrawal from the family's financial institution. A handling charge of JPY 3,300 is applied to termly installment payments.
- The application fee is submitted at the same time as the application form.
Facilities, supplies and other one-time / recurring fees
- School facilities fee:
- Kindergarten (Ages 3–5): JPY 206,800.
- Elementary (Grades 1–6): JPY 227,480.
- Supply fee:
- Kindergarten: JPY 88,000.
- Elementary: JPY 96,800.
- Additional likely costs (charged as applicable): school uniform; school bag (elementary); textbooks; school lunch (if ordered); violin lessons for elementary students; costs for special events and activities. These items are noted as additional costs beyond the amounts listed above.
Boarding fees
- Boarding is not applicable. No boarding fees are listed for Aichi International School's Kindergarten or Elementary programs.
Refund information
- No explicit refund policy or refund schedule is published within the school's tuition, admission, and application materials.
Fee payment options
- Primary payment collection method for tuition is electronic withdrawal (direct debit) from the family's financial institution. A termly installment incurs a JPY 3,300 administrative charge. The application form instruction requires submission of the applicable application fee when the application form is submitted. Specific alternate payment methods (for example, credit card or wire transfer) are not specified in the published fee materials.
Aichi International School (AIS) is an integrated kindergarten and elementary school in Hoshigaoka, Nagoya, serving children aged 3–12. Kindergarten is taught in a 100% English immersion setting, and the elementary school (Grades 1–6) runs a bilingual program with approximately 70% of instruction in English and 30% in Japanese. AIS states its curriculum is tailored from guidelines set by Japan’s Ministry of Education and British Columbia, Canada. For assessment, AIS notes that Grades 3–6 take the International Schools’ Assessment (ISA) in English and Math, and students also sit EIKEN-based tests. After school, children can join language-learning and sports/culture options such as Japanese lessons, tea ceremony, drama club, soccer and computer club. The school is reachable by subway and bus, with Hoshigaoka Station within walking distance.
