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The school operates two dormitories: Blanche (Girls Dorm) and Miyama (Boys Dorm). They house almost 50 students and are supported by residential faculty who live alongside the students. A typical dorm room is doubles or triples with an en suite, a bunk bed, a desk, and a dresser. The roommate pairing process matches students by personality and living preferences and places students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds together to promote cultural fluency and English language learning.
A commercial kitchen in Blanche prepares wholesome meals for lunch for all students and faculty.
The school is a not-for-profit organization governed by a Board and organized as the Hakuba International School Foundation, supported by tuition and donor funding.
Hakuba International School is a small international boarding and day school in Japan’s Hakuba Valley (Nagano Prefecture), near the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics. For 2025–26 it serves Grades 7–11, with plans to reach Grades 7–12 by 2026-27. English is the language of instruction and all students study Japanese at an appropriate level. The school describes a university-preparatory program built around its “Human Flourishing Curriculum,” and it uses project-based learning alongside social-emotional learning. A distinctive feature is its calendar structure: six-week project “bursts” separated by weeks that include outdoor expeditions. Boarding life is supported by two dormitories (girls’ and boys’) that together house almost 50 students.
