Hiroshima Global Academy

3137-2 Okushi, Osakikamijima Town, Toyota District, Hiroshima Prefecture 725-0303, Japan. The school sits on Osakikamijima Island in the Seto Inland Sea. The island has no fixed bridge to the mainland and is reached by ferry from Takehara Port or Akitsu Port on Honshu. The surrounding area is rural with a close-knit local community.

HiGA combines three years of junior high school and three years of senior high school into a six-year program. It offers IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and IB Diploma Programme (DP) as part of its IB World School status. The junior high years precede the high school years, and the school operates as a single integrated campus.

HiGA is a co-educational boarding IB World School operated as a public prefectural school in Japan. It serves both boys and girls and provides a full boarding option for students.

Public materials do not publish a dedicated SEN program. The dormitory system provides extensive on-site support from house staff (housemasters and house supporters) to assist students with daily life, well-being and residential routines.

Japan. HiGA is catalogued as a state/public IB World School in Japan.

Religious affiliation is not indicated in public materials.

A typical dorm life weekday includes wake-up and health checks, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and after-school activities. The dormitory has a curfew at 18:30 and lights-out at 22:00; study time is scheduled from 18:00–22:00. Specific school start/end times are not published.

No dedicated school bus is published. On-island transport options include the Osaki-Kamijima Loop Bus and the Otohime Bus (fixed-route and on-demand services) for campus-area travel. The island also relies on ferry links to Takehara and Akitsu ports on Honshu for access to the mainland.

Application fees

- High school one-time enrollment fee (入学料): JPY 5,650 (one-time at enrollment).
- No separate application/examination fee for middle school is published as a required charge; only the high‑school enrollment fee is listed as a one‑time charge.

Tuition fees by school year (amounts, per month / per year / per term)

Notes on term arithmetic: the school operates with multiple terms (a second‑term closing ceremony is published), so per‑term figures below are shown by dividing annual totals into three terms.

- Middle school (Grades 7–9)
- Tuition: JPY 0 per month (tuition-free).
- Miscellaneous and dormitory charges (where applicable) are shown elsewhere in the school's published fees (see following sections).

- High school (Grades 10–12)
- Tuition: JPY 9,900 per month; JPY 118,800 per year; JPY 39,600 per term (annual divided into three terms).
- Miscellaneous fees (諸費): published monthly figures vary across different published pages; examples include JPY 10,000 per month (JPY 120,000 per year; JPY 40,000 per term) and JPY 18,000 per month (JPY 216,000 per year; JPY 72,000 per term). An annual miscellaneous figure of JPY 258,000 is also shown on an English summary (JPY 86,000 per term). These miscellaneous items are stated to include education activity costs (textbooks, external English test fees, ICT/platform fees, etc.).
- Dormitory (boarding) fees: published monthly figures differ among published materials; examples include JPY 37,000 per month (approx. JPY 444,000 per year; JPY 148,000 per term) and JPY 42,000 per month (approx. JPY 504,000 per year; JPY 168,000 per term). Dormitory fees are described as including food, utilities, common expenses and activity costs (food component is separately indicated on some pages).

Billing schedule and payment terms

- Tuition and recurring fees are published as monthly amounts (where shown) and can be expressed as annual totals (monthly × 12) and as per‑term amounts (annual ÷ 3). Specific invoice dates, due‑date schedules, and permissible late‑payment arrangements are not detailed in the published fee summaries.

Boarding fees (details)

- Boarding is provided as a full‑boarding (dormitory) model. Dormitory charges are published as a monthly fee (examples: JPY 37,000/month or JPY 42,000/month). Dormitory charges are described as including food, utilities, shared costs and activity fees; the published breakdowns note that the food component is an estimated portion of the dormitory fee. Annualized and per‑term equivalents are provided above.

Other costs and one‑time charges

- Initial and occasional additional costs explicitly listed include:
- School supplies and learning equipment (examples: laptop for learning, musical instruments, graphing calculators).
- Costs associated with project learning and field trips, which may include domestic and overseas travel and associated transport costs; amounts vary by activity and are determined by the students' program choices.
- IB‑related costs in senior year (IB final examinations and related documentation and overseas university application fees) are stated as external charges billed in foreign currency and therefore subject to exchange‑rate fluctuation.
- Uniforms and athletic clothing / PE kit are listed among typical one‑time costs under general “学用品費等”; specific uniform pricing is not published as a fixed figure in the fee summaries.

Refund information

- A specific refund policy for tuition, dormitory fees, or entrance fees is not published in the school's fee and support summaries. Recurring fee items are described as estimated amounts and may change; details on refunds, cancellations or prorated returns of fees are not specified in the published fee pages.

Fee payment options (methods)

- Published fee summaries list amounts and frequency but do not specify accepted payment methods (bank transfer, credit card, international payment service) or the school's invoicing mechanism. No specific payment platforms or card acceptance policy is detailed in the school's public fee pages.

Summary (figures presented clearly)

- High school tuition: JPY 9,900 per month / JPY 118,800 per year / JPY 39,600 per term.
- Dormitory (examples): JPY 37,000 per month (JPY 444,000 per year; JPY 148,000 per term) or JPY 42,000 per month (JPY 504,000 per year; JPY 168,000 per term).
- Miscellaneous fees (examples): JPY 10,000–18,000 per month (annual equivalents shown above) and an alternative annual figure JPY 258,000 (JPY 86,000 per term) is also published. Miscellaneous fees cover educational activity costs, testing, ICT and equipment.
- High‑school one‑time enrollment fee: JPY 5,650.

If you require these numbers presented in another format (for example: per month, per term and per year clearly grouped by Grade with the cited figure for each line), the numeric figures above can be used directly to populate that display. The figures cited above are those the school publishes in its public fee and admissions materials.

Public reports indicate HiGA had about 255 students in 2025, including international students. Nationalities represented include Mexico, Uganda, India, Ghana, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, and China; students from across Japan are also enrolled. Exact numbers for nationalities and the local-to-international ratio are not publicly published.