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Boarding is not offered. Oakwood Tokyo International School operates as a day program with extended-care options for working families. The Day Program runs 8:45–14:45, Monday to Friday; there is a Working Parents Support option from 8:00–18:00 and an after‑school Adventure Play from 14:45–18:00, Monday to Friday.
Enrollment includes a hat, a t‑shirt, a tote bag and a yearbook. Uniform items are available through the Oakwood Apparel Store, which sells branded items such as an Oakwood T‑shirt and a tote bag.
The school provides lunch as part of the Day Program and operates a fixed weekly menu. A typical schedule features hot meals with rice (e.g., Meat with vegetables and Rice on Mondays; Fish on Tuesdays) and a rotating selection on other days; the catering is listed under Tapir's Kitchen (Kaminoge). The menu notes dietary considerations, with side dishes not containing meat, meat extracts, sake, mirin, eggs, or mayonnaise.
Oakwood Tokyo International School is owned by Shinjiro Yachi, who is listed as Founder and Owner. The leadership team includes a Principal & General Manager (David B. Foley, Jr.) and a Vice Principal (Jacob Richardson, USA). The information presented on the school's leadership pages identifies these roles but does not indicate the school being part of a larger group.
Oakwood Tokyo International School is an English-instruction nursery through elementary school in Nakamachi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, and it describes itself as an IB PYP Candidate School. The school offers onsite nursery care starting at 10 months, plus preschool and kindergarten. It also runs after-school programs for children up to 10 years old. The elementary program opened with Grade 1 in September 2025 and states a maximum class size of 8 students. Facilities described for younger children include spaces such as “The Forest”, “The Gym”, “Rainbow Castle”, a climbing wall and a tree house (ages 3+). For transportation, Oakwood notes a school bus service for families in and around Setagaya-ku.
