Tohoku International School

Tohoku International School (TIS) is located at 7-101-1 Yakata, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 981-3214, Japan. The campus sits in Izumi Ward in Sendai city, within the Miyagi Prefecture in the Tohoku region of northern Honshu. It is accessible by public transit, with bus routes stopping near Izumi Village 1-chome and 2-chome and a School Bus Map available for planning. From Sendai Station, you can take bus 910; from Izumi Chuo, take bus 21 or 22 to reach the school area.

Kindergarten, Elementary, and Secondary (K-12) are offered. The Elementary School is an authorized International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP). In the Secondary School, the Diploma Programme (DP) is available, with English-language instruction across the curriculum and additional language supports such as EAL and Japanese Language classes.

Tohoku International School is a private, co-educational day school. It is described as the only international school in the Tohoku region offering a full K-12 program. Boarding is not indicated; the school operates as a day school with fee-based admissions.

The school provides English as an Additional Language (EAL) support with a policy and tiered monthly fees; levels are reviewed twice a year. There is also a Japanese Language Class to support learners with language development.

Japan. The school is located in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, and is described as a private international school in Japan; it does not list a separate country affiliation.

No religious affiliation is publicly listed by the school. The materials focus on international and IB programs rather than religious orientation.

Exact daily start and end times are not published on the site. The school operates a three-route bus service with morning pickups around the start of the school day and afternoon drop-offs; school trips and after-school activities (ASA) are offered and transportation is provided after ASA.

The school offers three bus routes (A, B, and C) with multiple stops across Sendai Station and Izumi-area neighborhoods. Bus A runs stops including Sendai Station, Kita Yobancho, Kimachi Higashi, Sakuragaoka 3-chome, Chomeigaoka, and TIS, with morning pickups around 8:00–8:45 and afternoon drop-offs around 15:40–16:20 depending on the stop. Bus B serves Yaotome, Daikannon, Nakayama Yoshinari, and TIS, with similar morning/afternoon windows, and Bus C covers Akaishidai Nishi, Shogen 4-chome, Katsura 3 Green-Mart, Takamori, Tapio, and TIS, with comparable timings. Monthly bus fees vary by route (roughly 5,000–7,000 yen per month). The ASA program (After-School Activities) also provides bus transport.

Application fees
- Entrance Fee: JPY 400,000.
- Administrative (application) Fee: JPY 15,000.
- Entrance Fee and Administrative Fee are non-refundable.

Annual tuition and fees (breakdown by year group; per year and monthly instalment shown)
- Kindergarten (Full day)
- Tuition (annual): JPY 800,000.
- Facility fee (annual): JPY 150,000.
- Heating / AC (annual): JPY 40,000.
- Student total (annual): JPY 990,000.
- Monthly billing (10 months): JPY 99,000 per month.

- Grade 1–8
- Tuition (annual): JPY 1,150,000.
- Facility fee (annual): JPY 150,000.
- Heating / AC (annual): JPY 40,000.
- Student total (annual): JPY 1,340,000.
- Monthly billing (10 months): JPY 134,000 per month.

- Grade 9–10
- Tuition (annual): JPY 1,350,000.
- Facility fee (annual): JPY 150,000.
- Heating / AC (annual): JPY 40,000.
- Student total (annual): JPY 1,540,000.
- Monthly billing (10 months): JPY 154,000 per month.

- Grade 11–12 (IB Diploma Programme)
- Tuition (annual): JPY 1,400,000.
- Facility fee (annual): JPY 150,000.
- Heating / AC (annual): JPY 40,000.
- DP Text & Test fee (annual): JPY 100,000.
- Student total (annual): JPY 1,690,000.
- Monthly billing (10 months): JPY 169,000 per month.
- DP examination and handling fees are JPY 200,000 for the two-year DP period (JPY 100,000 per year); the JPY 100,000 yearly amount may be split into monthly instalments.

EAL (English as an Additional Language) fees (monthly)
- Monitor level: JPY 4,000 per month.
- Intermediate level: JPY 11,000 per month.
- Intensive level: JPY 25,000 per month.
- EAL level is reviewed twice a year.

School bus fees (monthly)
- Sendai Station route: JPY 7,000 per month.
- Yaotome: JPY 6,000 per month.
- Daikannon: JPY 5,000 per month.
- Akashidai: JPY 6,000 per month.
- Izumi Parktown: JPY 6,000 per month.

Boarding fees
- Tohoku International School is a day school and does not provide boarding facilities; boarding fees are not applicable.

Other costs / additional charges
- DP Text & Test fee for Grade 11–12: JPY 100,000 per year (included above in the Grade 11–12 breakdown).
- EAL fees and school-bus fees are charged in addition to standard tuition (amounts listed above).
- No uniform fees or other mandatory ancillary fees are listed in the published fee schedule.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- Annual totals are presented with an option to bill as monthly instalments over 10 months (monthly amounts are shown for each year group).
- DP exam handling fees may be split into monthly instalments (JPY 100,000 per DP year can be split).

Refund information
- The Entrance Fee (JPY 400,000) and the Administrative Fee (JPY 15,000) are non-refundable.
- No other explicit refund terms for tuition or ancillary fees are specified in the published fee material.

Fee payment options
- The publicly posted fee schedule does not specify tuition payment methods.
- The institution accepts bank transfers in Japanese yen and online credit-card payments for donations. These donation payment channels demonstrate the school's use of bank transfer and online credit-card processing for financial transactions.

Notes
- Facility, heating/AC, EAL, DP text & test, and bus fees are itemised in addition to tuition and should be added to the tuition total when budgeting.

Public sources describe TIS as hosting an international student body with around 100 students from approximately 20 countries; exact nationality breakdown is not published by the school. The student body is characterized as diverse and international.