Japanese School in Seoul

The Seoul Japanese School is located in Mapo District, Seoul, in the Digital Media City (DMC) area. The campus sits in the Sangam-dong neighborhood and moved to its current DMC site on September 27, 2010, from Gaepo-dong. The campus is near World Cup Stadium and is accessible by public transport.

The school provides Kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle School programs.

The school is a Japanese international day school serving children of Japanese citizens in Korea. It is co-educational.

Korean language classes are part of the curriculum. No explicit SEN provisions are listed publicly.

The school is affiliated with Japan and follows the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) curriculum.

No religious affiliation.

The school follows a standard Japanese day-school pattern with morning classes and a midday break; exact daily hours are not published publicly. Attendance is via walking, school bus, or public transport.

A school bus service is available and is organized by the Seoul Japanese School Parents Association with school staff support. Buses originate from Ichon in Yongsan District and from Sangam-dong in Mapo District; monthly fees apply; stops are not published for safety.

Application fees

- Entrance / admission fee: KRW 500,000 (one-time, payable at enrolment).

Tuition fees by year group (amounts shown as monthly school fees where available)

- Kindergarten (幼稚部) – Year-group breakdown:
- Younger class (年少): KRW 460,000 per month.
- Middle / older kindergarten classes (年中・年長): KRW 420,000 per month.

- Elementary school (小学部): KRW 300,000 per month.

- Middle school (中学部): KRW 300,000 per month.

Other recurring/one‑off school charges

- Meal / lunch fees: charged separately (amount not published in the sources consulted).
- Textbook / materials fees: charged separately.
- Facility / building maintenance or reconstruction levy: an example line item reported as KRW 50,000 per month in community summaries.
- Heating/cooling charge (air‑conditioning): an example line item reported as KRW 20,000 per month in community summaries.
- PTA fee: an annual PTA fee reported in community summaries (example: KRW 30,000 per year).
- Event/activity fees (excursions, school events) and other incidental charges: charged as required; specific per‑event amounts are not published in the sources consulted.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- Tuition and recurring school fees are presented in the sources as monthly charges; invoices are commonly issued on a monthly or term basis depending on the school's internal billing practice. The community sources note monthly tuition figures and indicate regular monthly collection.
- Payment method reported in community summaries: bank transfer (bank remittance).

Boarding / dormitory fees

- No boarding or dormitory charges are published in the sources consulted. The school is reported as a day school for the children of resident Japanese families.

Refund information

- No formal refund policy for tuition, entrance fees, or other charges was publicly available in the community sources reviewed. Refund rules (if any) were not published in the public summaries consulted.

Fee payment options

- Bank transfer (wire/bank remittance) is specifically mentioned as an accepted payment method in community summaries. Other payment methods (credit card, cash) are not detailed in the sources reviewed.

Notes on source coverage and limitations

- The Japanese School in Seoul (ソウル日本人学校) is an established full‑day Japanese school in Seoul. The monetary figures above are drawn from local community and school‑info summaries that publish fee breakdowns; an official, detailed public fee schedule from the school was not located in the sources consulted. For context about the school's existence and location, see general school listings.

Search summary (what was found and what was not located)

- Community and third‑party school‑information pages report an entrance fee of KRW 500,000 and monthly tuition figures of KRW 460,000 / 420,000 for kindergarten levels and KRW 300,000 for elementary and middle school, plus separate charges for meals, textbooks, PTA and small monthly facility/utility levies; these community pages are the source of the numeric values used above.
- A formal, published, itemized fee schedule from the school itself (showing term‑by‑term invoicing rules, exact refund policy, and a comprehensive official list of accepted payment methods) was not found among the publicly accessible pages consulted. The sources used are community and school‑info summaries rather than an official school fee schedule.