Waseda Shibuya Senior High School

Waseda Shibuya Senior High School (Japanese: 早稲田大学系属早稲田渋谷シンガポール校, Hepburn: Waseda Shibuya Shingapōru Kō) is a Japanese school in West Coast, Singapore. It is affiliated with Waseda University in Shinjuku, Tokyo, making it a regional branch of a Japanese private school, and is located on the city-state's western coast.[2][3] The school is operated by Waseda Shibuya Senior High School Pte. Ltd.[4]

Waseda Shibuya Senior High School 早稲田大学系属早稲田渋谷シンガポール校
Address
Waseda Shibuya Senior High School
57 West Coast Road Singapore 127366 Singapore
Coordinates	1°17′46.7″N 103°45′58.6″E
Information
Type	High School
Established	April 1991 (1991-04)
Principal	Hikota Koguchi[1]
Language	Japanese
Affiliation	Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Website	www.waseda-shibuya.edu.sg

School campus

History

Waseda Shibuya Senior High School was founded in April 1991 as the Shibuya Makuhari Singapore School (渋谷幕張シンガポール校, Shibuya Makuhari Shingapōru Kō).[5] The opening 10th-grade class included 50 Japanese students whose families lived in Singapore.[6] At the time the school was affiliated with the Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen (渋谷教育学園, Shibuya Kyōiku Gakuen), the agency operating Makuhari Junior and Senior High School in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture.[5] As of 1991 it was the only Japanese overseas boarding senior high school outside of the United States and Europe.[7] Tetsuo Tamura (田村 哲夫 Tamura Tetsuo), who had served as the head of the Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen, stated that he wished to establish an overseas Japanese school in Asia after learning about the sense of alienation from society many Japanese felt after returning from overseas. Tamura established a regional branch in Asia because he believed other Japanese international schools were too oriented to Europe and the United States.[6]

The school first opened in a temporary facility for a local Japanese kindergarten. The Singaporean government leased 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft) of land to the school on terms described by Toshio Iwasaki of the Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry as "very favorable".[6] In the northern hemisphere summer of 1991 the construction of the school buildings, athletic facilities, and dormitory facilities finished. In September 1991, the students moved into the permanent campus for the second semester of the school year.[6]

In April 2002 the school became affiliated with Waseda University. The school was renamed as "Waseda Shibuya Senior High School" to reflect the change.[5]

Admissions and Academic Information

The school also accepts graduates of Japanese junior high schools in Singapore and across the Asian region.[8]

About 60% of this school's graduates move on to Waseda University. Other universities that have accepted students from Waseda Shibuya include Doshisha University, Hosei University, Kwansei University, Rikkyo University, and Ritsumeikan University.[9]

The annual school festival is usually held in September, it was last held in 2018.

Facilities

The school maintains dormitories, allowing students whose parents are transferred overseas to complete their high school education. The boarding school has 187 single occupancy rooms, with 116 for boys and 71 for girls. Currently, about 50% of the students reside in dormitories, while the remaining students reside with their families in Singapore. [8][9]

The school has an astronomical observatory. As of 1991, as part of a Japan-Singapore educational exchange, the school opened the observatory to students attending local Singaporean secondary schools.[6]

References

1. "2014 Brochure" (Archive). Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore. p. 06. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
2. "私立在外教育施設一覧" (Archive). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Retrieved on March 1, 2015.
3. "Mission and School Philosophy." (Archive) Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
4. "認定した在外教育施設の一覧" (Archive). MEXT. Retrieved on April 6, 2015.
5. "School History." (Archive) Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
6. Iwasaki, Toshio. "Japanese Schools Take Root Overseas." Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry. Japan Economic Foundation (JEF, Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan), No. 5, 1991. Contributed to Google Books by the JEF. p. 25. "He practiced what he preached by establishing Makuhari Senior High School about 10 years ago to accept and educate children of Japanese nationals returning from abroad who were having trouble getting adjusted to the education system and environment at home."
7. Iwasaki, Toshio. "Japanese Schools Take Root Overseas." Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry. Japan Economic Foundation (JEF, Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan), No. 5, 1991. Contributed to Google Books by the JEF. p. 24. "The sole exception is Shibuya Makuhari Senior High School, which is located in Singapore."
8. "2013 Brochure." (Archive) Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore. p. 23. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
9. "海外で通用する人材育成　早稲田渋谷シンガポール校　アジアでただ一つの系属校　(2014年11月28日)" (Archive). The Daily Jakarta Shimbun. Retrieved on February 23, 2015. "同校は１９９１年、渋谷幕張シンガポール校として開校し、２００２年に早稲田大学系属校になった。３１９人（10月現在）の生徒が在籍し、うち半数が寮生だ。寮生はタイ、マレーシア、インドネシア、ドバイなど各地から集まっている。" and "早稲田大学の系属校としてはアジアでただ一つ。生徒の約６割は同大へ進学し、指定校推薦では明治、中央、立教、法政、関西学院、同志社、立命館などへ進学する。東京大学や一橋、防衛医大などの合格実績も誇っている。"

Further reading

(in Japanese)

• 桑原 汎 and 松本 卓. "シンガポールに生きる(38)現地高校に国際人養成の夢を託して--早稲田渋谷シンガポール校事務局長 桑原汎さん." シンガポール 2003(1), 20-24, 2003-03. 日本シンガポール協会. See profile at CiNii.

See also

• Singapore-Japan relations
• Japanese people in Singapore
• The Japanese School Singapore (Japanese elementary and junior high school in Singapore)

External links

• Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore
• Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore (in Japanese)
• Shibuya Makuhari High School in Singapore at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Japanese)