Seattle Japanese School シアトル日本語補習学校
Location

Bellevue, Washington United States
Coordinates	47°37′08″N 122°10′31″W / 47.61886°N 122.17541°W / 47.61886; -122.17541
Information
Type	supplementary Japanese school
Established	1971 (1971)
Website	seajschool.org

Seattle Japanese School (シアトル日本語補習学校, Shiatoru Nihongo Hoshūgakkō) is a supplementary Japanese school located in the Seattle metropolitan area. It holds its classes in Bellevue.^[1]

History

The Seattle Japanese School was founded in 1971 by local businessmen of Japanese descent; by 1993, it had over 600 students and served most of the Puget Sound region.^[2]

In 1986 the school moved to Bellevue since most of the students resided in the Eastside of King County, Washington.^[3]

Student body

As of 1993^[update] the student body numbered 600, with the majority being children of Japanese citizens on work visas. As of that year some students originated from Tacoma, and others came from Anacortes.^[4]

References

Fujimori, Hiroko (藤森弘子; Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japanese Language Center for International Students (留学生日本語教育センター)). "The Current State of Japanese Language Teaching in the U.S.A. : Report on Visits to a Saturday Japanese School for Japanese Students and Japanese Classes at Secondary Schools in the U.S.A." (米国日本語教育事情調査 : REX派遣先校と日本語補習授業校を視察して; Archive). Bulletin of Japanese Language Center for International Students (留学生日本語教育センター論集) 30, p. 139-152, 2004–03. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. See profile at CiNii. See profile at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Prometheus-Academic Collections (東京外国語大学学術成果コレクション). English abstract available (Archive). This Saturday school is discussed in section 3-3, beginning on page 143.
砂原　由和 (ネットワーク情報学部　助教授). "レドモンド教育事情" (Archive). 資格課程年報Passo a Passo (『パッソアパッソ』). Hosted at Senshu University. Start p. 5-6 (PDF pages p. 5-6).

v t e Bellevue, Washington
Geography
Areas	Bel-Red Bridle Trails Downtown Bellevue Crossroads Eastgate Factoria Lake Hills Lakemont Newport Overlake Somerset Spring District Wilburton
Education
Primary and secondary schools	Bellevue School District Bellevue High School Interlake High School Newport High School Sammamish High School International School Issaquah School District Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle Bellevue Christian School (in Clyde Hill)
Other education	Bellevue College Seattle Japanese School Washington Technology University
Other
Landmarks	400 Building Bellevue Square Bellevue Towers City Center Bellevue Expedia Building Lincoln Square Paccar Tower Puget Power Building Seattle Washington Temple Washington Square Bellevue Airfield (closed)
This list is incomplete. See also: List of tallest buildings

Overseas Japanese weekend/supplementary schools (Hoshū jugyō kō)

With Japanese
gov't teachers

Europe	Brussels Geneva London
North America	Chicago area Greater Cincinnati Columbus, Ohio Dallas Detroit Guam Houston Indianapolis Los Angeles area Miami area JWS of New York Portland, Oregon Princeton, New Jersey San Diego (Minato) San Francisco JS Seattle area Toronto
Oceania	Queensland

W/o Japanese
gov't teachers

Europe	Düsseldorf Madrid Zurich
North America	Hartford Minneapolis JS Minnesota JS Montreal Nishiyamato Academy Orlando St. Louis
Oceania	Australia (Canberra, Melbourne, Queensland)
South America	Quito

Int'l schools w/
MEXT-designated
Japanese sections

Unapproved
by MEXT

Sundai Michigan International Academy

The Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) designates most of these schools as hoshū jugyō kō. Schools in italics are not designated as such by MEXT.

History

Student body

See also

References

Further reading