Education
Schools in Tokyo are very different to our schools.Tokyo has three different school systems, Elementary school (1 - 6), Junior high (7 - 9) and high school (10 - 12). This system started in the Meji period, where an eight years old kid had to attend the elementary school because the government made it compulsory. After World War 2, Japan has made a population raise on the world's literate education. Even though there were elementary and secondary schools provided by the government, many children went in public schools to get educated.
When a child turn 6, he/she enters their first grade in the Elementary school. This stage of school starts in April and ends in March. Children have to spend a total of nine years at school, counting both elementary and junior high. This is compulsory in Japan to study for nine years. Foreigners aren't accepted in the Japanese compulsory education, but some of the local elementary/junior high schools may accept them if they choose too. The public elementary schools have accepted any children from another countries. All the different schools in Japan can be neither national, public or a private school.
The aim for the primary and secondary schooling in Japan is to win the entry in the country's most exclusive universities. Exams in Tokyo are tough and every year about 2 million students have to do exams between January and March.
Tokyo is the highest ranked city for education in the world with over 100 universities and college, about a quarter of Japan's total. About one-third of universities students are attending Tokyo schools. Tokyo University (1877) is one of Japan's most respected university. Other universities such as Keio-Gijuku University (1867), Rikkyo University (1883), Waseda University (1882) and Tokyo Women's college (1900) is part of the Japan's most populated universities.Tokyo's Metropolitan Board of Education takes care of overcrowded universities and cities so the education system runs smoothly.
When a child turn 6, he/she enters their first grade in the Elementary school. This stage of school starts in April and ends in March. Children have to spend a total of nine years at school, counting both elementary and junior high. This is compulsory in Japan to study for nine years. Foreigners aren't accepted in the Japanese compulsory education, but some of the local elementary/junior high schools may accept them if they choose too. The public elementary schools have accepted any children from another countries. All the different schools in Japan can be neither national, public or a private school.
The aim for the primary and secondary schooling in Japan is to win the entry in the country's most exclusive universities. Exams in Tokyo are tough and every year about 2 million students have to do exams between January and March.
Tokyo is the highest ranked city for education in the world with over 100 universities and college, about a quarter of Japan's total. About one-third of universities students are attending Tokyo schools. Tokyo University (1877) is one of Japan's most respected university. Other universities such as Keio-Gijuku University (1867), Rikkyo University (1883), Waseda University (1882) and Tokyo Women's college (1900) is part of the Japan's most populated universities.Tokyo's Metropolitan Board of Education takes care of overcrowded universities and cities so the education system runs smoothly.
Recreation Facilities
There are lot of parks and places to visit in Tokyo, if you're not working or doing anything. Tokyo offers range of different acitivites to do with your family or your children. There are lot of Shopping malls and gardens for you to visit. The following places may interset you in:
- Akihabara
- Caretta Shinodome
- Golf in Tokyo
- Hot springs
- Japanese tea ceremony
- Kabukiza
- Kobayashi Doll Museum
- Mount Mitake
- Kokugikan Stadium
- Shopping Malls
- Tennis in Tokyo
- Kyogen Theatre
- Tokyo Disneyland
- Tokyo Tower
- Tokyo skytree
- Imperial Palace East Gardens
- Ueno Koen
- Yoyogi Koen
- Shinjuku Gyoen
- Koishikawa Botanical Garden
- Hama Rikyu Garden
- Koishikawa Korakuen
- Rikugien
- Kiyosumi Teien
- Mount Takao
- Todoroki Valley
- Akihabara
- Caretta Shinodome
- Golf in Tokyo
- Hot springs
- Japanese tea ceremony
- Kabukiza
- Kobayashi Doll Museum
- Mount Mitake
- Kokugikan Stadium
- Shopping Malls
- Tennis in Tokyo
- Kyogen Theatre
- Tokyo Disneyland
- Tokyo Tower
- Tokyo skytree
- Imperial Palace East Gardens
- Ueno Koen
- Yoyogi Koen
- Shinjuku Gyoen
- Koishikawa Botanical Garden
- Hama Rikyu Garden
- Koishikawa Korakuen
- Rikugien
- Kiyosumi Teien
- Mount Takao
- Todoroki Valley