Harrow International School Appi JapanTuition, Admissions & Curriculum
William Michihiko Akiyama
William Prep
Iwate, Japan
Opened in 2022, operating under a brand licence from Harrow School in the UK. Full boarding, running A-Levels and IGCSE — no IB.
Last reviewed by William Prep: 2026-09-24
Harrow Appi opened in August 2022 as a full-boarding school operating under a brand licence from Harrow School in the UK, located in Appi Kogen (Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture). It enrols Years 7-13 (ages 11-18), runs a bespoke Harrow curriculum leading to IGCSE and A-Level, and does not offer the IB.
At a Glance
| Opened | August 2022 (not independently confirmed)as of: 2026-09-24 |
| Boarding | Full boarding only (no day option)as of: 2026-09-24 |
| Curriculum | Bespoke Harrow curriculum → IGCSE → A-Level (no IB) (not independently confirmed)as of: 2026-09-24 |
| Est. First-Year Cost (Y7-8) | ≈¥12. 04M2026-27 · as of: 2026-09-24 |
01Tuition & Fees
Tuition and Boarding Aren't Broken Out Separately
The school's own fee page publishes only a combined tuition-plus-boarding figure per year group — no separate breakdown. That's not unusual for a full-boarding school, but it does mean the official document can't answer "what would tuition alone cost? "
Key Point
Comparing Harrow Appi's tuition figure directly against a day school like BST or Rugby School Japan would be misleading — this figure already bundles in what a day school's family would pay separately for daily life. Any comparison needs to be combined-total against combined-total, not tuition-line against tuition-line.
Fees: A Real First-Year Total of About ¥12. 04M (Year 7-8)
Harrow Appi's own 2026-27 fee schedule lists a ¥50,000 application fee and a ¥1,000,000 enrollment fee as one-time charges, plus a refundable deposit of ¥440,000 (¥880,000 if visa support is needed). On top of that, combined tuition/boarding applies by year group (¥10,548,740 for Year 7-8), for a genuine first-year total of roughly ¥12,038,740. Year-group trips (≈¥200,000-¥600,000) and uniforms (≈¥260,000) are separate.
academic year: 2026-27
| Application Fee | ¥50,000 |
| Enrollment Fee | ¥1,000,000 |
| School Deposit (refundable, standard) | ¥440,000 |
| Tuition + Boarding, combined (Year 7-8)Y7-Y8 | ¥10,548,740Tuition and boarding are not broken out separately — only the combined figure is published. |
| Tuition + Boarding, combined (Year 9-11)Y9-Y11 | ¥11,045,720 |
| Tuition + Boarding, combined (Year 12-13)Y12-Y13 | ¥11,455,370 |
| Estimated First-Year Total | ¥12,038,740 |
Includes: application, enrolment, deposit, other — Excludes: Excludes year-group trips (≈¥200,000-¥600,000), uniforms (≈¥260,000), and personal equipment for the mountain environment. This uses Year 7-8 as the base. The ¥440,000 deposit is refundable but is included here as part of the actual first-year cash outlay.
02Admissions
| Cycle | 未確認 not publicly confirmed |
University Entrance Eligibility in Japan
| School-accreditation route | No not publicly confirmedWhether Harrow Appi holds any of the six MEXT-recognised accreditations is not publicly confirmed. |
| Student-qualification route (IB, etc.) | No not publicly confirmedSince the IB is not offered, the IB-Diploma individual-credential route does not apply. Whether A-Levels or another qualification triggers a different individual-credential route was not researched in currently available public information. |
Whether Harrow Appi itself holds a MEXT-recognised accreditation is not publicly confirmed. Since it doesn't offer the IB, the IB-Diploma-based individual-credential route doesn't apply here. Families with specific Japanese-university plans should confirm the actual eligibility route directly with the school.
What Japanese Families Should Know
Questions to Ask the School
1.What are the separate tuition and boarding amounts within the combined figure?
Why this matters: Public information does not establish this clearly; confirm it directly with the school.
2.What is the actual path to Japanese university eligibility for a graduate with A-Levels/IGCSE (no IB)?
Why this matters: Public information does not establish this clearly; confirm it directly with the school.
03Curriculum
University Pathways
The first graduating class (2026, 34 students) is reported to have received 70+ early offers from universities including Russell Group members — but this is an offer count, not a matriculation count, and wasn't confirmed against a school-published results page in currently available public information.
04School Features
What Makes This School Distinctive
A single combined figure, reflecting full-boarding-only status
Tuition and boarding aren't itemized separately — only a combined per-year figure is published
The school's own fee page presents both as a single figure, without a breakdown.
A naive comparison against a day school risks over- or under-stating the actual education cost.
Who Might Find This School a Good Fit
Might suit — Families budgeting in terms of the full boarding total (living costs included)
Might not suit — Families wanting to manage or compare tuition and living costs separately
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- K. International School Tokyo (KIST)Kōtō-ku
- The British School in Tokyo (BST)Minato-ku / Setagaya-ku (two campuses)
- Global Indian International School (GIIS Tokyo)Edogawa-ku (two campuses)
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