Ikubunkan Global High SchoolTuition, Admissions & Curriculum
William Michihiko Akiyama
William Prep
Tokyo, Japan
Honors class students spend Year 2 studying for a year at Wayland Academy in the US, earning both a Japanese and a US high school diploma.
Last reviewed by William Prep: 2026-09-24
That much checks out against the school's own fee page (ikubunkan. ed. jp). But one detail differs from what the legacy listing implied: the Honors class isn't priced on a separate fee schedule from the regular class — it's the regular-class fee plus a single ¥48,000/year "international education enhancement fee. "
Fees (Year 1, Regular Class)
| Entrance Fee (year 1 only) | ¥250,000as of: 2026-09-24 |
| Year 1 Subtotal (tuition, facility, educational enhancement) | ¥928,000as of: 2026-09-24 |
| Years 2-3 (annual) | ¥678,000as of: 2026-09-24 |
| Honors Class Add-on (annual) | Just ¥48,000as of: 2026-09-24 |
01Tuition & Fees
The Dual-Diploma "Extra Cost" Is Smaller Than You Might Expect
A programme involving a year abroad at a US partner school might suggest a separate fee track or major additional costs. But checking the school's own published fee schedule, the only Honors-class-specific line item is a ¥48,000/year "international education enhancement fee" — nothing else is separately itemised for the Honors class. Whether travel and living costs for the Year 2 US study period are billed separately is not publicly confirmed.
Key Point
This school illustrates a slightly different pattern than the usual correction: the legacy listing wasn't wrong exactly, but the headline description didn't capture the full financial picture. The dual-diploma arrangement is real, but the modest fee add-on published on the school's own fee page likely doesn't capture the full cost of a year studying in the US — travel and living costs weren't confirmed in currently available public information. Families should ask the school directly before assuming the ¥48,000 figure is the whole story.
academic year: 2026
| Entrance Fee (first year only) | ¥250,000 |
| Tuition (annual) | ¥498,000 |
| Facility Fee (annual) | ¥96,000 |
| Educational Enhancement Fee (annual) | ¥84,000 |
| Sports Center Mutual Aid (annual) | ¥1,600 |
| Administrative Fee (annual) | ¥2,500 |
| Parents' Association Fee (annual, incl. initial joining fee in year 1) | ¥36,000 |
| Student Activity Fee (annual) | ¥12,000 |
| International Exchange Fee (annual) | ¥66,000 |
| Dream Camp Fee (annual) | ¥89,400 |
| International Education Enhancement Fee (Honors class only, annual) | ¥48,000Only for Honors class students. The school states explicitly there is no separate fee structure for the Honors class beyond this single add-on. |
| Estimated First-Year Total | ¥928,000 |
Includes: enrolment, tuition, facilities, other — Excludes: Excludes the Honors-class-only international education enhancement fee (¥48,000). This uses the regular class, first year, as the base. The school's own stated first-year subtotal (¥928,000) may not include the sports center, administrative, parents' association, student activity, international exchange, and Dream Camp fees separately (following how the school's own document presents the subtotal).
02Admissions
| Cycle | 未確認 not publicly confirmed |
University Entrance Eligibility in Japan
| School-accreditation route | Yes (estimated) |
| Student-qualification route (IB, etc.) | No not publicly confirmedThe school does not appear to offer the IB or another curriculum triggering the individual-credential route. The Wayland Academy US diploma itself is not among the qualifications explicitly listed for that route. |
Article 1 graduation is the primary Japanese university eligibility route here. The Wayland Academy dual diploma is positioned as a credential for US university applications specifically — a separate question from Japanese university eligibility.
What Japanese Families Should Know
Questions to Ask the School
1.Are travel and living costs for the Year 2 US study period included in the published fees?
Why this matters: Public information does not establish this clearly; confirm it directly with the school.
03Curriculum
04School Features
What Makes This School Distinctive
US-Japan Dual Diploma With Wayland Academy (Honors Class)
A one-year study period at Wayland Academy (US) in Year 2, earning both a Japanese and a US high school diploma
Documented as an Honors-class fee add-on on the school's own fee page.
Priced as a modest add-on to the regular-class fee, making this a relatively accessible US study-abroad route.
Who Might Find This School a Good Fit
Might suit — Families willing to confirm the published fee items and then ask the school directly about travel/living costs
Might not suit — Families assuming the ¥48,000 add-on covers the full cost of the US study period
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