Shibuya Makuhari Junior and Senior High SchoolTuition, Admissions & Curriculum
William Michihiko Akiyama
William Prep
Chiba, Japan
One of Chiba's most prestigious coeducational schools, with a notably high proportion of returnee students and an English-only admission track for them.
Last reviewed by William Prep: 2026-09-24
Shibuya Kyoiku Makuhari (Shibumaku) is a coeducational junior/senior high school in Chiba's Mihama-ku. It actively recruits returnee and international students, employs many native-speaker teachers, and reportedly runs an English-only admission exam for returnees (no Japanese or maths test), with roughly 20 places available.
At a Glance
| Coeducation | Coeducational not publicly confirmedas of: 2026-09-24 |
| Returnee Admission | English only (no Japanese/maths test), ≈20 places (not independently confirmed)as of: 2026-09-24 |
| IB DP | not publicly confirmed not publicly confirmedas of: 2026-09-24 |
| Monthly Fee (Junior High) | ¥62,500/month2026 · as of: 2026-09-24 |
01Tuition & Fees
Fees: ¥62,500/Month (Junior High)
Shibumaku's own 2026 fee page lists junior-high entry costs of a ¥300,000 entrance fee plus a ¥150,000 facility expansion fee (¥450,000 total), and a monthly charge of ¥39,000 tuition + ¥17,000 facility + ¥2,500 maintenance + ¥3,000 PTA + ¥1,000 student council = ¥62,500/month. Senior high entry costs ¥350,000 (¥200,000 entrance + ¥150,000 facility expansion), with the same monthly total as junior high. This is billed monthly, like an ordinary Japanese private school — not as a lump annual figure the way international schools typically present fees.
academic year: 2026
| Entrance Fee (Junior High)JHS | ¥300,000 |
| Facility Expansion Fee (Junior High, on enrolment)JHS | ¥150,000 |
| Tuition (monthly) | ¥39,000 |
| Facility Fee (monthly) | ¥17,000 |
| Maintenance Fee (monthly) | ¥2,500 |
| PTA Fee (monthly) | ¥3,000 |
| Student Council Fee (monthly) | ¥1,000 |
| Entrance Fee (Senior High)SHS | ¥200,000 |
| Facility Expansion Fee (Senior High, on enrolment)SHS | ¥150,000 |
02Admissions
| Cycle | 未確認（帰国生入試は英語のみ、募集約20名） (not independently confirmed) |
University Entrance Eligibility in Japan
| School-accreditation route | Yes (estimated) |
| Student-qualification route (IB, etc.) | No not publicly confirmedWhether the school offers the IB Diploma or another curriculum that would trigger the individual-credential route is not publicly confirmed. |
Domestic university eligibility is presumed via ordinary graduation as an Article 1 school, though the registration itself is not publicly confirmed.
What Japanese Families Should Know
Questions to Ask the School
1.What exactly does the English-focused programme consist of — is it IB-based or a school-original design?
Why this matters: Published sources conflict; confirm the current position directly with the school.
2.What are the university outcomes for returnee graduates, domestic and overseas?
Why this matters: Public information does not establish this clearly; confirm it directly with the school.
03Curriculum
"IB DP (English Stream)" — not publicly confirmed
" in currently available public information, neither the school's own site nor any third-party source consulted mentions the IB DP. What was confirmed instead is an English-only returnee admission track and a strong native-speaker-led English programme — which is not the same thing as running an independent IB curriculum.
Key Point
The assumption that "strong at admitting returnees" implies "offers the IB" doesn't hold up here. Shibumaku appears to be a school built around the regular Japanese curriculum with real infrastructure for high-English-proficiency students — a genuinely valuable model in its own right, but a different one from an IB continuum school. A family that had been planning around an IB DP track should confirm this directly with the school before assuming otherwise.
04School Features
What Makes This School Distinctive
An English-only admission exam for returnee students
Admits returnees without testing Japanese or maths
Multiple third-party sources consistently report this exam structure.
Lowers the barrier to entry for returnees who aren't yet confident in academic Japanese.
Who Might Find This School a Good Fit
Might suit — Returnee families wanting the regular Japanese curriculum while maintaining strong English
Might not suit — Families planning specifically around an IB Diploma track
Explore Other Schools
- Narita-shi (not Makuhari)
- American School in Japan (ASIJ)Chōfu
- Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School (Kokusai-kō)Meguro-ku
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