Iai Joshi Women's Academy Explained

Iai Joshi Women's Academy
Native Name:遺愛女子中学校・高等学校
Established:1874
Founders:Merriman Colbert Harris, Flora Harris
Type:Private
Gender:Girls
Location:Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Coordinates:41.7873°N 140.7567°W
Pushpin Map:Japan Hokkaido
Pushpin Map Alt:Iai Joshi Women's Academy in Hokkaido, Japan
Postcode:041-8543
Address:23-11 Suginami-chō

is a girls' school in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. It consists of Iai Joshi Women's senior and junior high school.

History

Founded by Merriman Colbert Harris and wife Flora Harris in 1874,[1] Iai Joshi Academy is the oldest girls' school in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido. In 1873, Harris, a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was sent to Japan and stationed in Hakodate, one of the first cities in Japan whose ports were opened as a result of the Ansei Treaties. The school started as a "day school" with an attendance of six in its first year.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaijoshi-h.ed.jp/main/about/history.html History