Tamana Girls High School Explained

Tamana Girls High School
Established:	April 1925
Type:	high school (girls)
Grades:	10-12
Campus Type:	Private
Location:	Tamana, Kumamoto
Country:	Japan
Website:	http://www.tamanajoshi-h.ed.jp/

Tamana Girls High School (玉名女子高校学校 Tamana joshi kōkōgakkō) is a girls high school in Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. It was founded in April 1925 under the name 'tamana jussen jogakuin' (lit. Tamana Practice Girls' College). In 1963 assumed its present name.^[1]

Renaming History

• 1925 'tamana jussen jogakuin' (Tamana Practice Girls' College)
• 1927 'tamana jussen jogakkō' (Tamana Practice Girls' School)
• 1929 'tamana joshi shokugyō gakkō' (Tamana All-Girls Business School)
• 1942 'kumamoto-ken tamana kōtō kasei jogakuin' (Tamana Girls' Household School of Kumamoto)
• 1948 'tamana kasei kōtōgakkō' (Tamana Household School)
• 1963 'tamana joshi kōtō gakkō'(Tamana Girls' High School)

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Subjects

Some subjects taught at Tamana High School are:

• Business
• Culinary
• Nursing

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Sister Schools

• Clarinda High School (Clarinda, IA)
• Graham-Kapowsin High School (Spanaway, WA)

External links

• Tamana Official site (in Japanese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home . tamanajoshi-h.ed.jp.
2. [:ja:玉名女子高等学校]
3. Web site: Home . tamanajoshi-h.ed.jp.