Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School

Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School (東京都立戸山高等学校, Tōkyō-toritsu Toyama Kōtōgakkō) is a public day school run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The campus is located in Toyama 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.

Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School
Location
3-19-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0052, Japan
Coordinates	35°42′24″N 139°42′37″E
Information
Type	Public school (state school)
Established	16 September 1888
Gender	Male and female
Enrollment	966[1]

It has been designated as a Super Science High School (SSH) by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It has also been designated as part of the Team Medical (TM) project run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (a project where students who wish to go on to medical school form a team).^[2]

Education policy

• Develop your own personality
• Respect effort and take responsibility
• Enrich your mind and keep your body healthy

Looking toward Mejiro from the school's roof (2007)

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  The school in 2006
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  New school building based on white scheme
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  Open space in the atrium by a staircase
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  Corridor
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  3-story clubroom building
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  Radian Pond

Recent timeline

• 2004 — Becomes the first metropolitan high school to be designated as a Super Science High School by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (designated period is 3 years)
• 2007 — Designated for the second term as a Super Science High School (designated period is 5 years)
• 2012 — Starts a 2-year transitional period as a Super Science High School
• 2014 — Designated for the third term as a Super Science High School (designated period is 5 years)
• 2016 — Designated as a Team Medical (TM) school
• 2017 — 130th anniversary of the school's foundation. A commemorative ceremony is held in September. Renovation work of the martial arts building starts
• 2019 — Designated for the fourth term as a Super Science High School (up to 2023)

Access

• 1 minute on foot from Nishi-waseda Station on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.
• 10 minutes on foot from Takadanobaba Station on the Yamanote Line, Seibu Shinjuku Line, and Tokyo Metro Tozai Line.

Notable alumni

• Tadatoshi Fujimaki (manga artist)
• Masato Hagiwara (actor)
• Tomoyuki Hoshino (author)
• Kiyoshi Jinzai (novelist)
• Nana Katase (actress)
• Hiroshi Komiyama (scientist)
• Shinichiro Kurimoto (author and politician)
• Ichiro Miyashita (politician)
• Tadashi Sasaki (banker)
• Hideo Shima (engineer)
• Mitsuru Yoshida (author)