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W Taipei, the venue for the fair, in the Xinyi district
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The Japan Times Boarding School Fair — Taipei

Six schools in Japan, for children aged 6 to 18, will present at W Taipei on Sunday 11 October. Morning presentations are open to all visitors; afternoon appointments are booked at registration.

Getting there

W Taipei10 Zhongxiao East Road Section 5, Xinyi District, Taipei 110, Taiwan

  • Directly above Taipei City Hall MRT station (Bannan line, exit 2).
  • A few minutes on foot from Taipei 101.

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Participating schools

Harrow International School AppiHachimantai, Iwate·Ages 11–18·Full boardingHarrow's school in the mountains of northern Japan, where everyone boards and the winter term comes with snow at the door. — School profile, opens in a new tabRugby School JapanKashiwa, Chiba·Ages 11–18·Day and boardingRugby's first school outside England, half an hour from Tokyo, with the house system carried over from Warwickshire intact. The one school here where a family can choose day or boarding. — School profile, opens in a new tabJinseki International SchoolJinsekikogen, Hiroshima·From age 6·Full boardingThe youngest boarders in the country: children live in from Grade 1, in a highland village in Hiroshima, taught in English and Japanese both. — School profile, opens in a new tab
Kokusai Senior High SchoolNisshin, Aichi·Ages 15–18·Full boardingNot a British transplant: a Japanese foundation running a full-boarding IB Diploma outside Nagoya, with English as the working language of the school.
Epsom College TokyoOpening Autumn 2027Uchikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo·Ages 3–11 at opening·Boarding not yet announcedA city school in central Tokyo for younger children, and the newest of the English names to come east. Meeting them in Taipei means meeting them before the first pupil arrives.
Gordonstoun School Japan-WestOpening September 2027Wakayama City·Filling year by year from the youngest·Full boardingGordonstoun's first school outside Scotland, on the Wakayama coast between the sea and the sacred mountains — the school that taught the King, opening year by year from the youngest upward.

Confirmed so far; more schools join through the summer. Two of the six open in 2027.

Programme

10:00
Doors open

Registration in the pre-function foyer on the event floor.

Morning
School presentationsTo be confirmed

Each school takes the floor in turn, in English, with live translation. The order and exact timings are published when registration opens.

12:00
Break
13:00
Appointments with schools

Twenty minutes per family per school, booked when you register. A slot nobody has reserved is open to whoever is standing there.

16:00
Close

Provisional where marked. The final timings are published when registration opens.

The practical details

Ages
6 to 18. No school here covers the whole range; each school's range is listed below.
Language
Presentations in English, all interpreted. Ask for Mandarin at an appointment when you register and we will do our best to seat someone with you.
Appointments
13:00–16:00, 20 minutes per family per school. Nine slots per visiting representative, allocated in order of registration.
Admission
Free. Mornings need no booking; afternoon appointments are booked at registration.
Children
Welcome at the presentations and the appointments.
What to bring
Nothing. Families who write their questions down beforehand get more out of twenty minutes.
OrganiserThe Japan Times

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