Escuela Japonesa de San José (サンホセ日本人学校, Sanhose Nihonjin Gakkō) is a Japanese international school in San Vicente, Moravia, San José Province, Costa Rica, in the Greater Metropolitan Area. It is affiliated with the Japanese Embassy in Costa Rica (Japanese: コスタリカ日本国大使館; Spanish: Embajada del Japón en Costa Rica). It is located in Residencial Los Colegios.
Localisation
In 2003 it had a total of 26 students. The school has a longer school day than schools in the United States and Costa Rica.
History
A predecessor part-time school opened in 1967. The day school opened on October 1, 1974, and a permanent campus opened in 1976.
Further reading
(in Japanese) By former staff:
野中 栄生 (current principal of the 船橋市立古和釜中学校; former principal of the Escuela Japonesa de San José) "サンホセ日本人学校（小規模校）における特色ある教育活動 ―― 魅力ある学校づくり・・・身近な人材の活用を通して ―― Archived 2018-07-06 at the Wayback Machine." Tokyo Gakugei University. p. 206-209. 小林 洋之 (Chōfu Municipal Fujimidai Elementary School (東京都調布市立富士見台小学校), formerly at the Escuela Japonesa de San José). 自分の思いや考えをもち,豊かに表現できる子の育成 : サンホセ日本人学校における作文指導の工夫(第2章教科指導). 在外教育施設における指導実践記録, Tokyo Gakugei University. 27, 13-16, 2004. See profile at CiNii.