Iai Joshi Women's Academy (遺愛女子中学校・高等学校)[citation needed] is a girls' school in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. It consists of Iai Joshi Women's senior and junior high school.
| Iai Joshi Women's Academy 遺愛女子中学校・高等学校 | |
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23-11 Suginami-chō Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan 041-8543 | |
| Coordinates | 41°47′14.4″N 140°45′24.2″E / 41.787333°N 140.756722°E |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1874 |
| Founders | Merriman Colbert Harris, Flora Harris |
| Gender | Girls |
History
editFounded 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.