Kobe Bilingual School is a bilingual international school in Kobe for children aged 3-12, promoting local and global learning.
Bilingual kindergarten and elementary school, daycare, Saturday School, and summer school. KOBILS encourages bilingualism in English and Japanese and SKILL (strong, kind, inquisitive, lifelong learners) through lots of learning, lots of fun right here in Tarumi on the west side of Kobe. Check out our programs below.
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Kindergarten
Ages: 3-6
Start your child's learning adventure in our preschool and kindergarten. Theme-based learning and discovery help build vocabulary and communication in both English and Japanese.
Elementary
School
Ages: 6-12
Join our unique bilingual elementary program that blends an international school experience with features of the Japanese shougakko curriculum. We encourage children who already speak English well to apply.
Other
Programs
KOBILS News!
Careers Week
Elementary School holds a Careers Week every year. During Careers Week, we have people from various professions visit to share their jobs with us.
Online Information Session
Thank you to those who attended KOBILS online information session and/or online tour. It was the first time we held the event online and 87% of you responded to the survey saying it was “very good” or “good”. Thank you to all who responded to the survey.
Disabled Access
One of our goals at KOBILS is to make our learning accessible to all. We are therefore very excited to have been able to adapt our building so that almost all facilities are accessible to wheelchair users. An elevator allows access to all three floors and widened doors and a specially adapted toilet means that our facilities should be usable by those with a range of mobility challenges. Come by and See!
Join Us!
We pride ourselves at KOBILS on our happy friendly children. KOBILS builds SKILL: Strong, Kind, Inquisitive Lifelong Learners. They love to come to school and we love to have them!
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