is one of only two national women's universities in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The other one is the Nara Women's University

Nara Women's University

Nara Women's University , is one of two national women's universities in Japan, located in Nara. The other one is the Ochanomizu University.-Overview:...

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History

Ochanomizu University was founded in 1875 as a teacher training institute for women located in Tokyo's

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 Ochanomizu

Ochanomizu

Ochanomizu is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan. It extends from the Yushima section of Bunkyo-ku to the Kanda section of Chiyoda-ku. Meiji University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Juntendo University all have main campuses in the area. Ochanomizu Station on the Chūō Line is the transport...

 neighborhood. On September 1, 1923, the campus was destroyed in the Great Kantō Earthquake

1923 Great Kanto earthquake

The struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 am JST on September 1, 1923. Varied accounts hold that the duration of the earthquake was between 4 and 10 minutes...

. Thereafter, in December 1932, the campus was moved to its present location in the Ōtsuka neighborhood of Bunkyō, Tokyo

Bunkyo, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. Situated in the middle of the ward area, Bunkyō is a residential and educational center. Beginning in the Meiji period, literati like Natsume Sōseki, as well as scholars and politicians have lived there...

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Attached Schools

·Preschool (お茶の水女子大学附属幼稚園)

·Elementary (お茶の水女子大学附属小学校)

·Junior High (お茶の水女子大学附属中学校)

·High School (お茶の水女子大学附属高等学校)

These attached schools are all located within Ochanomizu University's campus.

External links

• Ochanomizu University
• Lottery entrance system at kindergarten level.