Deutsche Schule Tokyo Yokohama is a German school in Yokohama, Japan. Founded in 1904. Annual tuition ranges from $11,055 to $12,127 USD.
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Key Details
Scholarships Available
DSTY offers social subsidies through the DSTY Foundation for German-speaking students based on family income and assets. Income thresholds: under JPY 7,000,000/year for families with one child; under JPY 8,500,000/year for two children. Applicants must disclose worldwide assets. Applications must be submitted before the school year for which the subsidy is sought and are decided case-by-case.
Key facts
About
Deutsche Schule Tokyo Yokohama is a co-educational day school located in Yokohama, Japan, serving students aged 4 to 18. The school follows a German curriculum and is led by Mr Thorsten Knab.
School data verified by NanaSays. Last updated: April 2026.
Why Families Choose
DSTY is the only school in Japan to offer the Deutsches Internationales Abitur (DIA), providing a continuous German-language curriculum from Kindergarten through Grade 12. The school features an on-campus BVB Evonik Football Academy offering football training from kindergarten through upper school. It operates as a Ganztagsschule with supervision and activities until 16:30, and runs a dedicated bus network with real-time BusCatch tracking across the Tokyo–Yokohama region. DSTY is recognised as an Exzellente Deutsche Auslandsschule (Excellent German Overseas School) with active engagement with the German embassy in Tokyo.
Fees & Financials
| Grade / Year | Annual Fee |
|---|---|
| Grades 1-4 | JPY 1,650,000~$ 10,963 |
| Grades 5-12 | JPY 1,790,000~$ 11,894 |
| Kindergarten | JPY 1,770,000~$ 11,761 |
Conversions to USD use exchange rates as of April 2026.
Original currency: ¥1,650,000 - 1,810,000. Application fee: $503.
Admissions Process
- 1Submit an online inquiry via the Anmeldebüro contact form; a campus visit is strongly recommended. 2) Demonstrate age-appropriate German language knowledge via two consecutive years at a German-speaking kindergarten or a school language placement assessment. 3) Gather and submit required forms and documents (family registration form, per-child health and stage-specific forms) in German. 4) School leadership makes the final admission decision; upon acceptance, remaining enrollment documents are submitted. 5) Enrolment can occur mid-year with no strict annual deadline; if a class is full, a waitlist is created. 6) Upon acceptance, families are billed the service fee (JPY 75,000), admission fee (JPY 650,000), annual tuition, and other applicable charges; fees may be paid in four installments with a 1% processing fee. 7) Instruction is predominantly German; English from Grade 2, Japanese from Grade 1, French from Grade 6, Latin from Grade 10.
Admissions Details
DSTY operates a waitlist when a class reaches maximum capacity. Admissions can occur mid-year with no strict annual deadline; once a class is full, families are placed on a waitlist and notified when a space becomes available. The kindergarten section has especially high demand and early application is recommended.
School Day
DSTY operates as a full-day school (Ganztagsschule) with supervision and activities through to 16:30. The cafeteria serves meals on school days from 7:30 to 16:30, and a midday lunch break is included for students.
Student Life
The school has a Mensa (cafeteria) open on school days from 07:30 to 16:30. The daily lunch buffet changes and includes vegetarian options, ramen, fresh sandwiches and wraps, and freshly baked pretzels. Payments are cashless, and meals for Kindergarten children are delivered to the Kindergarten. The Mensa is externally operated.
Facilities & Programmes
Wellbeing & Safety
Mental wellbeing is supported through the DSTY School Psychology service, which offers psychological consultations for students in crisis, and pastoral care by staff from German-speaking churches; speech therapy is also available in individual or small-group settings to support communication and wellbeing.
DSTY has a safeguarding concept (Schutzkonzept) with an interdisciplinary child-protection team, a staff and student behaviour code, a reporting pathway for suspected cases, safeguarding trainings for staff, age-appropriate child-protection training for students, and multilingual safeguarding materials.
Student Demographics
School Background
private
Exzellente Deutsche Auslandsschule (Excellent German Overseas School)