The Japanese School of Melbourne (JSM) (メルボルン日本人学校, Meruborun Nihonjin Gakkō) is a Japanese international school located in Caulfield South, Victoria in the Melbourne area.

[3] Tetsuo Mizukami (水上 徹男 Mizukami Tetsuo[4]), author of The Sojourner Community: Japanese Migration and Residency in Australia, wrote in 2007 that "When compared with Japanese schools in Sydney and Perth," the JSM "exhibits a somewhat remote stance in its interaction with the local community.

[6] Several Japanese families settled in the area around Caulfield due to the location of the JSM.

[9] In the 1960s a women's association held negotiations and meetings with Japanese people on where to conduct classes.

The school board asked for funds to buy four prefabricated classrooms in February 1985.

The school created a civics textbook on Australian society in February 1992.

At the time some Japan-born children attended Australian schools and were moved to a nihonjin gakkō for their final year in Australia, since they were due to return to Japan.

The festival includes kimono for visitors to try on, Japanese food, and karate demonstrations.