Central School for the Deaf

The Central School for the Deaf (東京都立中央ろう学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Chūō Rōgakkō), formerly the Tokyo School for the Deaf (東京都立ろう学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Rōgakkō), is a public school for the deaf in Shimotakaido [ja], Suginami, Tokyo,[1] managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education.

It was the first Deaf educational program to be established in the eastern capital during the Meiji period.

[2] Initially, the school adopted a manual teaching method, despite international trends towards oralism.

[6] Currently, the Central School for the Deaf serves students in two Tokyo venues: Shakuji Campus (石神井校舎) in Nerima and Otsuka Campus (大塚校舎) in Toshima.

In September 2010, some of the Tokyo faculty and students begin participating in an exchange program with their counterparts at Rochester School for the Deaf in Rochester, New York.