Yokohama Yamate Chinese School

The Yokohama Yamate Chinese School is a Chinese-style primary and junior high school in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

[1] Serving levels kindergarten through ninth grade, it is one of two Chinese schools in Japan oriented towards mainland China, and one of five Chinese schools total.

[2] It was formed after the 1952 split of the Yokohama Chinese School, which had been established by Sun Yat-sen. Yokohama Yamate was aligned to the People's Republic of China while the sister school Yokohama Overseas Chinese School was aligned to the Republic of China on Taiwan.

In 2008 Pan stated that all of the graduating students pass entrance examinations to attend Japanese senior high schools.

The school teaches Hanyu Pinyin and Simplified Chinese.