Useful Information

• Getting to school
• School calendar

  You may filter the calendar for Elementary, Middle or High School, etc., as needed

• Contact information
• Cafeteria menu

• Role of the school nurse
• When to keep you son home from school, due to an illness
• Flu guidelines
• List of English-speaking doctors

  Recommended by parents. If you would like to recommend another doctor, please contact us at sma@smis.ac.jp

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Please be aware that St. Mary’s is a nut free school. We therefore ask that for school parties, lunches and school snacks, you replace any nut-containing foods that you may give your son with a nut-free alternative.

Household electric current in Japan is 100 Volt, which is different from North America (120V), Europe (230V) and most other regions of the world. Some North American equipment will work fine in Japan without an adapter and vice versa; however, certain appliances, especially those involving heating (e.g., hair dryers), may not work properly or can even suffer damage or become a fire hazard. If you are coming from Europe, understand that most of your household appliances may not work in Japan, even with an adapter.

Here are a few resources to eating gluten free or vegan in Japan:

• Gluten-Free Travel: Convenience Stores in Japan
• A guide to gluten free restaurants in Tokyo
• The Essential Gluten Free Guide to Japan
• Eating gluten free in Japan
• Vegan in Tokyo: survival tips and secrets

Online grocery delivery sites

• Honest Bee
• Foreign Buyers Club
• The Flying Pig (Costco online store)

• Alishan (natural food)
• Hilo Market (food and IKEA delivery)
• Healthy Tokyo (food delivery)

International supermarkets

• Costco (membership and MasterCard only)
• National Azabu
• Nissin
• Seijoishi

Meal delivery

• Uber Eats

• Best Living Japan

  Newsletter

• The Tokyo Chapter

  Blog

• The Tokyo Expat Network

  Online group

• Tokyo Mothers Group

  Online support group for foreign families in Tokyo

• Tokyo Garage Sale

  Facebook group for buying and selling second-hand goods

• CareFinder

  Website for finding childcare help

Things to do in the Tokyo area

• Parks
• Museums
• Amusement parks
• Places to hold birthday parties

Get and stay informed

• Tokyo Weekender Magazine

  Tokyo’s No.1 English Lifestyle magazine

• The Japan Times

  English-language news site

• Savvy Tokyo
• Time Out Tokyo
• The Japan Guide

• Tokyo Metro/train website Take the confusion out of figuring out the Tokyo metro system
• H.I.S. Travel agency for domestic and international travel plans
• JR East Travel Domestic train travel information
• Useful Apps For getting around Japan