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進学マップShinro Map

A deadline on a printout. A ¥2.2 million decision. All of it in Japanese.

Printouts read for you. Every exam gate on your child's path. Answers from official Japanese sources.

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¥2.2 million: average juku fees over three years of 中学受験 (chūgaku juken) prep, survey of 500 parents. Source

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Three exam gates, years apart

Each one: a hard deadline, a big yen decision, a process run in Japanese.

a father walks his young daughter to the gate of a daycare in the morning

お受験Ojuken, primary school entry

Autumn of 年少 or 年中 (nenshō, nenchū), age 3–4

Autumn of 年長 (nenchō); Tokyo exams October–November

Parent interview, 願書 (gansho) essays

No published total we trust yet

Read the o-juken guide
parents take notes at a juku information session

中学受験Chūgaku juken, junior-high entry

By February of grade 3, when juku intake starts

Grade 6: returnee exams from November 20, Tokyo exams from February 1

説明会 (setsumeikai), choice of route, 併願 (heigan)

Juku: ¥2.2 million over three years. Private junior high: ¥1.13 million a year.

Take the juken check
parents and their teenage daughter look up at a high school on an open day

高校受験Kōkō juken, high-school entry

Grade 7, when 内申 (naishin) marks start to count

Grade 9: 推薦 (suisen) in January, 都立 general exam in late February

進路面談 (shinro mendan), quotas for children who arrived recently

Juku and extra study: ¥810,000 over three years

Read the kōkō juken guide

Figures: MoneyGeek (PR TIMES, via ReseMom), Ministry of Education, MEXT (文部科学省), Japan Institute of Life Insurance (生命保険文化センター)

Information and coaching, never a promise of admission. Ward rules differ: check with your ward office or school.

How it works

  1. Scan

    Snap the printout. Get what it is, what to do, by when.

  2. Timeline

    Your child's gates and your ward's dates, with reminders.

  3. Ask

    Answers from official Japanese sources. A person when it matters.

Example: a juku flyer, and the card the scanner makes from it

みらい進学教室 武蔵小杉校

新4年生 入塾テストのご案内

保護者の皆様へ

中学受験をお考えのご家庭を対象に、入塾テストを実施いたします。

日時
1月24日（日）9:30〜11:30
会場
武蔵小杉校 3階
申込締切
1月16日（土）
持ち物
筆記用具・上履き

Juku entrance test入塾テスト

Apply by Sat, Jan 16

  • Test: Sun, Jan 24, 9:30
  • Bring: pencils, indoor shoes

Juku intake starts in February: decide on juken first

a father checks his phone in the entryway, a date circled on the calendar beside him

What we checked, and when

  • 43 schools and 72 entry routes. Each rule is quoted from the official 2027 募集要項 (application guidelines).

  • 100 exam dates, and the yearly fees of 30 schools, from the same documents.

  • April 2027 daycare application dates for 22 wards and cities, each read on its own official page.

  • 78 guides, each linked to the Japanese source it was written from.

Season pass

For the 中学受験 (chūgaku juken) years, from the decision in grade 3 to the exams in grade 6.

  • Every school's verified 2027 rule, exam dates and fees on your result
  • Reminder emails before each deadline on your timeline
  • Unlimited questions to the companion, no daily limit
  • More printout scans each day

Cancel any month from Settings; you keep access to the end of the month you paid for.

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Written decision review

A named advisor reads your saved result and family profile and writes back by email within 48 hours.

What arrives within 48 hours

  • Your route, and the reasoning behind it
  • Your shortlist, with each school's rule quoted from its 募集要項
  • The money plan through grade 6, with the source of every figure
  • What to do in the next 30 days
  • The questions to ask each school

What it never does

  • Promise admission
  • Rank schools as best
  • Judge your child

Who writes it

A bilingual advisor who reads the school's own documents for your shortlist. The review carries their name.

Didn't help you decide? Reply to the email within 7 days and we refund it in full.

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Who runs Shinro Map

A bilingual advisor reads each school's own 募集要項 for your shortlist and signs the review with their name. We never promise admission, never rank schools as best, and never use your printouts to train AI.

About us, and how the review is made

From the knowledge base

Checked against the Japanese source, with the original wording.

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