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Kita-ku, Kobe is one of 9 wards of Kobe, Japan. It has an area of 241.84 km², and a population of 226,402 (2008). ''Kita'' in Japanese means North. Kita-ku is the biggest ward which occupies the northeastern part of the city. Arima Onsen is an onsen, o ...

, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1886, and it was chartered as a university in 1966.

History

*1887: "Sinwa Woman's school" was established. *1887: Sinwa Girls’ School is founded in ZENSHOUJI of Kobe Motomachi. *1892: The Sinwa Girls' School closed but later reopened through the efforts of Haruko Tomokuni. *1896: New schoolhouse is completed in 7-chome, Shimoyamate. *1908: The school changed its name to "Shinwa Girls’ High School". *1947: Junior school education of the school starts. The school name became “Shinwa Girls’ Junior School”. *1966: Shinwa Women's College (Department of Literature - "Japanese literature department" and "English Literature Section") open learning. *1972: Department of Literature “Child Educational Research Section” was establishment. *1987: 100th anniversary *1994: Department of Literature educational major. *2005: Department of Literature *2006: Shinwa Women's College commemorates its 40th anniversary. *2008: Department of Literature Junior sports Educational Research. *2023: The university became coeducational and its name changed to "Kobe Shinwa University".

Subjects

*Department of Literature(Synthetic sentence Chemistry Section) *Child Educational Research Section *Psychology department *Welfare clinical subject *Junior sports Educational Research Section

Alumnae

*Model and actress

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graduated from Shinwa girls' high school and Kobe Shinwa Women's University.

External links

Official website
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