A Simple History of Osaka Prefectural Senyo Senior High School

Senyo Senior High School’s start as a pre-modern school dates back to Sakai Central Jokoba in 1874. It used to be a kind of a vocational school for girls. On the base of the pre-modern school, Sakai Municipal Sakai Girls’ School was established in 1888 under the modern education system of the Meiji Government. The ownership of the school was transferred to Osaka Prefecture in1912, and, accordingly, the school’s name became Osaka Prefectural Sakai Girls’ High School. After World War II, it became coeducational under the newly installed education system, and changed its name to Osaka Prefectural Senyo Senior High School. Senyo Senior High School is located in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It currently has 29 classes with about 1160 students aged 16-18, and is widely recognized as the second best prefectural senior high school in and around the Sakai City area.