Hokuriku Gakuin on the Japan Sea, in Kanazawa, is a complex of Kindergartens, a Grade School, Junior High School, High School, and a Junior College. This is the first female instituion of higher education in this area of Japan.
It was founded by Northern Presbyterian Missionaries in 1895. They are in the process of developing a more international curriculum. The new International facility is already open, and active relationships are being developed with other Presbyterian Schools in the US as well in other countries .