Participation by each school can change from year to year, and not all schools participate in all of the categories.
>Parents,individuals, and children, please sign up for the Sakura Medal, ‘childrens book news in Japan’.<
Schools who wish to participate – Please contact librariansjapan@yahoogroups.com
Mt. Fuji (©Brian Farrell)
Canadian International School Tokyo
DISK – Doshisha International School, Kyoto
Hiroshima International School
International School of the Sacred Heart
The Montessori School of Tokyo
New International School of Japan
Nishimachi International School
St. Mary’s International School
Saint Maur International School
2013 Sakura Medal Books 
October 31, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Hello
Osaka International School would love to participate this year. I hope that our Grade 6 and 7 students will be involved in reviewing the books.
Kind regards
Yvonne Barrett
Librarian.
November 1, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Hi Yvonne,
I’ve added you to the list – sorry about that!
Brian Farrell
Librarian @ YIS
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September 19, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Hi Brian,
Could you add the Canadian International School to the list. I can’t wait for my students to read the fantastic books that were selected.
Cheers,
Brendan
September 23, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Thanks Brendan, I’ve added you to the list.
Brian Farrell
YIS Librarian
September 24, 2010 at 2:01 pm
The Sakura Medal program started in 2005-2006.
I don’t know the other category winners, because at St. Mary’s I only participated in the middle school books category, but the 2006 MS winner was Arkangel by Anthony Horowitz.
November 13, 2010 at 11:10 am
who’s brian?
November 21, 2010 at 12:37 am
Could you add Makuhari International School as well?
November 21, 2010 at 12:40 am
The blog is great and my students are excited to be a part of the Sakura Medal voting process. Thanks Brian again for your work to keep this blog running!
The other B. at MIS!
November 21, 2010 at 9:51 am
Done. Welcome to the program MIS!
November 22, 2010 at 9:18 am
I am a teacher at Tokyo Korean School.
We saw a great display at ASIJ when we visited the elementary library earlier this year,
We have 600 students learning english using an immersion system.
We have an English library with 6,000 titles available to the kids.
We’d like to be added to the participating schools.
If you have , can you send me the list for picture books and chapter books with ISBNs. I would be most grateful.
Yours faithfully,
Mr James Stacey
Tokyo Korean School
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December 31, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Im from Seisen and I love what we do there because there is alot of activities we can do there and learn different kinds of interesting things!!!
February 3, 2011 at 10:52 am
Please add K. International Schoo, Tokyo. We finally got the books!
February 12, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Thanks Satoko, K is now on the list!
March 9, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Thanks for nominating “The Book That Eats People” for the Sakura Medal. It’s wonderful to see kids being eaten in Japan (and enjoying it)!
Happy reading!
John Perry
March 10, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Please add Okinawa International School to the list for the next Book Bowl!
March 17, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Hi John,
We have a bit of a group of librarians set up that organizes the Sakura Medal amongst other things. If you’d like to be added to our listserv and receive information about our meetings (next one is May 13 at St. Mary’s in Tokyo), please send me an email: farrellb {at} yis.ac.jp. I’m sure we’d love to have you host one of our meetings in Okinawa!
Thanks,
Brian
Brian Farrell
Head of Library and Information Services
Yokohama International School
February 29, 2012 at 1:06 pm
A whole lot schools!
November 28, 2012 at 10:15 am
Hello Brian,
I am the brand new librarian at New International School of Japan and recently joined the librarian’s group. We would like to participate in the Sakura Medal for 2013, can you add us to the list of participating schools please? Thank you.
November 29, 2012 at 9:59 am
Hi Joanne,
I’m now in Korea at Branksome Hall Asia, and so James Stacey from Tokyo Korean School has taken on the responsibility of running this site. I can still update and edit things though, so I’ve added you to the list, but he’ll be your go-to guy for any future inquires.
Thanks!
Brian
November 29, 2012 at 10:00 am
Thanks Brian,
I am slowly cleaning things up here. How are things going over there ?
JaMES
November 29, 2012 at 10:02 am
No problem James!
Things are busy here, but going well. I’m now working on the site for the Morning Calm Medal (Korea’s take on the Sakura Medal), so I seem to be a glutton for punishment!
Brian
November 29, 2012 at 11:16 am
Thanks Brian. Indeed James also directed us to the database on the Yahoo group site!
January 4, 2013 at 9:40 am
Hello
Jingumae International Exchange School would love to participate Sakura Medal program. We have an English library with 5,000 titles available to the kids. Could you help me what we need to participate Sakura Medal 2013?
Kind regards
Abdullah Essiz
JIES Librarian.
June 6, 2014 at 8:01 am
Aichi International School in Nagoya would like to participate in this program. Please send along any helpful information as we implement it into our reading program. We are having some trouble sending email to the address provided.
Thank you!
M Spencer