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Key Facts: Hokkaido Entrance Japanese Exam
50 min / 100 points
Length and maximum score of the Hokkaido kokugo paper (held March 4, 2026)
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education Reiwa 8 selection handbook
5 subjects / 500 points
Five-subject academic examination total, combined with the 315-point naishinten report card in selection
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education Reiwa 8 selection handbook
Mar 4, 2026
Reiwa 8 academic examination date; results announced March 17, 2026
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education Reiwa 8 selection schedule
JPY 2,200
Entrance selection fee, paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps attached to the application form
Hokkaido Prefectural School Ordinance via the Reiwa 8 selection handbook
70 / 15 / 15
Approximate seat shares weighing exam and report card almost equally, emphasizing the exam, and emphasizing the report card
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education selection method outline
100
Free original practice questions in this bank
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The Hokkaido public high school entrance kokugo paper is a 50-minute, 100-point written exam held on March 4, 2026, covering reading, kanji, grammar, and classical Japanese, set by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education. This page offers 100 original practice questions with explanations as a study aid.
Sample Hokkaido Entrance Japanese Practice Questions
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1What is the correct reading of 【湖畔】 in this sentence? 「湖畔に小さなホテルが建っている。」
2What is the correct reading of 【迅速】 in this sentence? 「救急隊は迅速に現場へ向かった。」
3What is the correct reading of 【温暖】 in this sentence? 「この地方は冬でも温暖で、雪が少ない。」
4What is the correct reading of 【朗らか】 in this sentence? 「彼女はいつも朗らかな笑顔で迎えてくれる。」
5What is the correct reading of 【瀬戸際】 in this sentence? 「チームは瀬戸際まで追い込まれたが、最後まであきらめなかった。」
6The verb 【憤った】 in this sentence is the past form of 憤る. What is the reading of its plain form? 「住民は、説明のない工事の開始に憤った。」
7What is the correct reading of 【貪欲】 in this sentence? 「彼は貪欲に新しい知識を吸収していった。」
8What is the correct reading of 【矜持】 in this sentence? 「彼は作家としての矜持を胸に、筆を取り続けた。」
9Choose the correct kanji for 【かんきょう】 in this sentence. 「かんきょう問題について話し合う。」
10Choose the correct written form of 【めいわく】 in this sentence. 「深夜の騒音は近所のめいわくになる。」
About the Hokkaido Entrance Japanese Exam
The Hokkaido Public High School Entrance Examination kokugo (Japanese) paper is created by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education. The single 50-minute, 100-point paper, sat on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection, tests modern literary and informational reading, classical Japanese and kanbun fundamentals, and kanji, vocabulary, and grammar on the 2017 MEXT junior-high Course of Study, with constructed-response written answers rather than multiple choice. Admission combines the five-subject scores (500 points) with the 315-point junior-high report card and interviews or practical tests where held. This page provides 100 original English-language practice questions — Japanese text is preserved where it is the skill being tested, with explanations in English — as a study adaptation, not an official translation or a simulation of the official format.
Assessment
The real Hokkaido kokugo examination is a 50-minute paper scored out of 100 points (500 total across five subjects: kokugo, social studies, mathematics, science, and English including a listening test); in the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection it was sat on March 4, 2026, with interviews and practical tests on March 5 and selection results announced on March 17, 2026. Since Reiwa 4 (2022) all applicants take one unified problem set — the school-discretion problems were abolished and each paper lengthened from 45 to 50 minutes. The paper is created by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education on the 2017 (Heisei 29) MEXT junior-high Course of Study for kokugo, and combines modern literary and informational reading with classical Japanese (koten) and kanbun material plus kanji, vocabulary, and grammar items, requiring written constructed responses rather than multiple choice. Each school admits applicants by combining the academic examination with the 315-point junior-high report card (naishinten, grade-1 and grade-2 totals doubled and the grade-3 total tripled) and interviews or practical tests where held: roughly 70% of seats weigh the exam and report card almost equally, about 15% emphasize the exam, and about 15% emphasize the report card, with weighted subject scoring (keisha haiten) at some schools. A supplementary examination (tsui-kensa) was held March 11, 2026, and a second recruitment (niji boshū) ran in late March. This local bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation providing 100 original practice items.
Time Limit
50 minutes for the kokugo (Japanese) subject paper (held on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection)
Passing Score
No fixed pass mark; scored out of 100 points (500 total across 5 subjects); selection combines the academic test with the 315-point naishinten report card, weighing them almost equally for roughly 70% of seats, exam-emphasis for about 15%, and report-card-emphasis for about 15%, with optional keisha haiten subject weighting
Exam Fee
JPY 2,200 entrance selection fee, the amount set by the Hokkaido Prefectural School Ordinance, paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps attached to the application form per the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection handbook (Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education (北海道教育委員会))
Hokkaido Entrance Japanese Exam Content Outline
Kanji and Vocabulary
Kanji readings and writing, okurigana, homophones, compound words, proverbs and idioms, and polite language (keigo).
Grammar and Language Usage
Particles, conjugation, word classes, sentence structure, and connectives in modern Japanese.
Modern Text Reading
Short original literary and informational passages: main idea, paragraph logic, evidence selection, and expression analysis.
Classical Japanese (Koten)
Auxiliary verbs, kakari-musubi, classical vocabulary, and short waka/haiku comprehension.
Kanbun Fundamentals
Kaeriten reading marks, kundoku word order, and simple one-line kanbun phrases with yomikudashi.
How to Pass the Hokkaido Entrance Japanese Exam
What You Need to Know
- Passing score: No fixed pass mark; scored out of 100 points (500 total across 5 subjects); selection combines the academic test with the 315-point naishinten report card, weighing them almost equally for roughly 70% of seats, exam-emphasis for about 15%, and report-card-emphasis for about 15%, with optional keisha haiten subject weighting
- Assessment: The real Hokkaido kokugo examination is a 50-minute paper scored out of 100 points (500 total across five subjects: kokugo, social studies, mathematics, science, and English including a listening test); in the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection it was sat on March 4, 2026, with interviews and practical tests on March 5 and selection results announced on March 17, 2026. Since Reiwa 4 (2022) all applicants take one unified problem set — the school-discretion problems were abolished and each paper lengthened from 45 to 50 minutes. The paper is created by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education on the 2017 (Heisei 29) MEXT junior-high Course of Study for kokugo, and combines modern literary and informational reading with classical Japanese (koten) and kanbun material plus kanji, vocabulary, and grammar items, requiring written constructed responses rather than multiple choice. Each school admits applicants by combining the academic examination with the 315-point junior-high report card (naishinten, grade-1 and grade-2 totals doubled and the grade-3 total tripled) and interviews or practical tests where held: roughly 70% of seats weigh the exam and report card almost equally, about 15% emphasize the exam, and about 15% emphasize the report card, with weighted subject scoring (keisha haiten) at some schools. A supplementary examination (tsui-kensa) was held March 11, 2026, and a second recruitment (niji boshū) ran in late March. This local bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation providing 100 original practice items.
- Time limit: 50 minutes for the kokugo (Japanese) subject paper (held on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection)
- Exam fee: JPY 2,200 entrance selection fee, the amount set by the Hokkaido Prefectural School Ordinance, paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps attached to the application form per the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection handbook
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the real Hokkaido kokugo entrance paper multiple-choice?
No. The official paper is written in Japanese and built around reading passages with constructed-response written answers. The Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education publishes the actual problems and answers after each sitting, but not as a multiple-choice set. The MCQs here are an English-language study adaptation — not an official translation or format simulation — so keep practicing full written Japanese answers separately.
Why do the questions contain Japanese text if this is an English-language bank?
Kokugo is a Japanese-language subject: the tested skills — kanji readings, particle choice, classical grammar, reading Japanese prose — exist only in Japanese. This bank preserves the Japanese words, passages, and answer choices that are the skill being tested, and explains everything in English, following the same approach as bilingual kokugo study guides.
How long is the kokugo paper and what is the maximum score?
The kokugo paper is a single 50-minute exam scored out of 100 points, sat on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection. The five subjects total 500 points, and admission combines these scores with the 315-point junior-high report card (naishinten) and interviews or practical tests where held; roughly 70% of seats weigh the exam and report card almost equally, about 15% emphasize the exam, and about 15% emphasize the report card.
What is the Reiwa 8 (2026) application and results schedule?
Applications were accepted January 19-22, 2026, with school-choice changes January 27 - February 2 and the JPY 2,200 selection fee paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps. The academic examination was held on March 4, 2026, interviews and practical tests on March 5, a supplementary examination on March 11, and selection results were announced on March 17, 2026. A second recruitment (niji boshū) ran in late March.
What parts of the junior-high kokugo curriculum does the exam cover?
The paper covers the 2017 MEXT junior-high kokugo curriculum: modern literary and informational reading, writing and language knowledge (kanji, vocabulary, grammar, keigo), classical Japanese (koten) including basic auxiliary verbs and kakari-musubi, and kanbun fundamentals such as kaeriten and kundoku. This bank distributes its 100 items across those five areas.
Do these details apply to the next (Reiwa 9 / 2027) entrance examination?
The figures on this page describe the Reiwa 8 cycle, whose academic examination was sat on March 4, 2026. The five-subject, 50-minute, 100-point structure has been stable since Reiwa 4 (2022), but confirm the Reiwa 9 dates and rules on the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education's own pages before relying on them, because application windows, fees, and selection ratios can change.