Mahoutokoro School of Magic

Mahoutokoro (Japanese: 魔法所, Mahōtokoro) is the Japanese wizarding school, located on the topmost point of the volcanic island of Minami Iwo Jima. It has the smallest student body of the eleven major wizarding schools.

Location
The school is located at the topmost point of Minami Iwo Jima, a volcanic island in the southern topical region of Japan. Described as an ornate and exquisite palace, it resembles a pagoda or a shiro made of Nephrite, a translucent white stone. Both island and palace are thought to be uninhabited by Muggles.

History
Mahoutokoro is possibly one of the oldest wizarding schools, as it is described as "ancient".

Quidditch was introduced to Japan and to Mahoutokoro centuries ago by a band of foolhardy Hogwarts students who were blown off course during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe on wholly inadequate broomsticks. Rescued by a part of wizarding staff from Mahoutokoro who had been observing the movements of the planets, they remained as guests long enough to teach their Japanese saviors the rudiments of the game, a move they lived to regret.

Recently, a student from Mahoutokoro competed in the Wizarding Schools Potions Championship.

Reputation
Mahoutokoro has a reputation with an impressive academic prowess.

Every member of the Japanese National Quidditch team and the current Champion's League winners, the Toyohashi Tengu, attributes their prowess to the gruelling training they were given at Mahoutokoro, where they practice over a sometimes turbulent sea in stormy conditions, forced to keep an eye out for not only the Bludgers but also for planes from the Muggle airbase on a neighboring island.

Students of this school prize wands made out of cherry wood, and those who own them are held in a place of high honor.

Recruitment
The school takes students from the age of seven, although they do not board until they are eleven. While day students, wizarding children are flown back and forth to their homes every day on the backs of a flock of giant storm petrels.

Uniform
When students start off at the school, they are given robes that grow as they grow and change color as the wearer gains experience, with pink as the beginning color. If the wearer receives top grades in all the school subjects, their robes will turn gold. Any students who betrays the Japanese wizard's code or practices Dark Arts results in their robes turning white, which is a huge disgrace and the student in question will be immediately expelled.

Etymology
The name Mahoutokoro is composed of the Japanese words 魔法 (mahō), meaning "magic, witchcraft, sorcery", and 所 (tokoro), meaning "place, spot, site". Thus, the name could be translated as "magical place".

The pronunciation of Mahoutokoro is mah-hoh-toh-koh-roh.