The predecessor of the school was founded in 1900 in Hongō, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, and was the fourth oldest women's college in Japan. It moved to its present location in Sagamihara in 1946 and was chartered as a university in 1949.
References
^Purcell, Francesca B.; Helms, Robin Matross; Rumbley, Laura (2005). Women's Universities and Colleges: An International Handbook. Sense Publishers. ISBN9789077874028.