meaning - Is there any difference between 学園 and 学校? - Japanese . . . So all schools called 学園 are technically also 学校, but the opposite is not true As a minor exception, 学園 is found in some place names of science parks and university towns (e g , 筑波研究学園都市) 学院 is almost the same but it's not used as a place name
Why is 学校 pronounced as gakkou and not gakukou Historically, 学校 was spelled in kana -- and pronounced as something like -- がくかう Regular sound changes resulted in modern がっこう: In the ～くか～ in the middle, the u sound was unstressed, leading to it gradually being omitted The au vowel combination on the end shifted from au (like English ow!