The Advocate & Democrat
Advocate & Democrat article about TMG
A local Monroe County newspaper article. The newspaper page may require scripts or may not load for every visitor.
Outside references
Articles and videos
This page gathers outside articles, videos, and reference pages about Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School and the former TMI/TMG campus.
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Articles and local coverage
Outside reporting and local-history material related to Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School.
The Advocate & Democrat · 2025
Sweetwater 150 special commemorative edition
A commemorative local-history PDF that includes a brief mention of Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School.
Los Angeles Times · 1989
In Tennessee, a bastion of fading Americana, the military school surrenders to Japanese preppies
A contemporary national newspaper story from the school’s opening period.
WBIR Channel 10 · 2021
Celebrating AAPI Month in East Tennessee: Part 2
A local TV history article that discusses Tennessee Meiji Gakuin in the context of Asian American history in East Tennessee.
Videos
Video material that helps explain or remember the school.
WBIR Channel 10 / YouTube
The History of Tennessee Meiji Gakuin
A short WBIR video history of the school.
Current condition
Some material online shows the former campus in its present deteriorated state. These links are included only as context for why preserving memories matters. TMGHS was not an abandoned curiosity to the people connected with it.
YouTube · 2024
Drone flight over TMG / TMI in Sweetwater TN - 6/8/24
Recent exterior footage of the former campus in its present deteriorated state. Some viewers may find this upsetting. It is linked here only for preservation context, not as an invitation to visit, enter, or treat the campus as an abandoned attraction.
This link shows the campus in its current deteriorated state. Please approach it as context, not as the focus of this archive.
Reference pages
General reference pages that may help visitors find additional context.
Wikipedia
Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School overview
A general overview with references to older articles and archived school pages.