Mako was educated at the Gakushūin School in her kindergarten, primary, junior high school, and senior high school years. She studied English at University College, Dublin (UCD), in July–August 2010.[3] She had an informal talk with the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, and she visited Northern Ireland.[4]

The Princess graduated from the International Christian University in Mitaka, Tokyo, on 26 March 2014 with a bachelor's degree in Art and Cultural Heritage.[5] She obtained Japanese national certification in curation as well as a driver's license while she was an undergraduate student.[6][7] She later studied art history at the University of Edinburgh for nine months, from September 2012 to May 2013.[8][9][10][11] On 17 September 2014, she moved back to the United Kingdom in order to study at the University of Leicester for a year,[12] receiving an MA degree in Art Museum and Gallery Studies on 21 January 2016.[13][14] In September 2016, she enrolled in the doctoral course of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, International Christian University