About application in April, 2025

This section describes necessary/required procedures for those who wish to use daycare centers in Yokohama in April 2025.
Nursery schools are facilities and businesses such as 1 licensed nursery schools 2 certified child institution (use of childcare), 3 home-based childcare business 4 small-scale childcare business 5 in-house childcare business (regional frame).
In addition, childcare policies vary depending on the facility. In order to prevent mismatch after entering the park, be sure to visit the facilities you wish to use, and be sure to visit the facilities you wish to use, such as "childcare policy", "accommodation of car pick-up", "response to allergies and chronic diseases", "non-basic childcare fees" Please check the expenses, "how to use extended childcare and Saturday childcare", "frequency of events involving parents".
About visit of garden, please refer to nursery schools by telephone directly.
2025 Nursery School Usage Guide [Aoba Ward version] (PDF: 723KB)

In principle, it will be a mail application to the Certification / Usage Coordination Office or an online application using My Number Card. Please refer to the following schedule for details.
Due to the possibility that the period until the submission of missing or incomplete documents found after the examination may be shorter, please submit with sufficient time on the deadline.

Only the addition, order change and missing documents of the desired garden will be accepted until Thursday, November 28, 2024 (postmark valid).

The results of the usage adjustment will be announced by mail by early February 2025.

In principle, it will be a mail application to your ward office or an online application using your My Number Card. Please refer to the following schedule for details.

The results of the usage adjustment will be announced by mail around March 10, 2025.
※If the result of the primary use adjustment is suspended and the secondary use adjustment is also suspended, the suspension notice will not be sent again.
(Except when there is an addition of nursery schools you wish to use.)

We can download from the following Yokohama-shi homepage.
For those who wish to use nursery schools, etc. in 2025
In application, please confirm use guidance (PDF: 7,516KB) such as Yokohama-shi nursery schools in 2025 well.

List of childcare facilities and businesses in Aoba Ward (PDF: 897KB)
Aoba Ward Nursery School Map (PDF: 1,478KB)

The expected number of primary admissions accepted in April 2025 (as of October 10, 2024) (PDF: 280KB)

(１) Those who are applying for use in 2024 also need to apply again for 2025.
　　Application documents vary from year to year, so please submit in the style of each year.
(２) The application method for those who fall under the following applies is different, so please consult once at the counter or telephone.
　　elementary school studenｔ with chronic illness, elementary school studenｔ is worried about development
　　B. Prior to birth
　　Application such as nursery schools outside the city
(３) Before applying, please visit the nursery school you are applying for as much as possible. Please contact each garden directly for garden tours.
(４) The reference date for Yokohama City to adjust the use of daycare centers, etc. is September 30, 2024, the reference date for the first application. The base date for the second application is January 31, 2025.
(base date)…At the time of judging the employment status of parents, etc.)
(５) The online application form for the primary application in April will be released on October 10, 2024 (Thursday).

Prior consultation is required to apply for children who are worried about disability or development or need medical care.
In addition, the acceptance status of children with disabilities and children who need special support varies depending on the facility.
Please be sure to bring your child to see if the desired nursery school is suitable for your child before consulting.
※Medical certificates from related organizations may be required.

Childcare after maternity leave is for children who have reached 57 days (8 weeks) after birth on the start date of use (April 1, 2025).
If you would like to apply for a child before birth, please be sure to refer to the “Guide to New Use of elementary school studenｔ before Birth (PDF: 325KB)”.
Those who have not been born at the time of the primary application must, in principle, submit "registration form after birth (PDF: 354KB)" within 14 days after birth. (Must arrive by mail)
Please note that if you do not submit it by February 10, 2025 (Monday), you will not be eligible for certification and usage adjustment.

Applications may be made to the municipality where the desired facility is located via Yokohama City, or applications may be made directly to the local government where the application is made. Please note the deadline, as the screening will be conducted according to the schedule of the municipality where the desired facility is located, not the schedule of Yokohama City.
Please confirm the deadline and other required documents in advance with the municipality where the desired facility is located.
Please note that you will not be able to apply unless you submit it to the Aoba Ward Office one week before the deadline of the municipality where you apply.

[Application]
①Local government to which the application is made or
②Aoba Ward Children and Families Support Division Childcare Section (37th floor on the 2nd floor of Aoba Ward Office) ※Application for window only※

[Application deadline]
①When applying directly to the local government of the application, check with the department in charge of the application local government.
②When applying to a municipality where the desired facility is located via Yokohama City, one week before the application deadline of the municipality where the desired facility is located.
　

①②You need both of them.

①Style required in Yokohama City
②Other documents required by the municipality where the desired facility is located

Applications will be made to Yokohama City via the childcare section of your current municipality. Documents must be received by the deadline of Yokohama City, so please apply in advance.
In addition, please submit style of Yokohama-shi as much as possible to judge priority based on standard of Yokohama-shi.
If required items cannot be read, the priority may be lowered.

[Application]
Childcare Section of your current municipal office
※If you can confirm that it is a local government that does not carry out consignment consultation for transferees, you can apply directly to Yokohama City.

[Application deadline]
October 30, 2024 ※If you do not meet the deadline, please contact us.

[Application for mailing]
〒225-0024
31-4, Ichigaocho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama-shi
Aoba Ward Children and Families Support Division Nursery School

（１） Those who are planning to transfer to Yokohama City by March 31, 2025, in addition to the application documents, only if they can submit documents that show that they will move in by Thursday, November 28, 2024 You can apply from the primary application as a citizen.
（２） For priority handling of children such as nursery teachers, if they meet the requirements of "9 nursery teachers" in the usage adjustment standard, you can apply from the primary application. When applying for a primary application, be sure to notify the municipality where you currently live that you are eligible for the primary application of Yokohama City at the time of application. (Please confirm P14 of use guidance (PDF: 7,516KB) such as Yokohama-shi nursery schools in 2025.)

※If you are unable to submit a document that proves that you will move in, or if you do not plan to move in, you will be eligible for the second application.
[Documents that show you to move in]
・Copy of lease agreement
・Copy of real estate sales contract
・Copy of construction contracts, etc.
If you cannot confirm Address, delivery date, period, etc., the name of the contractor (signature of the lessor, lessee, intermediaries) and seal (can be omitted if there is no seal part in the format), it cannot be treated as a primary application. Please be sure to submit documents that show that the contract has been concluded.
About other necessary documents, please confirm use guidance (PDF: 7,516KB) such as Yokohama-shi nursery schools by all means in 2025.