A variety of childcare services

Home-based childcare business
For children aged 0 to 2 years, we will provide childcare in a homey atmosphere at the homes of home childcare workers certified by Yokohama City. Apply to the ward office and pay childcare fees according to your income according to your income according to your licensed nursery school.

Small-scale childcare business
For children aged 0 to 2 years, we provide meticulous childcare in a relatively small environment with a capacity of 6 to 19 or less. Apply to the ward office and pay childcare fees according to your income according to your income according to your licensed nursery school.

Yokohama Nursery Room
This is a childcare facility that Yokohama City has independently certified for children aged 0 to 2 years. Apply directly to the facility and there is a subsidy for reducing usage fees according to your income.

Authorized nursery schools
This facility is based on the Child Welfare Law, where parents can take care of children who cannot be nursed at home due to work or illness on behalf of their parents. Apply to the ward office and pay the childcare fee according to your income.

Fiscal year-limited childcare business
This is a business in which 1.2-year-olds who could not use nursery schools, etc., are kept for a limited time (1 year) by utilizing vacant spaces in nursery schools and childcare rooms with plenty of time. Apply directly to the facility.

Center for Early Childhood Education and Care
It is a place that combines the advantages of both kindergarten and licensed nursery schools. A major feature is that it can be used regardless of whether parents are working or not, and that even if the working conditions of parents change, they can continue to use the garden they are used to. Apply for the nursery school part (childcare use) to the ward office, and apply for the kindergarten part (education use) directly to the facility.

Non-licensed childcare facilities
Acceptance age and childcare fees vary depending on the facility. Apply directly to the facility.

Kindergarten
The purpose of kindergarten is to cultivate the foundations of compulsory education and its subsequent education, to nurture infants, provide an appropriate environment for the healthy growth of young children, and promote their mental and physical development.
When entering the park, apply directly to the kindergarten.
In addition to raising children from 9:00 to 14:00, there are many gardens that provide extended childcare until the evening for applicants.
In particular, the Yokohama City Nursery Kindergarten, which has been certified by Yokohama City, provides childcare from 7:30 to 18:30 (15:30 on Saturday), including summer vacation.
It is a system that can meet the needs of those who want to go to kindergarten while working, or who are looking for a place to keep it outside of nursery schools.
The details vary depending on each kindergarten, so please be sure to contact the kindergarten.

Authorized nursery schools
This facility is based on the Child Welfare Law, where parents can take care of children who cannot be nursed at home due to work or illness on behalf of their parents. Apply to the ward office and pay the childcare fee according to your income.

Center for Early Childhood Education and Care
It is a place that combines the advantages of both kindergarten and licensed nursery schools. A major feature is that it can be used regardless of whether parents are working or not, and that even if the working conditions of parents change, they can continue to use the garden they have been able to attend. In addition, in kindergarten part of authorized child institution, there is garden carrying out long-term childcare similar to Yokohama-shi custody nursery kindergarten.
Apply for the kindergarten part (educational use) directly to the facility, and apply for the nursery part (childcare use) to the ward office.

Non-licensed childcare facilities
Acceptance age and childcare fees vary depending on the facility. Apply directly to the facility.

Temporary childcare at licensed nursery schools and Yokohama nursery rooms
This system allows parents to temporarily take care of their children at home due to part-time employment or illness, or to take care of elementary school studenｔ to refresh their parents.
Operating hours are, in principle, the opening hours of each facility. The target is preschool children who are not enrolled in licensed nursery schools, Yokohama nursery rooms, home-based childcare businesses, small-scale childcare businesses, and certified children's schools (certified parts of No. 2 and No. 3).

Temporary infant custody business
If you want to leave your child temporarily during child care, such as "I want to complete an errand" or "I want to make my own time and refresh", I will keep it for any reason. Operating hours vary depending on the facility. The target is preschool children living in the city.

Holidays and New Year's Holidays
When childcare is not possible at home on Sunday or public holidays due to work reasons, we carry out "holiday childcare" to take care of at nursery schools.

Child care for sick children
Nurses and nursery teachers take care of sick children from the early stage of illness in a sick childcare room attached to a medical institution.

Childcare for Post-Sick Children
This service allows nurses and other professional staff to take care of children who are recovering from illness in a dedicated nursery room.

24-hour emergency temporary childcare
If you have to leave it urgently due to a parent's illness or work, we will take it temporarily at a nursery school.
Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including nighttime and accommodation.

Yokohama Child Care Support System
"People who want to take care of children" and "People who take care of children" register as members and provide child-rearing support based on mutual responsibilities and trust between members. .

Local child care support base
This is a base for child care support that provides a space for preschool children and their parents to play and interact, provides child care consultation, and provides child care information.

Gathering open space for parents and children
This is a place where parents and children who are raising children can easily gather and interact with each other in one room of apartments or vacant stores in shopping streets. We also provide consultation on child care and provide information. Usage fees may be required depending on the open space.

The private kindergarten is Mako Square
Parents and children who are raising children can play safely and happily in the kindergarten garden and school building. It is also a place for parents to interact and exchange information.

Child care support center garden, nursery school child care open space private permanent
Parents and children who are raising children can play safely and happily in the nursery garden and garden building. We conduct exchanges between parents, information exchange, consultation on child care, and exchange with children.

In addition, "child care supporter venue" (held once a week), which provides exchange support for caregivers and consultation on child care at familiar citizen-use facilities such as district centers, etc. There are "child care salons" (held once a week to once a month).

Health and Welfare Center Children and Families Support Division ※The area code is (045).
[Reference] Childcare and Education Concierge

Type and definition of education and childcare resources in Yokohama City (as of April 1, 2024) (PDF: 97KB)