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Where to leave your child

Last Updated October 11, 2024


*Acceptance age (month age) varies depending on the facility.

1 Those who want to deposit on a daily basis

Authorized nursery schools

▪ Target age: 0-5 year olds, capacity: 20 or more
▪ It is a child welfare facility that takes care of the child on behalf of the guardian when the child needs childcare for the employment of the guardian.

Certified child institution (use of childcare)

▪ Target age: 0-5 year olds, capacity: 20 or more
▪ It is a facility that combines the roles of a kindergarten and a nursery school, and can be used as a kindergarten (use of education) or a nursery school (use of childcare) depending on the situation at home. .
▪ For childcare use, you can leave it in a long time like a nursery school, and during the day you can receive education with the kindergarten (educational use) elementary school student.
▪ In order to use childcare, parents must fall under "reasons requiring childcare" and receive childcare certification, but even if they can no longer receive childcare certification due to changes in the working conditions of parents, educational use There is also a good point that you can continue to go to the same garden.

Community-based Childcare Business

Small-scale childcare business

▪ Target age: 0-2 year olds, capacity: 6 to 19 people
This facility has a relatively small capacity specializing in young children.
▪ We face each other in an environment where the distance between the nursery teacher and the child is short, and carry out detailed childcare that takes advantage of the characteristics of the scale.
▪ Graduation will be made in the 2-year-old class, but one or more of the certified child institution, kindergarten, or licensed nursery school is set as the subsequent "advance destination after graduation", and graduates have a priority admission system .

Home-based childcare business

▪ Target age: 0-2 year olds, capacity: 3-5 people
▪ Home-based childcare workers provide meticulous childcare in a homey atmosphere.
▪ After graduation, you can receive preferential treatment for use adjustment when promoting to partner facilities and applying for admission to other facilities.

In-house childcare business (regional framework)

▪ Target age: 0-2 year olds
▪ Childcare of employees and local children together at childcare facilities at companies and offices.

Yokohama Nursery Room

▪ Target age: 0-2 year olds
▪ It is an unlicensed childcare facility that meets the standards set by Yokohama City (childcare fees, childcare environment, childcare hours, etc.) and is independently certified by Yokohama City.
※It is not a nursery school (so-called licensed nursery school) specified by the Child Welfare Law.
▪ It can be used by residents of Yokohama City and Kawasaki City.
▪ There is a parental burden reduction system and a sibling reduction system according to income.

 Information on Yokohama Nursery Room

Non-licensed childcare facilities

▪ This is a childcare facility that has not been approved by the Child Welfare Law.

 What are non-licensed childcare facilities?

 For those who are considering using non-licensed childcare facilities

Company-led childcare business (regional framework)

▪ A childcare facility that has been subsidized for establishment and operation by the government's "company-led childcare business", and falls under "non-licensed childcare facilities".
▪ It is a facility for employees established by companies that bear contributions to children and child care, but local children can also use it to a certain extent.

Kindergartens and certified children's schools

▪ Kindergartens are educational facilities based on the School Education Law, and there are two types, such as a facility-type benefit school and a private school subsidy school.
▪ Certified children's institution is a facility that combines the roles of a kindergarten and a nursery school.
The use of the kindergarten part is called "educational use".
▪ Some gardens carry out "custody childcare" for those who wish to conduct educational activities before and after educational hours.

2 Those who want to deposit temporarily

Temporary childcare

▪ We will take care of your child when it becomes temporarily difficult to take care of your child at home due to work, illness, hospitalization, etc. of parents, or when you want to refresh.
▪ The monthly usage limit per elementary school student is 120 hours.
  Information on temporary childcare
▪ "First Azukari Ticket" is distributed.
  The first azukari ticket

Yokohama Child Care Support System

▪ This is a community-supporting activity in which people who want to keep or pick up their children (user members) and those who can keep and pick up (providing members) register and perform based on mutual responsibility and trust. (paid)
  What is the Yokohama Child Care Support System?
▪ We distribute child support de Azukari trial ticket (free coupon).
  About distribution of child support de Azukari trial ticket (free coupon)
▪ We hold regular enrollment briefings at Nikorinku, so please feel free to join us.
  Yokohama Child Care Support System Sakae Ward Branch Office (Korinku at Sakae Ward Regional Child Care Support Center) (outside site)

Temporary infant custody business

"I want to finish an errand," "I want to refresh a little," "I suddenly got a job."
When it is necessary to have a child look at the child with the help of someone while raising a child, we will take care of the child for any reason.
  Temporary infant custody business

Holiday childcare and temporary childcare on holidays

If you cannot take care of your child at home on Sunday or a public holiday due to work reasons, we will take care of your child at a nursery school.

  Information on holiday childcare and temporary childcare on holidays

24-hour emergency temporary childcare

▪ If you have to leave your child urgently due to a parent's illness or work, we will take it temporarily at a nursery school.
▪ We respond 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including nighttime and accommodation (may not be accepted depending on the capacity situation).
  About 24-hour emergency temporary childcare

Child care for sick children

Nurses and nursery teachers take care of children who are sick or recovering from illness in a sick childcare room attached to a medical institution.
  Sick Child Care Business

Childcare for Post-Sick Children

Nurses and nursery teachers take care of children who are recovering from illness in a nursery room attached to a nursery school.
  Post-Sick Child Care Business

3 Kindergartens and nursery schools in Sakae Ward

Click here for the school selection site for parents, "Engashi support ★ Yokohama childcare"
 In Sakae Ward, one garden is scheduled to open in April 2025!
Name (tentative name) Installation location Type Capacity
Ofuna Wakaba Nursery School Kasama 1-chome No. 1-1 Lurier Ofuna 105 Small-scale A 1 year old 2 years old
9 people 10 people

 About nursery schools scheduled to open in April 2025

4 When you want to consult a nursery school or kindergarten

Please take advantage of childcare and education concierge consultation!

Tell me! Mr. concierge

▪ The childcare and education concierge is a professional counselor for those who need a nursery school or kindergarten.
▪ In order to support those who are raising children, we will provide easy-to-understand information such as nursery schools and kindergarten services that meet each needs and situation.
▪ Anyone can consult with us. Please take advantage of it.

What kind of consultation do you have?

・What is the difference between a nursery school and a kindergarten?
・What is the current availability of nursery schools?
・I did not enter a licensed nursery school. What should I do when I leave my child?
・I want to work at my own pace several times a week…Is there any place to leave my children?

Please feel free to contact us.

Consultation date, reservation method

[Date and time when you can consult]
 ▪ Month, Fire, Water, Friday (excluding holidays)
 ▪ Start time: Select from 9:00/10:00/11:00/14:00/15:00/16:00/16:00
 ▪ 1 hour per time

[Consultation method]
 ▪ Face-to-face consultation at the counter or telephone consultation
 ▪ Consultation fee: Free of charge

[Reservation method]
 ▪ Reservation method: Reservation from Yokohama-shi child care support site "Pamatoko (outside site)"
  ※Only reservation and change / cancellation of reservation date and time on the day will be accepted by telephone.

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Inquiries to this page

Sakae Ward Health and Welfare Center Children and Families Support Division

Telephone: 045-894-8463

Telephone: 045-894-8463

Fax: 045-894-8406

Email address: sa-kodomokatei@city.yokohama.jp

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