For those who wish to use nursery schools, etc. in 2024

　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". For a tour of the facility, please contact the facility directly. If you are unable to visit due to measures against infectious diseases, check by phone or other means.

In this video, we will show you how to apply for a nursery school in Yokohama. Not only those who are applying for a nursery school for the first time, but also those who have moved from other local governments or those who have applied for the first time in a long time, please check this video first. From the type of nursery school to the method and schedule of application, points are explained in an easy-to-understand manner in 10 minutes.

• Telephone: 045-664-2607
• FAX: 045-211-4253

Opening time: From 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (including weekends and holidays)

Continuing List of Childcare Facilities and Kindergartens

• Application to ward office
  Authorized nursery schools, certified child institution (childcare use), home-based childcare business, small-scale childcare business, in-house childcare business (regional frame)
• Apply directly to the facility
  Yokohama Nursery Room, Non-licensed Nursery School, Kindergarten, Certified Children's Center (Use of Kindergarten)

Garden selection site for parents "Engashi support ★ Yokohama childcare" (outside site)
For those who are looking for childcare facilities in Yokohama (Yokohama City page)

Be sure to check it! To those who wish to use nursery schools, etc. in 2024 (Yokohama City page)
Be sure to check it! 2024 Yokohama City Nursery School Usage Guide

• Booklet distribution location
  Ward office, administrative service corner (Azamino Station / Shin-Yokohama Station), Child Care Support Center Popola (Popola), Popola Satellite

Please check the usage guide for FY2024 carefully before creating it.

• Common application documents To those who wish to use nursery schools, etc. in 2024 (Yokohama City page)
• Use application confirmation slip [K] (PDF: 559KB)

• Request for Transference and Pledge (PDF: 617KB)
  Those who apply from outside Yokohama city and move into a property contracted or owned by relatives
• Certificate of transfer (company housing) (PDF: 197KB)
  Those who apply from outside Yokohama City and move into a property contracted or owned by the employer
• Divorce Presence Separation Petition (PDF: 442KB)
  Those who are separated on the premise of divorce (resident certificate has already been transferred) and want to apply as a single parent

• Application by mail
  〒224-0032
  　32-1, Chigasakichuo, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi
  　Tsuzuki Ward   Children and Families Support Division Nursery School

• Window application
  Tsuzuki Ward   Children and Families Support Division Childcare Management (24th floor, Tsuzuki Ward   Office, 2nd floor)　

• Online application
  About online application for the use of nursery schools(Yokohama City HP)
  Please be sure to check the contents listed on the Yokohama City website and use it.
  • Use application confirmation slip [K] (PDF: 559KB)Attached or attached to the online applicationDedicated form (outside site) of Yokohama-shi electronic application, report systemPlease submit it.

Must arrive on the 10th of the previous month of the month you wish to enter
※If the 10th is a closed day, the immediately preceding weekday opening day

Number of admissions accepted in December 2024 (PDF: 261KB)

It will be updated on the first day of each month.
The status of admission to licensed nursery schools and the number of people waiting are available on the Child and Youth Bureau website at the beginning of each month.

If you decide to use the service ... In principle, we will contact you by phone around the 21st of the month before the desired month of use.
When we cannot use ... We send "facility, business use adjustment result (pending) letter of advice".

• Result inquiries can be made after the 21st of each month.
• In case of pending, the (pending) notice will be issued only at the time of the first screening. If there is no addition of a nursery school you wish to use, a (pending) notice will not be sent out from the following month, but will be notified only when a job offer is made.

• Before or along with the results, we will issue a payment authorization decision letter. If a valid payment authorization decision letter has already been issued, it may not be issued again.

• This application is valid until the March 2025 entrance application (end of 2024).
• If it is suspended, it will be automatically subject to adjustment from the following month to March 2025 until the use is decided, so there is no need to apply again during the fiscal year.
• If you wish to use a nursery school after April 2025, you will need to apply again for April 2025 (next fiscal year). (Reception scheduled to start around October 2024)

Prior consultation (reservation required) is required to apply for a child who is worried about disability or development or needs 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.

[Reservation acceptance]　Telephone: 045-948-2321 FAX: 045-948-2309
※Medical certificates from related organizations may be required.

You can only apply for the first application in April. April 2024 The primary application has been closed.

Applications will be made to the municipalities where the desired facility is located via Yokohama City. 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.

• Application destination (Window application only)
  Tsuzuki Ward   Children and Families Support Division Childcare Management (24th floor, Tsuzuki Ward   Office, 2nd floor)
• Application deadline
  Up to one week prior to the application deadline of the municipality where the desired facility is located

　※You may be able to apply directly to the local government where the desired facility is located, so be sure to consult in advance.

①②You need both of them.

①Style required in Yokohama City
Please check the usage guide carefully before creating it.

• Common application documents To those who wish to use nursery schools, etc. in 2024 (Yokohama City page)
• Use application confirmation slip [K] (PDF: 559KB)

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 destination
  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.
　　　※In the case of direct application, please apply to the ward office of the transfer destination, and if the transfer destination is undecided, apply to the ward office with the first choice garden.

• Application deadline
  10th of the month before the desired month of admission (must arrive)
  ※If the 10th is a closed day, the immediately preceding weekday opening day

• Mailing address
  〒224-0032
  　32-1, Chigasakichuo, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi
  　Tsuzuki Ward   Children and Families Support Division Nursery School

Please check the usage guide carefully before creating it.

• Common application documents To those who wish to use nursery schools, etc. in 2024 (Yokohama City page)
• Use application confirmation slip [K] (PDF: 559KB)
• Documents required by your local government

Those who are planning to move into Yokohama City by the day before the desired month of use start will be treated the same as Yokohama citizens only if they can submit documents (*) that show that they will move in by the application deadline. (Applicants for the primary application in April)
If you cannot submit a document that proves that you will move in by the application deadline, or if you do not plan to move in, you will be treated as a resident outside the city. (Applicants from the second application in April)

※Examples of documents that show you to move in

• A copy of lease agreement
  The contract date, occupancy date, Address, and contractor are listed, and the name of the lessor and the lessee (the name of the guardian applying for the nursery school) have been registered.
• Copy of real estate sales contract
  Contract date, delivery date, Address, and contractor are listed, and the name of the seller and the buyer (the name of the guardian applying for the nursery school) have been registered.
• Request for Transference and Pledge (PDF: 617KB)
  Those who apply from outside Yokohama city and move into a property contracted or owned by relatives
• Certificate of transfer (company housing) (PDF: 197KB)
  Those who apply from outside Yokohama City and move into a property contracted or owned by the employer

You can apply for use even if you do not plan to move in, but it will be treated as a resident outside the city and the priority will be reduced.
However, if you wish to "priority handling of children such as nursery teachers" and meet the conditions, it will be the same priority judgment as residents of the city.

※If you do not meet the conditions, even if you submit documents, you will be treated as a resident outside the city.

If you do not wish to apply for use, you will need to withdraw your application. Please submit "use application withdrawal form" to ward office Children and Families Support Division immediately. It cannot be withdrawn by verbal contact. If submission is delayed, the results may be disadvantaged because usage adjustments have already been made. In addition, in the case of relocation, even if you withdraw, you may not be able to continue using the facilities you are in.

• required documents
  Application withdrawal form and change of application contents registration form

• Submission address
  〒224-0032
  　32-1, Chigasakichuo, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi
  　Tsuzuki Ward   Children and Families Support Division Nursery School
  　Or
  　Tsuzuki Ward   Children and Families Support Division Childcare Management (24th floor, Tsuzuki Ward   Office, 2nd floor)　

Application deadline for each month

April 2024 Number of secondary applications accepted by Tsuzuki Ward   (PDF: 263KB)
April 2024 First Application Number of Tsuzuki Ward   Receivables (PDF: 187KB)
April 2023 Number of primary applications accepted by Tsuzuki Ward   (PDF: 270KB)
April 2022 Number of Primary Applications Acceptable Tsuzuki Ward   (PDF: 269KB)

How to determine usage fees (childcare fees) and how to determine exemption from side meal costs (Yokohama City page)

Tsuzuki Ward   Children and Families Support Division Childcare Management (24th floor, Tsuzuki Ward   Office, 2nd floor)
Phone number: 045-948-2463
Implementation time: Weekdays from 8:45 to 17:00

Concierge consultation is not available in October, November, January, and February.
If you have not yet implemented or your reservation is full, please contact us at the Tsuzuki Ward   Children and Families Support Division Childcare Office or by telephone.

• Date of implementation: April to September, December and March
• Implementation time: Weekdays 9:00 to 12:00, 14-16:00

Reservations are accepted from the Yokohama City Child Care Support Site "Pamatoko" (link below).
↓Click here to make a reservation.↓
Tsuzuki Ward   Childcare and Education Concierge Consultation Reservation Form (outside site) (outside site)
※Reservation schedule is scheduled to be updated every month at the beginning of the previous month.