For those who wish to use nursery schools in FY2024

　Childcare policies vary depending on the facility. In order to prevent mismatches after entering the park, be sure to visit the facilities you wish to use, "childcare policy", "atmos of the facility", "possibility of car pick-up", "response to allergies and chronic illness", "expenses", "how to use extended childcare / Saturday childcare", and "frequency of parent participation events". Please contact the facility directly for a tour of the facility. If you are unable to visit due to measures against infectious diseases, check by phone.

In this video, we will show you how to apply for a nursery school in Yokohama. If you are applying for a nursery school for the first time, as well as those who have moved from another municipality, or those who have applied for a long time, please check this video first. From the type of nursery school to the application method and schedule, points are explained in an easy-to-understand manner in 10 minutes.

• Phone: 045-664-2607
• FAX: 045-840-1132

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

List of Childcare Facilities and Kindergartens

• Application to ward office
  Authorized nursery school, certified child institution (childcare use), home-based childcare business, small-scale childcare business, in-house childcare business (regional frame)
• Application directly to the facility
  Yokohama nursery room, non-licensed nursery school, kindergarten, authorized child institution (use of kindergarten)

Garden selection site for parents "Ensearch support ★ Yokohama childcare" (outside site)
To 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 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 Satellite

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

• Common application documents To those who wish to use nursery schools in FY2024 (Yokohama City Page)
• Use application confirmation form [K] (PDF: 559KB)

• Request for Transference and Pledge (PDF: 617KB)
  Those who apply from outside Yokohama City and who move into properties contracted or owned by relatives
• Certificate of Transference (company house) (PDF: 197KB)
  Those who apply from outside Yokohama City and move into a property contracted or owned by the employer
• Divorce Prerequisite for Divorce (PDF: 442KB)
  Those who have separated on the premise of divorce (resident certificate has already been transferred) and wish to apply as a single parent

• Application for mailing
  〒224-0032
  　32-1, Chigasakichuo, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi
  　Tsuzuki Ward   Children and Families Support Division Childcare Administration

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

• Online application
  About online application for use of nursery schools(Yokohama City HP)
  Please be sure to check the contents listed on the Yokohama City website before using it.
  • Use application confirmation form [K] (PDF: 559KB)Attached to the online application orExclusive 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 the closing date, the immediately preceding weekday opening date

Number of admission accepted in August 2024 (PDF: 261KB)

Updated on the 1st of every month.
The status of admission to licensed nursery schools and other facilities will be posted on the Child and Youth Bureau website early every month.

If the use is decided ... In principle, we will contact you by phone around the 21st of the month before the desired month to start use.
When it was not available ... We send "facility, business use adjustment result (pending) letter of advice".

• Inquiries about the results are available on or after the 21st of each month.
• In the case of pending, a (pending) notice will be issued only at the time of the initial review. If there is no addition of a nursery school you want to use, the (pending) notice will not be sent out from the following month, but will be notified only if you have decided.

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

• This application is valid until the entrance application in March 2025 (the end of 2024).
• If it is put on hold, you will be automatically subject to usage adjustment for admission from the following month to March 2025 until the use is decided, so you do not need to apply again during the year.
• If you wish to use a nursery school after April 2025, you need to apply for the use of April 2025 (next fiscal year) again. (Scheduled to start around October 2024)

Prior consultation (reservation required) 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. Be sure to take a tour with your child to see if the desired nursery school is suitable for your child before consulting.

[Reservation Acceptance]　Phone: 045-948-2321 FAX: 045-948-2309
※You may need a medical certificate from a related organization.

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

Applications will be made via Yokohama City to the municipality where the desired facility is located. Please note that the deadline will be based on the schedule of the municipality where the desired facility is located, not by the Yokohama City schedule. Please check the deadline and other required documents with the municipality where the desired facility is located in advance.

• Application destination (for window application only)
  Tsuzuki Ward  , Children and Families Support Division Childcare Administration Section (24th window, 2nd floor, Tsuzuki Ward   Office)
• Application deadline
  One week prior to the application deadline for 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.

①②Both of them are required.

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 in FY2024 (Yokohama City Page)
• Use application confirmation form [K] (PDF: 559KB)

②Other documents required by the municipality where the desired facility is located

Applications are made to Yokohama City via the childcare section of your municipality. As documents need to arrive by the deadline of Yokohama City, please apply in advance. In addition, please submit style of Yokohama-shi as much as possible to judge priorities based on standard of Yokohama-shi. If required items is not read, the priority may be reduced.

• Application destination
  Childcare department in your current municipality

　　　※When we can confirm that it is local government that does not carry out consignment consultation of transference, we can apply directly to Yokohama-shi is possible.
　　　※In the case of direct application, please apply to the ward office of the transference destination, and if the transfer destination is undecided, please apply to the ward office with the first hope garden.

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

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

Please check the usage guide carefully before creating it.

• Common application documents To those who wish to use nursery schools in FY2024 (Yokohama City Page)
• Use application confirmation form [K] (PDF: 559KB)
• Documents required by your local government

Those who plan to move into Yokohama City by the day before the desired start month 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. (Those who apply for the primary application in April)
If you are unable to submit documents that can prove that you will be moving in by the application deadline, or if you do not plan to move in, you will be treated as a resident outside the city. (Those who are eligible for secondary applications in April)

※Examples of documents that show that you will move in

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

Even if you do not plan to move in, you can apply for use, but it will be treated as a resident outside the city and the priority will be reduced.
But we hope for "priority handling of children such as nursery teachers" and meet condition, it becomes priority judgment equivalent to city resident.

※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 promptly. It is not possible to withdraw by verbal contact. If submission is delayed, the result 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 currently in the park even if you withdraw.

• required documents
  Changeregistration form

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

Application deadline for each month

Apr. 2024 Tsuzuki Ward   can be accepted (PDF: 263KB)
Tsuzuki Ward   Number of applications accepted in April 2024 (PDF: 187KB)
April 2023 Number of primary application Tsuzuki Ward   accepted (PDF: 270KB)
April 2022 Number of primary application Tsuzuki Ward   accepted (PDF: 269KB)

Determination of usage fee (childcare fee) and decision method of exemption of side meal fee (Yokohama-shi page)

Tsuzuki Ward  , Children and Families Support Division Childcare Administration Section (24th window, 2nd floor, Tsuzuki Ward   Office)
Phone number: 045-948-2463
Implementation time: 8:45-17:00 on weekdays

Concierge consultations are not conducted in October, November, January, and February.
If you have not yet implemented or reservations are full, please contact us at the Tsuzuki Ward   Children and Families Support Division Childcare Section or by phone.

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

Reservations can only be made using the electronic application system.
↓Click here to make a reservation.↓
Tsuzuki Ward   Childcare and Education Concierge Consultation Reservation Form (outside site)
※The reservation form will be available every month at the beginning of the previous month.