Child-care and Child Welfare
| LastUpDate： February 25, 2009
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Child-rearing Services Section |
Nursery schools
Nursery schools are facilities to provide substitute day care for children whose parents or guardians are unable to care for them at home, due to employment or other reasons. Each nursery school tries to ensure that the children develop safely and healthily, and also provides child-care consultations so that working parents or guardians can have peace of mind.Infant care
Infant care in a family atmosphere can be provided once the mother's maternity leave has ended.Extended day care
Child-care can be provided until 19:00.Day care on Saturdays
Child-care is provided until 18:00 for children whose parents or guardians work on Saturday afternoons too.Short-term day care
Child-care can be provided when parents or guardians who usually care for the child at home are temporarily unable to do so, due to reasons such as work, sickness/injury, weddings/funerals etc., or the need to take a break.Closed during the New Year's holidays| | Facility name | Address | Operating hours | Children
accepted |
| Mon-Fri | Sat |
| (1) | Central Nursery School | 3-2-22 Honmachi | 7:00-19:00 | 7:00-18:00 | 0-5
years old |
| (2) | Tomioku Nursery School | 5-30 Nakabayashi | 7:15-19:00 | 7:15-18:00 |
| (3) | Oshino Nursery School | 3-115 Oshino |
| (4) | Okyozuka Nursery School | 1-288 Okyouzuka |
| (5) | Awada Nursery School | 1-126 Awada |
| (6) | Horiuchi Nursery School | 4-144 Horiuchi |
| (7) | Asunaro Nursery School | 5-30 Okyouzuka |
| (8) | Hakusan Nursery School | 4-2 Hakusanmachi |
| (9) | Tsubaki Nursery School
(Corporation) | 1-302 Taheiji |
| (10) | Wako Nursery School
(Corporation) | 18-13 Ougigaoka | 0-2
years old |
| (11) | Angel Nursery School
(Corporation) | 6-22-1 Honmachi | 0-5
years old |
| (12) | Fujihira Nursery School
(Corporation) | 142 Fujihira | 7:00-19:00 | 7:00-18:00 |
Child-care support centers
The child-care support centers offer consultations and support for children from birth to the time they enter school, and for their parents or guardians.
Closed during the New Year’s holidays
| | Facility name | Address | Opening hours
(Days closed) | Remarks |
| (3) | Child-care Support Center Oshino | 3-115 Oshino | 8:15-17:15 (Closed on Sundays and national holidays) | Temporary child care
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| (8) | Child-care Support Center Hakusan | 4-2 Hakusanmachi |
| (13) | Child-care Support Center Sugahara | 8-33 Sugaharamachi | Temporary child care / day care for convalescent children
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| (11) | Child-care Support Center Angel | 6-22-1 Honmachi |
| (12) | Child-care Support Center Fujihira | 142 Fujihira |
After-school children’s clubs
These provide a suitable place for children to play or spend their time after school if their parents or guardians are not at home during the daytime, due to their work etc. The clubs are primarily for elementary school children in Grades 1~3.| | School name | Address | School area |
| (14) | First/Second Tsubaki Club | 4-21-17 Honmachi | Nonoichi |
| (15) | First/Second Kinoko Club | 6-8-42 Honmachi | Misono |
| (13) | Sugahara Club | 8-33 Sugaharamachi | Sugahara |
| (16) | Kousagi Club | 1-2-7 Nakabayashi | Fuyo |
| (17) | First/Second Tachino Club | 1-10-1 Oshino | Tachino |
Children’s centers
Children’s centers are places that support children’s stability and mental growth via healthy play.Closed during the New Year’s holidays| | Facility name | Address | Opening hours (Days closed) |
| (18) | Central Children’s Center | 3-1-2 Yahagi | 9:00-17:00 (Closed on the first, third and fifth Sundays and the second and fourth Mondays of each month, and national holidays except for Children’s Day) |
| (19) | Honmachi Children’s Center | 3-10-12 Honmachi |
| (3) | Oshino Children’s Center | 3-115 Oshino |
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