Koto ward: April 2027 daycare application windows and this year's point changes

Koto ward (江東区) has published the April 2027 daycare round (令和9年度). The dates below are the ones on the ward's application page. A place is not offered just because the form arrives on time.

First round (一次募集)

Mail and online: 13 October to 19 November 2026. Mail must arrive by 19 November.

The counter is not open for that whole stretch:

• 20–23 October 2026, 8:30–17:00 (until 19:00 on Wednesday), at Toyosu Civic Center, 11th floor.
• 8–19 November 2026 at the ward office, 7th floor. Sunday 8 November is open. Other weekends are not.

Extra documents for the first round must arrive by 2 December 2026. The ward plans to mail first-round results on 25 January 2027.

A baby due on or before 3 February 2027 can be applied for before birth in the first round only. Bring a copy of the mother-and-child handbook (母子手帳) showing the due date. If the baby is born on or after 4 February, the ward says the application is considered for May or later. A facility that accepts children from 4 months needs a due date on or before 1 December 2026.

Second round (二次募集)

20 November 2026 to 12 February 2027, by counter, mail or online. Extra documents must arrive by 12 February. The ward plans to mail second-round results on 1 March 2027.

Point changes the ward lists for this year

The page says these rules changed. It does not print the whole points table. Check the guidebook (入園のしおり) before you rely on a score.

• Work of 48 hours or more a month is now a reason that counts (月48時間以上).
• A job offer (就労内定, shūrō naitei) is scored like work. The old separate "job offer" reason is removed. The same change applies to a school place that has been offered (就学内定).
• "Other school" study is relaxed to 48 hours or more a month.
• The −4 adjustment for a self-employed parent who does not file proof is abolished. Without the proof, the ward says the application is scored as job-seeking (求職).
• A brother or sister of the child who holds a listed disability handbook gets adjustment item 4 at +1. The page lists physical-disability handbook grades 1–2 (hearing or speech grades 1–3), the intellectual-disability handbook (愛の手帳) degrees 1–3, and mental-health handbook grades 1–2.
• The child themself gets adjustment item 5 at +1 if they hold a mental-health handbook grade 1 or 2, as well as the cases already covered.
• A brother or sister already at the facility you hope to use, as of the month you want to start, moves from +2 to +3. The old priority rank for that situation is abolished.
• A single-parent household, or a household with no parents, moves from +2 to +3.
• If you apply while planning to return from childcare leave, the return deadline is now the 1st of the month after the entry month.

Documents the page names

Everyone: the use application, the household form (家庭状況届), the child's health declaration (児童の健康状況申告書), proof that each parent needs daycare (often an employment certificate, 就労証明書, for both), the checklist, and an ID copy sheet if you apply by mail. Other forms depend on the household. The page says to read the guidebook before you send anything.

Verify the window with Koto's childcare section (保育支援課, 03-3647-9809) if your case is a move into or out of the ward. Those routes are on a separate page.