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Arakawa ward: April 2027 daycare rounds, with the result days
荒川区 令和9年4月の保育園申込スケジュール
Arakawa ward (荒川区) prints the April 2027 licensed-daycare schedule with both era dates and western dates. Forms are available from 1 October 2026 on the site…
仅 Arakawa荒川区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Bunkyo ward: the April 2027 daycare window is announced as a plan
文京区 2027年4月入所の申請期間（予定）
Bunkyo ward (文京区) has not published the detailed April 2027 daycare guide yet. On the licensed-daycare top page, read on 7 October 2026, the ward says the…
仅 Bunkyo文京区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Chuo ward: April 2027 licensed daycare is two rounds in November and February
中央区 令和9年4月の認可保育所申込
Chuo ward (中央区) takes the licensed-daycare application itself. That covers a licensed daycare (認可保育所), the daycare part of a certified children's centre…
仅 Chuo中央区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Edogawa ward: April 2027 daycare rounds depend on the child's class age
江戸川区 令和9年4月入園の申込日程
Edogawa ward (江戸川区) splits the April 2027 daycare application (令和9年4月) by class age and by round. The order the form arrives does not affect the result. The…
仅 Edogawa江戸川区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
How licensed daycare, kindergarten and the free-fee rule fit together
子ども・子育て支援制度のなかの保育と幼児教育
Licensed daycare in Japan sits inside a national funding system, and each city or ward still runs its own application. The Children and Families Agency…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Itabashi ward: April 2027 daycare rounds close on different days
板橋区 令和9年4月入所の一次・二次申込
Itabashi ward (板橋区) prints the April 2027 daycare schedule (令和9年4月入所) in its kindergarten and daycare guidebook. The class is the child's age on 1 April. A…
仅 Itabashi板橋区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Kita ward: April 2027 daycare deadlines, including applications before birth
北区 令和9年4月の保育園入園申請
Kita ward (北区) is taking April 2027 licensed-daycare applications at the counter, by mail and online. The page says the counter gets crowded from about…
仅 Kita北区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Koto ward: April 2027 daycare application windows and this year's point changes
江東区 令和9年度保育園等の申込期間と指数の変更
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…
仅 Koto江東区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Meguro ward: April 2027 daycare deadlines, and the new rule for families who live outside
目黒区 令和9年度の保育施設申込締切と区外申込
Meguro ward (目黒区) prints deadlines for April 2027 daycare (令和9年4月). The guide does not say which day the April window opens. Use the deadlines below, and…
仅 Meguro目黒区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Nakano ward: two rounds for April 2027 daycare, and who is carried into the second
中野区 2027年4月認可保育所の一次・二次募集
Nakano ward (中野区) runs two rounds for April 2027 licensed daycare because there are many applications. The second round has fewer open places, because it…
仅 Nakano中野区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Ota ward: April 2027 daycare applications, and the mail deadline is earlier
大田区 令和9年4月入園の申請期間
Ota ward (大田区) is taking April 2027 daycare applications (令和9年4月, 1次利用調整). The page does not publish a separate second-round date for April. Ask the ward if…
仅 Ota大田区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Setagaya hoikuen points: how the ward ranks daycare applications
世田谷区 保育施設の入園選考と指数
In Setagaya (世田谷区), when more families apply to a licensed daycare (認可保育園, ninka hoikuen) than there are places, the ward ranks every application by points…
仅 Setagaya世田谷区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Shibuya ward: the April 2027 first-round daycare schedule
渋谷区 令和9年度4月一次募集のスケジュール
Shibuya ward (渋谷区) has published the first round for April 2027 daycare (令和9年度4月一次募集). This page does not publish a second round.
仅 Shibuya渋谷区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Shinagawa ward: April 2027 daycare deadlines, without a published opening day
品川区 令和9年4月の入園締切
Shinagawa ward (品川区) published the Reiwa 9 selection schedule on 7 October 2026. The table gives deadlines. It does not say which day each April round opens.…
仅 Shinagawa品川区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Taito ward: April 2027 daycare rounds, and the mail deadline is earlier
台東区 令和9年4月保育園入園の申込
Taito ward (台東区) is taking applications for licensed daycare, the long-hours part of a certified children's centre, and community-type care, for April 2027…
仅 Taito台東区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Unlicensed daycare and company-led daycare are not the ward's licensed round
認可外保育施設と企業主導型保育事業
If the licensed round says no, families often look at two other names. The Children and Families Agency's survey of unlicensed care explains what those names…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Yokohama: April 2027 daycare rounds, childcare leave, and what a refusal means
横浜市 令和9年4月の保育所等利用申請
Yokohama (横浜市) uses one city schedule for every ward. The fiscal 2027 guide (令和９年度 保育所等利用案内) says the application is online in principle, until 23:59 on the…
仅 Yokohama横浜市已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Kindergarten, daycare, a certified children's centre, and a small local programme
幼稚園・保育所・認定こども園・地域型保育
Families meet four names that sound alike. The Children and Families Agency's overview of the child-and-childcare system is the national description. Your…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Sumida ward public kindergartens: the November 2026 application for April 2027
墨田区立幼稚園 令和9年度4月入園
This page is Sumida ward's (墨田区) public kindergarten round (区立幼稚園), not the licensed daycare application. The two use different desks and different dates.
仅 Sumida墨田区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Toshima ward public kindergartens: apply from 1 to 23 October 2026
豊島区立幼稚園 令和9年度の申込み
Toshima ward (豊島区) opened applications for its public kindergartens (区立幼稚園) on 1 October 2026. This is not the licensed daycare round.
仅 Toshima豊島区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
In a Japanese school the grade follows the child's age, not the old school's grade
学年は4月1日の年齢で決まる
When a child joins a Japanese elementary or junior high, the grade is set by age. The Ministry of Education's guidebook for foreign children says children…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Minato ward: the preschool-entry health check is at your address's school
港区 令和9年度就学時健康診断
Minato ward (港区) has published the preschool-entry health check (就学時健康診断, shūgakuji kenkō shindan) for children due to start school in April 2027. You go to…
仅 Minato港区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Nerima after-school club: apply again for April 2027, even if your child already attends
練馬区 令和9年度学童クラブの一次申請
Nerima ward (練馬区) requires a new application for its after-school club (学童クラブ, gakudō kurabu) even if your child is already in a club or already waiting. The…
仅 Nerima練馬区已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Public school tuition is free; supplies and lunch can be helped if the board agrees
就学援助と公立学校の授業料
The Ministry of Education's guidebook for foreign children says tuition at public elementary schools, junior highs, the elementary and junior-high departments…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
The Japanese school year starts in April and the long break is summer
学年は4月に始まり、長い休みは夏休み
A class newsletter (学級だより) and a holiday guide (長期休業のしおり) use the Japanese school year. The Ministry of Education's guidebook says the year starts in April…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
A PTA duty note is a request from the parents-and-teachers group
PTAと保護者の活動
A PTA note (PTA当番) is from the group the Ministry of Education's school guidebook describes: parents and teachers working together so that school runs…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
A sports-day notice is the school's athletic event, not a test result
運動会・体育大会のお知らせ
A sports-day notice (運動会, undōkai, or 体育大会, taiiku taikai) is the event the Ministry of Education's school guidebook describes as sprints, relays, ball-toss…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
An excursion notice is a trip out of school, and the paper names the day
遠足・校外学習のお知らせ
An excursion notice (遠足, ensoku, or 校外学習, kōgai gakushū) is the trip the Ministry of Education's school guidebook describes as leaving the school for an…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
An open-class notice invites you to watch a lesson
授業参観・学級懇談会
An open-class notice (授業参観, jugyō sankan) is the visit the Ministry of Education's school guidebook describes: parents come to school and see the lesson and…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Children clean the classroom, and clubs are for those who want them
清掃と部活動
Two things in a Japanese school day surprise families who are new to them. The Ministry of Education's guidebook for foreign children describes both as the…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Clothes, indoor shoes and the things a school actually regulates
服装・持ち物・上履き
A "please prepare these things" note (持ち物, mochimono) is the school's own list. The Ministry of Education's guidebook does not publish a national shopping…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Home visits, parents' meetings and the one-to-one conference
家庭訪問・保護者会・個人面談
Japanese schools set aside times for parents and teachers to talk. The Ministry of Education's guidebook for foreign children describes three of them.…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Renrakuchō (連絡帳): phrases for absence, lateness and everyday notes
連絡帳の書き方と例文
The 連絡帳 (renrakuchō, contact notebook) is a small notebook that travels between home and school in your child's bag. The teacher writes notes in it, and you…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
The school-lunch allergy form is a doctor's sheet, and each school writes its own rules
学校給食の食物アレルギー対応と学校生活管理指導表
A food-allergy form from a Japanese school is not a menu and it is not a diagnosis. The Ministry of Education's page on school-lunch allergies points schools…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
The yearly school health check is required, and the notice names the tests
定期健康診断
A health-check notice (健康診断, kenkō shindan) is the check the Ministry of Education's school guidebook says schools must give regularly, because the law…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
What a school-lunch notice is asking you to do
給食の時間と給食費
Many elementary and junior-high printouts are about lunch (給食, kyūshoku). The Ministry of Education's guidebook for foreign children starting school describes…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Chūgaku juken (中学受験) in Tokyo: the main routes into junior high
中学受験の主なルート（東京都）
In Tokyo most children move from their public elementary school to the local public junior high (公立中学校) with no exam. 中学受験 (chūgaku juken) means sitting an…
Tokyo已于 2026年10月7日 核对
The University of Tokyo's foreign-school route is not the junior-high exam, and it has traps
東京大学 外国学校卒業学生特別選考の落とし穴
Choosing an overseas or international curriculum can change a later university application. This article is only the University of Tokyo's own question page…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Tokyo private junior highs: applications from 10 January, exams from 1 February
東京の私立中学入試 出願は1月10日以降、選抜は2月1日以降
Tokyo's association of private junior and senior highs (東京私立中学高等学校協会) publishes the earliest dates its member schools may use. A school can be later. It…
Tokyo已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Tokyo public combined junior highs for April 2027: who may apply, and the exam days
令和9年度 都立中高一貫校の応募資格と日程
Tokyo's public combined junior-and-senior highs (都立中高一貫校) and metropolitan junior highs admit children who are not already in a junior high. The board's 11…
Tokyo已于 2026年10月7日 核对
High-school tuition support has to be applied for, and non-Japanese students file on paper
高等学校等就学支援金の申請
Japan's high-school tuition support (高等学校等就学支援金, kōtō gakkōtō shūgaku shienkin) is not paid unless someone applies. The Ministry of Education's packet for a…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Eiken dates and fees for an individual applicant in the 2026 session list
英検 個人申込の日程と検定料（2026年度）
Eiken (英検, the English proficiency test run by the Eiken Foundation) publishes three sessions a year for people who register themselves. The page read on 7…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
If you leave Japan, tell the school or the board before you go
帰国・出国の前に学校へ相談する
The Ministry of Education's guidebook for foreign children says that if you will leave Japan, including to return to another country, you should consult the…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
If you think your child is being bullied, the school has to look into it
いじめ防止対策推進法で学校がすること
Japan's bullying-prevention act (いじめ防止対策推進法) is posted by the Ministry of Education. It defines bullying (いじめ, ijime) as an act, including online, by another…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对
Moving house inside Japan: tell the school before you file the move
国内転学の手続き
If you move inside Japan and the child has to change public schools (転学, tengaku), the Ministry of Education's guidebook lists this order. It also says to…
日本全国已于 2026年10月7日 核对