Sick-child care is ¥2,000 per day. If your child falls ill at daycare, a caregiver picks them up by taxi
Sick-Child Care (pick-up service and fee reduction) / Higashiyamato City
Sick-Child Care (pick-up service and fee reduction)Higashiyamato CityChildren who cannot attend daycare or school because of illness
Sick-child care, ¥2,000 per day
Fee (per day)¥2,000¥500 for public assistance households, ¥1,000 for tax-exempt households
- The taxi for pick-up from daycare is free
When a child is sick and cannot go to daycare or school and the parents cannot stay home because of work or similar, the child is cared for at a care room attached to a medical institution (Sukoyaka Sick-Child Care Room). The fee is ¥2,000 per day. If a child attending daycare or similar in the city becomes unwell there and the parents cannot pick them up, there is also a pick-up service in which a caregiver from the care room goes by taxi. There is no charge for the taxi (the care fee of ¥2,000 per use and medical fees, etc. are separate). The fee is reduced to ¥500 per day for households on public assistance and ¥1,000 per day for households exempt from resident tax (advance application to the city required).
Nationality and residence status
The official page (checked in October 2026) sets no condition on nationality or residence status that we found. Eligibility follows the official conditions, not the language of this page; many programs require resident registration in the municipality.
Who is eligible
Children living in Higashiyamato City who cannot attend daycare or school because of illness (the pick-up service is for children from 6 months old to before elementary school enrolled in daycare, certified centers, Tokyo-certified daycare, kindergartens, etc. in the city)
Notes
Sukoyaka Sick-Child Care Room (2nd floor of Hirosawa Children's Clinic). Advance user registration (free) is required.
Pick-up service: https://www.city.higashiyamato.lg.jp/kosodatekyoiku/hoiku/1003288/1003290.html