Sick children cared for at ¥1,500 per day (age 1 to preschool, 5 facilities in the city)

When your child cannot go to daycare, etc. because they are sick or recovering, they can be looked after at sick-child care rooms contracted by the city. Eligible children live in Itabashi City and are from age 1 until entering elementary school; the fee is ¥1,500 per day. Fees are waived for households on public assistance and households exempt from resident tax for the previous fiscal year. Children who do not attend daycare, etc. can also be left when they cannot be cared for at home because of a parent's illness, childbirth, weddings or funerals, etc.

The 5 facilities are Itabashi Medical Association Hospital, Teikyo University Hospital, Iwata Clinic Child Care Center, Saisho Pediatrics Kumasan no Ie, and Kids Town Mukaihara Nursery "Sumire" (recovering children only). Some facilities have a "pick-up service" in which a nurse picks up your child for you when they develop a fever at daycare, etc. and you cannot go. Advance registration is required, and it takes about 1 week from registration until you can use it. It is reassuring to complete registration while your child is healthy.