¥50,000 toward the private kindergarten enrollment fee, and ¥6,500–10,900 a month toward fees above free childcare

For parents of kindergarten children, the city provides its subsidies together, in addition to the national facility usage benefit (cap of ¥28,000/month from October 2026). The enrollment fee subsidy is ¥50,000 per child for enrollment from April 2026 (once in the year of enrollment, no income limit). The fee subsidy covers fees above ¥28,000 and items in the kindergarten rules such as educational environment maintenance fees, and is ¥6,500 to ¥10,900 a month depending on the municipal income-based resident tax amount and birth order (capped at the amount actually paid). The school meal fee subsidy, up to ¥330 per meal (¥6,600 a month), is for households on public assistance, tax-exempt households, households with an income-based tax amount of ¥77,100 or less, and third and later children. It is in principle paid once a year to the kindergarten at the end of the fiscal year. If you submit the "Application for Education and Childcare Benefit Certification / Facility Usage Benefit Certification" at enrollment, in principle no annual application is needed until graduation.