Children who do not attend daycare can attend a facility 2–3 days a week, 8 hours a day, free of charge

This program lets children not enrolled in a daycare or kindergarten attend a facility regularly. It started in April 2026 at 18 facilities in the city (daycare centers, kodomo-en and kindergartens). For Shinjuku City residents, the fee is free, including meals. It covers children from 6 months of age to age 3 at the end of the fiscal year who are not enrolled in licensed daycare or similar. As a rule, children attend regularly 2 or 3 days a week, Monday to Friday, for 8 hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Under the national Infant Daycare Attendance Support Program, the usage limit is 10 hours a month, but Shinjuku City uses Tokyo's subsidy program to set hours that far exceed this. You can apply regardless of whether the parents work, so it gives families raising children at home a way to secure a block of time.