Private kindergarten: ¥80,000 for enrollment fee and up to ¥40,900/month for tuition

The city subsidizes enrollment fees, tuition, extended-care fees, and side-dish meal costs for parents whose children attend private kindergartens, etc. Kindergartens outside the city are also eligible if within commuting range. The enrollment fee is covered up to ¥80,000, with no income limit, once per child. For tuition at kindergartens that have not moved to the new system, the facility use benefit and the parent subsidy together cover ¥37,300 to ¥40,900 per month from October 2026 (varies by household category and child's birth order; up to September it is ¥35,000 to ¥38,600). Extended care at the kindergarten, from use in October 2026, is covered at a daily rate of ¥490 multiplied by the number of days used, up to ¥12,300 per month for 3- to 5-year-old classes and ¥17,700 per month for classes for children who have just turned 3 (up to use in September: ¥450 per day, limits ¥11,300 and ¥16,300). Temporary childcare at unlicensed childcare facilities, etc. is also covered, combined with extended care, up to the same monthly limit. For households with an annual income equivalent to under about ¥3.6 million, and for third and later children counting from children in grade 3 of elementary school or below, side-dish meal costs are covered as a supplementary benefit up to ¥5,100 per month.