Weekday daytime ¥800/hour, other times ¥1,000/hour

The Sumida Family Support Center is a membership-based mutual help program in which local people with childcare experience register as members and are matched with people who want to leave their children. Parents living in Sumida City with children from 43 days old to grade 6 of elementary school can use it. The fee is ¥800 per hour on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and ¥1,000 per hour at other times and on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and during the year-end/New Year period. If you ask for 2 or more children such as siblings at the same time, it is half price from the second child. Use is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and other times are by consultation. Transportation costs and children's meal costs are paid by parents. Before new registration, contact the center (03-5638-0512) by phone.