Updated：January 18, 2023
Childcare Support System
Akachan Tengoku
Akachan Tengoku is a communication salon for parents and babies designed as a place for people to share information on various aspects of childrearing and to provide childrearing counseling services. The facility is equipped with a breastfeeding area for nursing mothers, picture books, childrearing magazines and toys for infants. There are also experienced, specialized staff members with childcare qualifications.
Eligibility
Infants up to the first March 31 following their third birthday, their parents/guardians, and pregnant women
Locations
Family and Children Support Center (1-4-1 Kachidoki)
Tel: 03-3534-2103
Tsukiji Children’s Hall (7-9-17 Tsukiji)
Tel: 03-3544-0127
Shinkawa Children’s Hall (2-13-4 Shinkawa)
Tel: 03-3553-2084
Horidomecho Children’s Hall (1-1-1 Nihonbashi-Horidomecho)
Tel: 03-3661-8937
Hamacho Children’s Hall (3-37-1 Nihonbashi-Hamacho)
Tel: 03-3669-3386
Tsukishima Children’s Hall (4-1-1 Tsukishima)
Tel: 03-3533-0885
Harumi Children’s Hall (2-4-31 Harumi)
Tel: 03-3534-3021
Hours
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (excluding facility holidays)
Admission
Free (Parents should bring their own milk and other supplies.)
How to use the facilities
Simply come to the facility. Reservations are not necessary.
Childcare Helper Service
This system is set up to reduce the physical and mental stress that mothers feel and ensure their well-being as well as that of their babies in the home. Mothers who need external support can receive childcare and housekeeping services from a helper supplied by a service vendor contracted by Chuo City.
Eligibility
Households with an expectant mother (from the time of receipt of a Mother and Child Health Handbook) or a mother with a newborn up to six months old
Number of times the service can be used and hours
- Up to 15 times per family (except Sundays, national holidays and during the year-end/New Year’s holidays)
- Up to two or three hours per time between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Services offered
- Childcare (feeding, bathing, changing diapers, etc.)
- Housekeeping (preparing meals, cleaning, doing laundry, etc.)
Fee
You must pay the dispatch fees of a helper according to your household’s income level.
Inquiries:
Family and Children Support Center
Tel: 03-3534-2103
Temporary Childcare
Emergency Temporary Childcare Support Program
When a guardian is temporarily unable to look after his/her child due to emergency reasons such as hospitalization, the city dispatches babysitters who can provide childcare at the guardian’s home. Preschoolers 4 months old or older with no health issues can use this service.
Childcare for Sick and Recovering Children
When a child (from 7 months old to 3rd grade elementary school age) is slightly ill (but not serious enough to require inpatient treatment) or recovering from illness and guardians are unable to care for him/her, the child can be taken care of at a daycare center room for sick and recovering children. This service is available at 4 facilities (hospitals and a TMG certified-daycare facility) designated by the city.
Capacity
6 children per day per daycare center room (4 children per
day at Nichii Kids Sawayaka Daycare Center Nihonbashi-
Hamacho)
Hours
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Fee
¥2,000 per day
Temporary Babysitting Care
Babysitting care is provided for children (preschoolers 57 days or older) when a guardian requires temporary care for his/her child due to a ceremonial occasion or fatigue from childrearing.
Capacity
Ten children between 57 days and 1 year old;
10 children from 2 years old and before entering elementary school
Hours
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fee
¥800 per hour
* If emergency childcare is required due to the guardian becoming hospitalized, etc., it is provided separately from the above for ¥2,000 per day.
Twilight Stay
When a guardian is planning on returning home late due to work, etc., babysitting services are provided for the child (from 2 years of age to elementary school age).
Capacity
10 children from 2 years old and before entering elementary school;
10 children of elementary school age
Hours
5 to 10 p.m.
Fee
¥2,000 per use (an additional ¥400 will be charged if you wish for a meal to be provided)
Children’s Short Stay Program
When parents or other primary caregivers have difficulty in taking care of their child (from 57 days old to junior high school student age) due to illness or other reasons, the child can be taken care of at an infant home and children’s orphanage designated by the city, or a partner host family’s home.
Capacity
1 child per facility/assisting home
Usage period:
Up to 7 days and 6 nights (up to 3 days and 2 nights at
an assisting home)
Fee
¥6,000 for the first night and 2 days; and ¥3,000 will be charged
for each additional day.
Babysitter Use Support Program (Temporary Childcare Use Support)
When you need temporary childcare, you can receive a subsidy for usage fees for babysitters certified by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Eligible period
Until the end of the fiscal year in which your child becomes 3 years old.
Hours
Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (excluding national holidays and during the year-end/New Year’s holidays)
Upper limit of use
Subsidy of ¥2,500 per hour, 8 hours per child per month (16 hours per child per month for multiple births).
Inquiries:
Family and Children Support Center
Tel: 03-3534-2103
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