Fiscal Year 2026 Application for Use of a Childcare Facility (Type 2 & 3)

This page contains information about the Fiscal Year 2026 Application for Use of a Childcare Facility (Type 2 & 3).Please note that some forms are not currently available in English.

• For those who wish to use facilities during the 2025 fiscal year (mid-year admissions), please see this web page for more information.
• For those who wish to enroll in Kindergarten, please refer this page(JPN only) for more information.
• For information on the selection of which nursery/certified childcare facility to utilize, please use ”Which facilities can I use? The facility selection chart” as reference.

The planned intake capacity and application status for April 2026 at each facility are as follows:
Note: The planned intake capacity is based on the child population survey conducted in September 2025, so it may differ from the actual number of children accepted in April 2026.
Furthermore, the current application status reflects the number of applications submitted during the first application period, including changes resulting from mid‑year admissions in December 2025.
Please note that these figures are as of the dates indicated and may differ from the most up‑to‑date information.

• Planned intake capacity at each facility for April 2026 (as of September 2025) (JPN only)
• Number of applications for each facility use in April 2026 (first application period) (JPN only)

• List of Nursery Schools・Certified Childcare Centers/Facility Information (JPN only)

• Map of Nursery Schools・Certified Childcare Centers (front)（PDF形式：612KB）(JPN only)

• Map of Nursery Schools・Certified Childcare Centers (back) (PDF形式：580KB) (JPN only)

Before you apply, please read the attached "Childcare Facility Use Application Guide" carefully. Then, submit the following documents to the appropriate location within the application period:

• Application form

• Child Status Report

• Individual Number Usage Permission Form

• Childcare Need Verification Documents (showing the reasons at-home childcare is not possible)

• Application Period:

Primary Application period [October 20th 2025 (Mon)～ November 6th (Thu)]
Secondary Application Period[November 7th 2025 (Fri) ～ Feburary 13th 2026 (Fri)]

• Where to Apply: At your top preferred facility OR the Childcare Division (reservations required)

[NOTE]
Reservations are required to submit your application at the Childcare Division and is accepted on a first-come, first served basis.
(Reservation Methods)
Call (088-621-5193/5192) or make a reservation at the Childcare Division Counter.
(Reservation Period)
October 16th (Thu) – November 6th (Thu)
9:00am-5:00pm (excl. Saturday, Sunday and Public holidays)

• Application Period: By the 15th day of the month before you wish to begin enrollment (if the 15th day falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline will be the previous business day)
• Where to Apply: the Childcare Division (no reservation required)

Please write the My Number of each household member (if you are applying for more than one child, please submit the original form along with one photocopy per additional child).

Please submit the Childcare Need Verification Documents (documents that verify the reason childcare at home is not possible) that are most applicable to the following household members’ situations:

• The parents of the applicant child
• Relatives between ages 20-64 that live with the applicant child (including those who are not part of the same family unit)

In order to make administrative procedures a more convenient process for citizens, official seals are no longer required on the above application-related documents as of July 2021. For this reason, you will not need to have your company stamp on your Certificate of Employment or other documents. However, to ensure the information on your Certificate of Employment, Certificate of Illness/Disability or other documents is accurate, the Childcare Division may contact the relevant organizations to verify if they have any questions regarding what you have written.

If you receive any of the following documents along with your unstamped certificate from your company, medical institution, or other organization, please submit them together with your certificate. (If you do not receive them, you may submit the certificate without them.）

• A document showing that the certificate was issued to you by the relevant organization in question (e.g. a screenshot of an email, a copy of the fax, the envelope that was mailed/handed to you, etc.)

Creating or modifying a physical or electronic copy of a Certificate of Employment using the name of a business without authorization, regardless of whether or not it has the company’s official seal affixed, can be considered any of the following crimes: Counterfeiting of Official Documents with Seals, Alteration of Official Documents with Seals, or Unauthorized Creation of Electronic or Magnetic Records.

If it is found that your documents have been created or modified without authorization, permission to use the childcare facility will be revoked, and your child will be removed from the facility if they have already been enrolled.

Tokushima City runs an enrollment lottery that allows children who are highly in need of childcare to be given priority when entering certified childcare facilities, based on the reasons that childcare is required (e.g. working parents, etc.), as well as the circumstances of the child, parents, and other factors as outlined in the standard criteria, priority criteria, and adjustment tables.

1. Total Score = Standard Criteria (parent w/ lowest score) + Priority Criteria (+/- points per applicable item)
2. Applicants with higher total scores will be given priority to use facilities (if the scores vary between siblings, it will be determined based on the child with the highest)
3. Equal scores will be settled based on the “Adjustment Table for Equal Scores” (priority will be given to the applicant with the higher score)

Fiscal Year 2026 Tokushima City Childcare Facility Utilization Accomodation Criteria (Oct 9th 2025 partial correction)（PDF形式：699KB） (JPN only)

If there are several potential facilities available to you and you indicate 3 or more as your preferences, your score will be much higher during the enrollment lottery.

Withdrawing enrollment after being granted approval will result in a lower score on any future applications, so please choose your preferred facilities with careful consideration.

• Available Facilities: Facilities whose opening hours meet the parents’ preferences and take less than 20-30 minutes to get to from home using regular transportation methods.
• If there are 3 or more available facilities: Your score will be higher if you indicate at least 3 of the available facilities.
• If there are only 2 available facilities: Your score will be higher if you indicate both of the available facilities (even though your total number of preferences will be less than 3).
• If there is only 1 available facility: Your score will be higher if you indicate the one available facility (even though your total number of preferences will be less than 3).

You may apply for Fiscal Year 2026 Use of a Childcare Facility (Type 2 & 3) online.

• 　The online application can be done from this website（外部サイト） (JPN only)

　
However, please note that you cannot complete the entirety of the Application for Use of a Childcare Facility (Type 2 & 3) solely online (to complete the application, there are necessary procedures that you must come in person to the Childcare Division window). (If you do not complete the above mentioned procedures within the application time restriction, we will have to consider the application you submitted online invalid, so please make note of this in advance).

• For an online application both an "Applicant Child Interview" and submission of "Necessary Application Documents (such as a Child Status Report, Individual Number Usage Permission Form, Certificate of Employment, etc. ) are required.

• For those who apply online, we request that you call the Childcare Division by phone to notify us that you have completed an online application, and that you schedule an interview (and other possibly necessary appointments) for the applicant child. (In regards to the interview for the applicant child, please bring with you the necessary documents for application (such as a Child Status Report, record of your My Number, Certificate of Employment, etc.)

Regional Use is a system that allows parents to request childcare facilities outside of the municipality that their child resides in by entering the child into the enrollment lottery of the municipality where the preferred facility is located.

This is only possible if the Regional Use system is available in both municipalities.

Furthermore, the system can only be used one fiscal year at a time (from the date of enrollment until the end of March), and you will need to re-enter the enrollment lottery every year.

Please submit your application to the municipality where you live.

• Please contact your local government office for information on how to apply and make sure to apply at least 10 days before the deadlines indicated on the front page of the Application Guide.
• Please note that citizens of Tokushima City will be given priority in the enrollment lottery.
• If you are applying for April enrollment as a non-resident of Tokushima City, you will be entered into the enrollment lottery as a 2nd period applicant regardless of when you applied.

Please submit your application to the Tokushima City Childcare Division.
(Notes)
The application period and required documents differ depending on the municipality.
Before applying, you must confirm the following information with the relevant division in the municipality where your preferred facility is located:

• Application period for the month you wish to enroll your child
• Required documents (also verify which city’s forms you should fill out)
• Names and contact information of the staff at the relevant division of the municipality where your preferred facility is located

Please apply in the same way as Tokushima City residents.
However, please note that you must have your residence record changed to Tokushima city by the first day of the month you wish to begin using the facility. (For more information, please contact the Childcare Division.)

Childcare Division (Kodomo Hoiku-ka) TEL: 088-621-5191・5193・5195・5292