Kindergarten, Elementary, and Secondary Schools

Those who wish to enroll their child in a kindergarten should pick up an application form for the approval of educational and childcare benefits (facility-type benefits) and a general application form for the desired (*1) Tokushima Municipal Kindergarten, both of which can be obtained at said kindergarten, fill out the necessary information, and submit the forms directly to the kindergarten of their choice. Applications are accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.
*1 To use municipal kindergartens, “Municipal Approval for Early Education/Childcare” is necessary. For details on approval procedures, please refer to p.12 in "Living Guide in Tokushima City."

• Half-day-care Day: From 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
• Full-day-care Day: From 8:30 am to 2:30 pm
• Children need to bring their lunch with them on full-day-care days.
• Extended childcare service is available for children of the municipal kindergarten.

*Extra extended childcare during 7:30am-8:30am and 16:00-18:00 is currently provided at Fukushima, Suketo, Kamona, Hachiman, Sensho, Kawauchi-kita and Kokufu kindergartens. (This extra extended service is available for those who have Type 2 certification of financial aid for use of childcare facilities and are subsequently enrolled in one of the seven kindergartens listed above. For application of the certification, please contact the Kindergartens or Childcare Division.)

There is no designated school district for kindergarten. Parents can freely choose any municipal kindergarten regardless of their place of residence in Tokushima City. However, school districts are designated for elementary and junior high schools according to the child’s registered place of residence.

Childcare fees are free/no charge.
No admission fees apply.

For mid-year enrollment, please consult the kindergarten you wish to apply to.

Some kindergartens have their own uniforms. Please contact your desired kindergarten to confirm.

For more information on admissions to of these kindergartens, please contact them or visit their websites for information about admission.

Childcare Division (Kodomo Hoiku-ka) TEL: 088-621-5193 FAX: 088-624-5036

Although the Japanese law does not include foreign students in compulsory education, Japanese elementary and secondary schools do accept foreign children. Your child is not obligated to attend a Japanese elementary or secondary school, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t have the opportunity to attend.

A school enrollment notification (Nyugaku tsuchi-sho) will be sent in early December to families with children of school age for the following academic year, who are registered residents of Tokushima City. Parents/guardians are requested to fill out the enrollment form (Nyugaku todoke) enclosed with the notification and submit it to the designated school by the specified deadline. If you do not wish to enroll your children in the designated school, you do not need to submit the enrollment form.
For families who move to this city and register as residents after November, and wish to enroll their child in a public school, please come to our School Education Division (Gakko Kyoiku-ka) with your residence card (Zairyu card) or foreign registration card.

Foreign children who wish to continue studying after arriving in Japan can start school in the middle of the grade in Japanese public schools.

Please come to our School Education Division (Gakko Kyoiku-ka) with your residence card (zairyu card) or foreign registration card after completing the resident registration for your child at the Resident Registration Division (Jumin-ka).

Language assistance is available for Japanese returnee children and foreign children who attend municipal elementary/junior high schools and who are in need of linguistic support in their school life or study. Japanese language assistants are arranged upon application via school.

School Education Division (Gakko Kyoiku-ka) TEL: 088-621-5412 FAX: 088-624-2577