Japanese childcare, decoded in English.

Nursery places, admission scores and the benefits nobody tells you about — for families who can't read the ward's own paperwork.

Everything here is transcribed from the wards' published sheets and reconciles against their own totals. Free, no account, nothing stored on a server.

96 postcodes covered across two wards.

Cherry blossom over the Edogawa skyline at dusk Edogawa 194 licensed nurseries
Admission index calculator Cherry blossom over a Koto canal at dusk Koto 213 licensed nurseries
Last April's admission cut-offs

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Children holding hands in a circle beneath the Tokyo skyline Money you're owed 児童手当, Tokyo 018 support and the children's medical card — none automatic, all open to foreign residents, and one has no backdating at all.

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