Fees in Hoikuen in Japan

Now you must wonder how much for hoikuen in Japan.

But there is no fixed fee for everyone.

Monthly costs for hoikuen are calculated according to your family income and structure, and this payment scale varies according to your municipality.

In this article, I will share the payment scale used in Sasebo, Nagasaki compared with national standars.

*Hoikuen in this article means registered hoikuen.

For details about registered hoikuen, refer to Differences: Daycare, Kindergarten, and "Certified center for early childhood education and care" in Japan

Costs for hoikuen in Sasebo, Japan

Costs for hoikuen are calculated based on your family income and structure.

Refer to Admission Certificate and Classification Category - Hoikuen, Youchien, and Nintei Kodomoen - for detais on Classification Category for Hoikuen, Youchien, and Nintei Kodomoen.

Class		Classification	Category 3 (Under 3 year old on 3/31 in a previous year )
			National Standards	Sasebo
1	A	Households on welfare and foster care	0	0
2	B2	Single parent or household with person with disability needing a care at home in class B or B1	0	0
3	B1	Class B + Resident tax, non-taxable	0	0
4	B	Non-taxable income	19,500 yen	12,400 yen
5	C2	Single parent or household with person with disability needing a care at home in class C or C1	9,000 yen	8,300 yen
6	C1	Municipal Residence Tax less than 48,599 yen	19,500 yen	17,600 yen
7	C	Municipal Residence Tax less than 57,699 yen	30,000 yen	22,000 yen
		Municipal Residence Tax less than 77,100 yen	30,000 yen	22,000 yen
8	D1	Municipal Residence Tax less than 96,999 yen	30,000 yen	27,000 yen
9	D2	Municipal Residence Tax less than 168,999 yen	44,500 yen	33,600 yen
10	D3	Municipal Residence Tax less than 211,200 yen	61,000 yen	40,000 yen
11	D4	Municipal Residence Tax less than 300,999 yen	61,000 yen	44,000 yen
12	D5	Municipal Residence Tax less than 396,999 yen	80,000 yen	48,000 yen
13	D6	Municipal Residence Tax more than 397,999 yen	104,000 yen	62,400 yen

Estimated Net Income

Here is an estimated net income (not a gross income) relavant to municipal residence tax, but municipal residence tax is calculated depends on the number of dependents and the amount of deductions, so just use this estimate as a rough guide!

Municipal Residence Tax	Net Income
48,600 yen - 97,000 yen	1,165,000 yen - 1,972,000 yen
97,000 yen - 169,000 yen	1,972,000 yen - 3,172,000 yen
169,000 yen - 301,000 yen	3,172,000 yen - 5,372,000 yen
301,000 yen - 397,000 yen	5,372,000 yen - 6,972,000 yen
397,000 yen -	6,972,000 yen -

*For family who has income overseas, childcare fees are calculated by estimating the amount equivalent to the amount of munipcipal residence tax based on documents that enable an estimate of income from overseas.

Over 3 year old class

For children in category 1 and 2, childcare is free of charge for "set time".

Fees for school lunch, school bus, school materials, etc are still charged for category 1 and 2.

(Fees for school lunch is included in fees for hoikuen for category 3.)

Refer to Differences: Daycare, Kindergarten, and "Certified center for early childhood education and care" in Japan and Admission Certificate and Classification Category - Hoikuen, Youchien, and Nintei Kodomoen - for "ste time" in category 1 and 2.

Fees for lunch, materials, etc

Fees for school lunch and snack are around 4,500 yen/ month.

Usage of school bus is optional and fees are between 2,000 yen - 4,000 yen/ month.

Materials including books and stationeries are expected 500 yen - 1,000 yen/ month.

*You might get a discount or be waved for fees for school lunch and school bus depending on your family structure and income.

Refer to Admission Certificate and Classification Category - Hoikuen, Youchien, and Nintei Kodomoen -

Discounts for siblings

Costs for hoikuen shown above is for the 1st born child and for other siblings, you will get a discount or be waved.

With a child who attend to hoikuen, youchien, or nintei kodomoen, the younger siblings who attend to hoikuen get discounts.

Fees for 2nd child from the one who already attends hoikuen, youchien, or nintei kodomoen is half the price of what you expected.

3rd child and on are free of charge.

If you fall in Class C2 in above table, from 2nd child, it is free of charge.
If you fall in Class B or C2, C1, C of municipal residence tax less than 576,99 yen, your 2nd child is half of the price whether or not your 1st child is in hoiuken, youchien, or nintei kodomoen.

Others

There are more rules!

If you have a child who attends school for children with special needs or school on base, you are also eligible for a discount!

Single parent

As show in the table above, if you fall in class B1, B, C1, or C, and are single parent, hoikuen fees will get cheaper for your 1st child as well as your 2nd and on.

After school childcare in Youchien

If your child attend to youchien with category 2, fees for after school childcare is free of charge.

However, if your child is in category 1, each time when your child stay at youchien after school, you will be charged.

Fees vary by youchien.

However, with a newly established system and if your child is in a situation of need of childcare, you will be reimbursed up to 450 yen a day, up to 11,300 yen a month.

For more details, visit Admission Certificate and Classification Category - Hoikuen, Youchien, and Nintei Kodomoen -.

Summary

I hope this article helps you to get a rough idea of how much it will cost for your family to have your child attend hoikuen.

Each municipality has different measures, so please refer to each municipality's website for more detailed information.

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