It looks like applications are about to open for children entering kindergarten in April 2025.
(Thanks to Kagayaki No. 509 @ Nishitsu SP and Kakky for the information.)
Here it is↓
Quoted from Nishinomiya City News Web Edition, August 25, 2024, No. 1671: Kindergarten Enrollment
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Municipal Kindergartens
When is the application period?
October 1–4, 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
When will application forms be distributed?
From September 2 at each kindergarten
Monday–Friday, 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (excluding national holidays and other holidays)
Which kindergartens are included?
- 夙川幼稚園 (Matsugaoka-cho)
- 越木岩幼稚園 (Misaku-cho)
- 大社幼稚園 (Yanagimoto-cho)
- 付属あおぞら幼稚園 (Tsuda-cho)
- 上ケ原幼稚園 (Uegahara Sanban-cho)
- 門戸幼稚園 (Mondo Higashi-machi)
- 高木幼稚園 (Fushihara-cho)
- 春風幼稚園 (Imazu Noda-cho)
- 鳴尾東幼稚園 (Kasaya-cho)
- 山口幼稚園 (Yamaguchi-cho Shimoyamaguchi 4-chome)
- 生瀬幼稚園 (Namaze-cho 2-chome)
What ages are eligible?
Children born between April 2, 2019 and April 1, 2021 who are registered residents of the city
How to apply
Apply directly at your preferred kindergarten. If there are too many applicants, a lottery may be held.
About childcare fees
- Childcare fees are free
- Teaching materials, snacks, side dishes, and similar costs are paid at actual cost
Municipal Certified Centers for Early Childhood Education and Care
When is the application period?
November 1–7, 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
When will application forms be distributed?
From September 2 at Hamawaki Kindergarten
Monday–Friday, 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (excluding national holidays and other holidays)
Which center is included?
- 浜脇幼稚園 (Hamawaki-cho) *tentative
What ages are eligible?
Children born between April 2, 2019 and April 1, 2022 who are registered residents of the city
How to apply
Apply directly at Hamawaki Kindergarten. If there are too many applicants, a lottery may be held.
About childcare fees
- Childcare fees are free
- School lunch fees and similar costs are paid at actual cost
Private Kindergartens and Private Certified Centers That Have Transitioned to the New System
When is the application period?
From October 1
When will application forms be distributed?
From September 2 at each kindergarten/center
Which kindergartens and centers are included?
Private Kindergartens
- 一里山幼稚園 (Ichiriyama-cho)
- くるみ幼稚園 (Nigawa-cho 5-chome)
- 甲子園口幼稚園 (Koshienguchi 4-chome)
- 甲子園東幼稚園 (Koshien Yonban-cho)
- 甲子園二葉幼稚園 (Koshien Miho-cho)
- すずらん幼稚園 (Kofuen 2-chome)
- 仁川幼稚園 (Kamikotoen 2-chome)
- 西宮教会こひつじ幼稚園 (Tsuto Kureha-cho)
- 花園幼稚園 (Kaminaruo-cho)
- みそら幼稚園 (Wakamatsu-cho)
- 和光幼稚園 (Murokawa-cho)
Private Certified Centers for Early Childhood Education and Care
- いるか認定こども園 (Nishinomiyahama 4-chome)
- 上甲子園認定こども園 (Koshienguchi 2-chome)
- 甲東認定こども園 (Kotoen 1-chome)
- 香櫨園認定こども園 (Kamiyoshihara-cho)
- 幸認定こども園 (Kita Rokko-dai 1-chome)
- 夙川学院ソレイユ認定こども園 (Kamizono-cho)
- むこがわ認定こども園 (Matsunami-cho)
- 安井認定こども園 (Hiramatsu-cho)
- 関西学院認定こども園 (Okadayama) *planned
- 阪急認定こども園 (Oya-cho) *planned
- 広田認定こども園 (Hirota-cho) *planned
What ages are eligible?
Children born between April 2, 2019 and April 1, 2022 who are registered residents of the city
How to apply
Apply directly at each kindergarten/center. Please contact each one for details.
About childcare fees
- Childcare fees are free
- Teaching materials, school bus fees, and similar costs are paid at actual cost
Private Kindergartens That Have Not Transitioned to the New System
When is the application period?
From October 1
When will application forms be distributed?
From September 2 at each kindergarten
Which kindergartens are included?
- 甲子園学院幼稚園 (Kumano-cho)
- 神戸海星女子学院マリア幼稚園 (Kizuyama-cho)
- 甲陽幼稚園 (Koyoen Honjo-cho)
- 西光幼稚園 (Naruo-cho 1-chome)
- 松風幼稚園 (Naruo-cho 3-chome)
- 段上幼稚園 (Danjo-cho 8-chome)
- つぼみ幼稚園 (Koshien Hamada-cho)
- 仁川学院マリアの園幼稚園 (Kotoen 2-chome)
- 西宮甲武幼稚園 (Hinokuchi-cho 2-chome)
- 浜甲子園健康幼稚園 (Hama Koshien 2-chome)
- 東山幼稚園 (Higashiyamadai 2-chome)
- 光明幼稚園 (Koshien Nanaban-cho)
- 松秀幼稚園 (Chitose-cho)
- 武庫川女子大学附属幼稚園 (Ikebiraki-cho)
- 睦幼稚園 (Takasu-cho 1-chome)
- こばと認定こども園 (Tsuto Nishiguchi-cho)
What ages are eligible?
Children born between April 2, 2019 and April 1, 2022 who are registered residents of the city
How to apply
Apply directly at each kindergarten/center. Please contact each one for details.
About childcare fees
- Childcare fees are subsidized up to 25,700 yen per month
- Please contact each kindergarten/center about teaching materials, school bus fees, and other costs
For more details about enrollment, see the Nishinomiya City News.
Finally
Applications for next year’s kindergarten and certified early childhood education and care centers are finally about to begin. Application forms will be available from September 2, so if there’s a kindergarten or center you’re interested in, make sure to pick one up early😊
*Kagayaki No. 509 @ Nishitsu SP and Kakky, thank you very much for the information!!
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