This page summarizes each city’s published guidance. For your own case, ask the city office or the facility listed on this page.
In Matsuyama, Imabari and Niihama in Ehime, sick-child care (byoji hoiku) and recovering-child care (byogoji hoiku) are where you can leave a child when the child has a fever and you cannot take time off work. The daily fee is ¥2,000 in Matsuyama and Imabari and ¥2,700 in Niihama, and all 3 cities reduce or waive it for households exempt from residence tax and households on public assistance. You book online in Matsuyama and Imabari, and by contacting the facility in Niihama.
In short
- Most facilities: Matsuyama has 5 facilities you can book through the booking system and 3 nursery schools outside the system.
- In Imabari: for a sick child, Kids Care Aoi-Tori (capacity 10); for a recovering child, Mokomoko (capacity 3).
- In Niihama: Nakayoshi-en, just east of Juzen General Hospital (capacity 4).
- If your child becomes unwell at night or on a holiday, see the Japanese page Children’s emergency care at night and on holidays in Ehime (Japanese).
Checked with official pages on October 18, 2026 (Japan time). Prices and hours may change.
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Fees, booking and hours in the 3 cities
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| City | Daily fee (regular) | Booking and registration | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matsuyama | ¥2,000 | Register on the online booking site | Weekdays about 8:00–18:00, Saturdays until noon |
| Imabari | ¥2,000 | Book in the “TeOTe” app | Weekdays 8:00–18:00 |
| Niihama | ¥2,700 | Contact Nakayoshi-en | Weekdays 8:00–18:00 |
Things to know when choosing in Ehime
Sick-child care takes children who are ill and not yet recovering, and recovering-child care takes children in recovery. Imabari runs the two in separate facilities and splits the ages as well: sick-child care from 6 months old, and recovering-child care from age 1.
Imabari and Niihama are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The 5 contracted facilities in Matsuyama are open on Saturdays too, until around 12:30 to 13:30.
Some facilities need a “physician contact form” from your family doctor. Mitsuba Byojien and Takagi Nursery School Takagi AID+ in Matsuyama, and Kids Care Aoi-Tori in Imabari, require it each time you use them. Imabari has a subsidy if parents pay a fee for preparing the contact form.
In some cities the fee category is decided by the previous year’s municipal residence tax. Matsuyama uses the previous fiscal year’s tax from April to August and the current year’s from September to March. Niihama also looks at the previous year’s tax status from April to August.
Matsuyama: 5 facilities through the booking system, some open half a day on Saturdays
It is for sick children up to the 6th grade of elementary school whose parents cannot care for them at home because of work or similar reasons. The fee is ¥2,000 a day, ¥1,000 for households paying only the per-capita portion of municipal residence tax, and free for households on public assistance and households exempt from municipal residence tax. Medical costs are not included. The reduction applies at the contracted facilities.
At the 5 contracted facilities you book and cancel on the online “sick and recovering child care booking site”. You must register on the site, and bookings can be made from 3 days before the day of use, counting that day.
| Facility | Location | Phone | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ishimaru Pediatrics | 6-5-1 Sanbancho | 089-921-2918 | Weekdays 8:30–18:00, Saturdays 8:30–13:00 |
| Tenzan Hospital | 2-3-30 Tenzan | 089-946-1515 | Weekdays 8:30–18:00, Saturdays 8:30–12:30 |
| Ehime Seikyo Hospital | 1091-1 Kisumachi | 089-961-1307 | Weekdays 8:00–18:00, Saturdays 8:00–13:30 |
| Mitsuba Byojien | 542-1 Yamanishicho | 089-952-1777 | Weekdays 8:00–17:30, Saturdays 8:00–12:30 |
| Takagi Nursery School Takagi AID+ | 252 Takagicho | 089-994-8831 | Weekdays 8:00–17:30, Saturdays 8:00–12:30 |
For Mitsuba Byojien and Takagi Nursery School Takagi AID+, you get a physician contact form issued at a medical institution before you use them.
There are 3 facilities that cannot be booked on the booking system: Matsuyama Lierre Nursery School (2-1-3 Otemachi, 089-968-1319), Sakanoue Nursery School Kosaka-en (2-1-32 Kosaka, 089-961-4445) and Kodomo Smile Tsubaki-en (3-11-48 Ochi, 089-907-2575).
Inquiries: Nursery and Kindergarten Division 089-948-6412. Matsuyama City: sick and recovering child care (Japanese) / online booking for sick-child care facilities (Matsuyama City) (Japanese)
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Imabari: Aoi-Tori for sick children, Mokomoko for recovering children, booked on TeOTe
Sick-child care is for children from 6 months old to the 6th grade of elementary school, and recovering-child care for children from age 1 to the 6th grade, and both are for children living in the city. The fee is ¥2,000 per child per day, paid directly to the facility. It is free for households on public assistance and households exempt from residence tax.
| Facility | Location | Phone | Capacity and hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids Care Aoi-Tori (sick children) | 5-9-37 Higashimura (2nd floor of Aoi Pediatrics) | 0898-52-7077 | 10 children, Mon–Fri 8:00–18:00 |
| Recovering-child care Mokomoko | 3-1-8 Jibori (next to Hashihama Kogaku Certified Children’s Center) | 080-1370-3952 | 3 children, Mon–Fri 8:30–18:00 |
The closed days are Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, the Obon period and the New Year for sick-child care, and Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and the New Year for recovering-child care.
It is recommended that you submit a free registration application to the Nursery and Kindergarten Division before use. Either create a TeOTe account and register Kids Care Aoi-Tori as a facility, or hand in a registration form at the counter. Bookings for Aoi-Tori are taken on TeOTe from 9:00 the day before use until 15:00 on the day. The result arrives by email or LINE. Depending on the type of illness and the rooms available, your child may not be accepted.
The documents needed are a physician contact form each time, a use form to carry on the first day, and a child record form submitted every year at the start of the fiscal year. If you see a doctor at Aoi Pediatrics, you do not need to apply for the contact form fee subsidy.
For Mokomoko you can book on TeOTe from 12:00 the day before use until 9:00 on the day, and also by phone (8:30 to 17:30). Meals cost extra.
Inquiries: Nursery and Kindergarten Division 0898-36-1524. Sick-child care (Imabari City, Imakoso Imabari) (Japanese) / How to use the sick-child care rooms (Imabari City) (Japanese) / Recovering-child care Mokomoko (Hashihama Kogaku Certified Children’s Center) (Japanese)
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Niihama: Nakayoshi-en (capacity 4), ¥2,700 a day
It is for children living in Niihama who attend a nursery or similar (including elementary school children), who do not need hospital treatment but find group care difficult and cannot be cared for at home. The facility is “Nakayoshi-en”, just east of Juzen General Hospital at 1-3 Kitashincho, Niihama City, with a capacity of 4 a day.
It is available Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 18:00, and closed on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, over the New Year and on local festival days.
The fees on the city’s guide page (updated January 21, 2022) are, per day, ¥2,700 for households paying municipal residence tax, ¥1,800 for exempt households and free for households on public assistance. They include meals, snacks and childcare materials, and are paid to Nakayoshi-en on the day. Things to bring include 2 bath towels, 2 sets of clothes and plastic bags.
Inquiries: Nakayoshi-en 0897-33-1818 (090-5276-3339 on weekdays from 8:00 to 18:00), Child Care Division 0897-65-1582. About sick and recovering child care (Niihama City) (Japanese)
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Where to start
In Matsuyama, choose a contracted facility near your home or workplace and register on the booking site beforehand. In Imabari, it is easier to register with the Nursery and Kindergarten Division and create a TeOTe account before your child gets a fever.
Niihama has only one facility, so phone Nakayoshi-en to ask whether there is room on a day when the capacity is 4.
Applying for a place at a nursery school itself is covered on the Japanese page Nursery school entry in April 2027 in Ehime (Japanese).
Sources
7 pages we checked
- Matsuyama City: sick and recovering child care
- Matsuyama City: online booking for sick-child care facilities
- Imabari City (Imakoso Imabari): sick-child care
- Imabari City (Imakoso Imabari): how to use the sick-child care rooms
- Recovering-child care Mokomoko: Hashihama Kogaku Certified Children’s Center
- Niihama City: about sick and recovering child care
- Japanese version of this page (日本語版)
Checked with official pages on October 18, 2026 (Japan time).
