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MyTime wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 6:04 am @Kiyora999:

I'm afraid I can't help you much with regards to to the practical details of applying for daycare because my wife handled it all for us, but I do know that it was a quite a long and protracted process, so I don't think you are thinking about this too early.

windborn wrote: ↑Mon May 21, 2018 12:56 am I do not think you will get any trouble just because your child will be half.

There are 2 Facebook groups i'd recommend you to join and find out more information. Tokyo Pregnancy Group, and Tokyo Mothers Group. In the Pregnancy Group, you can find information about gynecologist and hospitals. It's not about the language, but rather the Japanese system which many are not used to (eg. no epidural). In the Mothers Group, The majority of mothers there are married to Japanese husbands and their children are half, and there are some mothers who are Japanese as well. Many of their children attend the local Japan system.

Kiyora999 wrote: ↑Tue May 22, 2018 7:17 am Do you remember approximatively how much time it took to get accepted? Like for example 1 month, 3 months, 6 months?

MyTime wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 1:47 am I asked my wife about this. She said that the application procedures vary from prefecture to prefecture, but she applied last November to start in March of the following year. She reminded me, though, that she started looking into different nurseries and attending open days from summer of last year. Better to start early!