Nakano-ku Public support

Education counseling room

Specialized counselors are available to provide ongoing consultations to resolve your child's educational worries and problems, as well as your child's own concerns. Educational phone consultations are available anonymously from children themselves and their parents. If you are unable to visit the office on an ongoing basis, please use the one-off educational phone consultations.

How to consult:Face-to-face, phone
Main target audience:Children aged 3 to 18 years old residing in Nakano Ward or enrolled in Nakano Ward schools (kindergartens), and their guardians.

Consultation hours: (Mon - Sat)【In-person consultation】10:00~18:00【Phone Consultation】10:00~17:00(Excluding holidays and the year-end/New Year period)
Location: 1-41-2 Chuo Mirai Step Nakano 6th floor
contact information: 03-5937-3074(Educational Counseling Office)03-5937-3083(Phone Consultation)

Comprehensive consultation

We accept all kinds of consultations regarding children under the age of 18 and their families. If you are unsure where to turn for advice, please contact us first. We will listen to your story and may refer you to a specialist institution.

How to consult: Telephone, face-to-face
Main target audience: Children under the age of 18 who live in the ward and their families

Consultation hours: (Monday to Friday) 8:30 to 17:00 (excluding holidays)
Location: Central 1-41-2
contact information: 03-5937-3257 (Children and Youth Counseling Division)

Nakano Ward Child Consultation Center

We support children and families so that all children can grow up healthy both physically and mentally and reach their full potential. We work hand in hand with everyone to support families in creating systems that proactively protect the safety of their children.

How to consult: Face-to-face, phone
Main target audience: In principle, those aged 0 to 17 who live within the ward

Consultation hours: (Mon - Fri)8:30~17:00 However, reports of child abuse are accepted 24 hours a day, year-round.
Location: Central 1-41-2
contact information: 03-5937-3289 (Child Welfare Division)

Counseling center for children who have difficulty attending school

This is a coordinator-style consultation service that provides support tailored to your child's situation. Depending on the nature of your concerns regarding children who are unable to attend school or find it difficult to do so, our counselors will introduce appropriate support and consultation resources and assist in improving the situation.

How to consult: Tel
Main target audience: Students from first grade of elementary school to third grade of junior high school who live and study in the ward

Consultation hours: (Monday to Friday) 10:00-16:00 (excluding public holidays and the New Year holidays)
Location: Central 1-41-2
contact information: 03-5937-3146 (direct line to consultation desk)

Educational Support Room "Free Step Room (FSR)"

This is an alternative to school for students from first grade of elementary school to third grade of junior high school who have been absent for a long period of time, such as truancy. In addition to the Education Center, we have branch offices in the central and southern parts of the country.

Classification: Education Support Center
Main target audience: Students from first grade of elementary school to third grade of junior high school who live and study in the ward

Opening hours/location:

(Education Center Classroom)
(Monday to Friday) 9:00-16:00 (excluding public holidays and the New Year holidays)
Central 1-41-2

(middle compartment)
(Tue・fri)9:00~16:00(Excluding holidays and the year-end/New Year period)
1-35-3 Nogata

(South room)
(Mon・Thu)9:00~16:00(Excluding holidays and the year-end/New Year period)
5-11-26 Yayoicho

contact information: 03-5937-3044 (Education Support Office)

Virtual Learning Platform

We aim to provide accounts to children attending the Education Center's Educational Support Room (FSR) and to children (who wish to do so) who are unable to attend school or find it difficult to do so, and to create a place where they can feel connected by communicating online.

Classification: VLPs
Main target audience: Students from first grade of elementary school to third grade of junior high school who live and study in the ward

Opening hours: (Monday to Friday) 9:00-17:00 (excluding public holidays and the New Year holidays)
contact information: 03-5937-3044 (Educational Counseling Room)

Nakano Junior High School "Challenge Class" N Group

Class N is located within Nakano Junior High School, and students can attend from other school districts. By providing individual support, such as relearning, we aim to respond to children's desire to study hard at school.

Classification: challenge class
Main target audience: Children enrolled in Nakano City schools or who live in Nakano City who do not attend school or who are unable to do so even if they want to.

Opening hours: (Mon-Fri) 9:30-15:00
Location: 4-12-3 Nakano
contact information: 03-3389-1473(Nakano Junior High School Class N)03-3228-5589(Board of Education Secretariat Guidance Division)

Nakano Ward's Basic Policy for Supporting School Refusal

With the aim of creating an educational environment where all children can live in peace, nurturing rich humanity, and developing the ability to carve out their own future, this law establishes basic guidelines for Nakano Ward, ward schools and kindergartens, families, the local community, and other related organizations to work together and effectively promote comprehensive measures.

Parents' association for children who have difficulty attending school

This is a parent-teacher meeting aimed at parents whose children are currently having difficulty attending school, as well as parents who are able to attend school but are concerned about how their children are doing.

Main target audience:Parents of first grade elementary school students through third grade junior high school students attending municipal schools
contact information:03-5937-3156 (Nakano Ward Education Center Guidance Office)

Tokyo Consultation and support