{"id":173695,"date":"2025-10-17T10:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173695&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-17T10:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:29:11","slug":"fukuoka-launches-kindergarten-vacancy-map","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-launches-kindergarten-vacancy-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Launches Kindergarten Vacancy Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City has introduced the \u201cFukuoka Kindergarten Vacancy Map,\u201d allowing parents to check availability, extended care options, and bus services at kindergartens via smartphone. The service, launched on October 15, follows the success of the city\u2019s \u201cNursery Guide Map\u201d last year. Mayor Soichiro Takashima said the initiative aims to make childcare information more accessible and encourage working parents to consider kindergartens, which often have open spots compared to nurseries.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kodomo-kinder.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Kindergarten Vacancy Map<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173698\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_kindergarten-search_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1283&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Launches Kindergarten Vacancy Map\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_kindergarten-search_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_kindergarten-search_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_kindergarten-search_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C938&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fn_kindergarten-search_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C704&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka City has introduced the \u201cFukuoka Kindergarten Vacancy Map,\u201d allowing parents to check availability&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173695","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}