Kyoto University Nursery Room for Sick Children, “KOMOMO” is a day-care facility that Provides care for sick or convalescent babies/children. All the students, researchers, and Faculty/staff members at Kyoto University are eligible, Fee and advanced registration are required.

Please note: counselling for international students is available in Japanese only.

• Student Lounge KI-ZU-NA (peer support)
• International Student Advising Room at the Education Promotion and Student Support Department.

Free telephone consultation service for foreign people

Interpretation service is available in English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, and Thai is available.

A free medical interpreter dispatch service for non-Japanese speakers who Live in Kyoto is available at the following three hospitals. Please contact one of the Interpreter Request Counters at participating hospitals in person no later than five days prior to the desired appointment. Check the list below for specific day/hour availabilities. In general, the medical interpreter cannot conduct interpreting over the phone. Available languages: English, Chinese, Korean

Kyoto City provides simultaneous interpretation services in five languages for its Emergency telephone service for fires, medical emergencies, disasters, etc.
The service is available 24 hours a day 365 days a year. If you need to call an ambulance or the fire department, dial 119 and hold the line until an interpreter answers.

Medical institutions in Japan can be searched by area, language and medical department.

• Basic information on Japan’s medical institutions.
• How to consult medical institutions and attentive matters.
• Point to communicate conversation sheets for explaining symptoms/disease conditions, etc.