in the area

We passed a small hoikuen when we went for a walk with R this afternoon - it is literally less than 100m from our house (and basically flat to get there, which is why we passed it today, as had K in the stroller for our walk, rather that on my back in the ergo, in which case we head down the stairs to the park at the bottom of the hill). While I already knew that the hoikuen was there, it was the first time I got sort of up close and personal to it - I didn't realise that it had a big park right behind it! Anyway, this prompted me to google it when we got home - seems that they also do 一時保育, for about 300yen an hour (how cheap!) Good thing to know!

Then I started googling some more hoikuen in the area, and was super suprised to see the range in prices....found one (that obviously looks very good) but it actually charges 2100yen PER HOUR. OMG . that is just crazy. I realise that 300yen an hour is rediculously cheap, but it seems that about 500-800yen is a normal range. how can they charge 2000yen an hour ??- are they serving the kids caviar and champas for lunch...would want to be for that price!! We won't be going there anytime soon. So, I think I might go to the 300yen an hour place sometime this week and enquire about it...

Also found more shops (supermarkets, dry-cleaning, etc) in the area, about 5mins drive by car, and a bread shop(still yet to visit), 100yen lawson (bread and milk!), and cake shop(yummy cheesecake) all within walking distance (5-10mins walk)

Yay, am slowly getting my bearings.