You can use local emergency medical facilities. These facilities include: clinics for holiday/nighttime acute patients (kyujitsu kyukan shinryojo), which can also be used during the year-end and new year period; emergency medical centers (kyukyu iryou center) and nighttime emergency centers (yakan kyubyou center) for acute problems occurring at night or other irregular settings; dental health medical center (shika hoken iryou center) for toothaches during holidays; and emergency medical information centers (kyukyu iryou jouhou center) and stand-by doctor shift system (zaitaku touban-i seido).
Please note that these services have different names, different content and available hours in different areas. You can learn about emergency medical services in your local area through bulletins issued by the municipal administrative office and by telephone enquiry at the same office. You are advised to check the information by the bulletins and telephone in advance.




