Child with a Fever in Kyoto at Night or on a Sunday (2026): Who to Call, Where to Go, What to Bring

Checked 2026-11-13 · Updated 2026-11-13

Checked 13 Nov 2026 on the official pages of the Kyoto Prefectural Government (#7119, #8000, Kyoto Kenko Iryo Yorozu Net, the medical guidebook), the City of Kyoto (the Kyoto City Emergency Clinic, medical interpreters), the Kyoto City Fire Department (multilingual 119, advice lines), JNTO and the Japan Tourism Agency. This article tells you which line to call and which door to go to, by time of day. It is not medical advice. Whether your child needs a doctor is for a doctor, a nurse on #7119, #8000, or 119 to judge.

Short answer. Save two numbers before you land. (1) Visitors: call this first — #7119 (or 0570-00-7119), the Kyoto Emergency Relief Center for "should we go to hospital?": nurses, 24 hours, 365 days, for residents and people staying in Kyoto Prefecture. (2) 119 for an ambulance; in Kyoto City it has phone interpreters in English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese. Kyoto also runs #8000 (or 075-661-5596), a line for children under 15: every day 19:00–8:00, and Saturdays 15:00–8:00 (except public holidays and the year-end) (official page: for children living in the prefecture; visitors not mentioned). The place to go when clinics are shut is the Kyoto City Emergency Clinic (Kyoto-shi Kyubyo Shinryojo): Nakagyo-ku Nishinokyo Higashi-Toganoo-cho 6, ground floor of the Kyoto Medical Association Hall, very close to the east exit of JR Nijo Station, 075-354-6021 (the clinic gives no medical advice by phone). Paediatric reception: Mon–Fri 20:00–23:00; Saturdays 14:00–17:00 and 18:00–8:00 the next morning; Sundays and public holidays 10:00–17:00 and 18:00–23:00. The clinic takes cash and credit cards (not QR or e-money). The official pages don't mention foreign languages for #7119, #8000 or the clinic. Bring the passport, travel insurance details and the child's current medicines. Checked 13 Nov 2026.

1. Who to call, by time

From the Kyoto Prefectural Government, the City of Kyoto and the Kyoto City Fire Department, checked 13 Nov 2026.

When this clinic is shut. The Kyoto City Emergency Clinic takes no paediatric reception: on weekdays before 20:00 and after 23:00; on Saturdays 8:00–14:00 and 17:00–18:00; on Sundays or holidays 8:00–10:00, 17:00–18:00 and after 23:00. At those times, call #7119, #8000 (from 19:00; Saturdays from 15:00) or 075-661-5599 (hours not stated).

December 2026 dates. Saturdays are 5, 12, 19 and 26 Dec; Sundays are 6, 13, 20 and 27 Dec. There's no public holiday in December. The clinic runs holiday hours from 29 Dec to 3 Jan, without late-night paediatrics. 2 Jan 2027 is a Saturday. The #8000 page doesn't give dates for "the year-end"; don't assume the line opens from 15:00 on 2 Jan.

Last year-end. On 19 Dec 2025 the City of Kyoto announced special clinic hours for 27 Dec 2025 to 4 Jan 2026. The pages checked on 13 Nov 2026 have no notice yet for the 2026–27 year-end. Check the clinic's page again in mid-December.

#8000 in Nishikyo-ku and Fushimi-ku. The Kyoto Prefectural Government says parts of Nishikyo-ku and Fushimi-ku sit in a neighbouring prefecture's phone area. There, dial 075-661-5596 directly. For #7119, Kasagi-cho and Minamiyamashiro-mura need 0570-00-7119 dialled directly.

2. The Kyoto City Emergency Clinic (Kyoto-shi Kyubyo Shinryojo)

From the City of Kyoto's page (updated 18 Sept 2026), checked 13 Nov 2026.

Busy times. The City of Kyoto expects the clinic to be crowded during flu season, the year-end, Golden Week and Obon, and asks people to consider other hospitals through 075-661-5599 or Yorozu Net.

3. If you don't know where you are

Kyoto City Fire Department (page of 8 Nov 2022): when you call 119, say first whether it's "kyukyu" (ambulance) or a fire, then the address, then what happened. If you don't know the address, name a nearby junction or building; the dispatcher will help you find a landmark over the phone.

Save the hotel's address in Japanese (a screenshot) before you go out.

4. Languages and Japan-wide lines

Overseas SIMs and eSIMs. The official pages give 0570-00-7119 and 075-661-5596 for dial lines and IP phones. They don't say whether the #, 0570 or 075 numbers connect from an overseas SIM, an eSIM or a hotel phone. Calls to 0570-00-7119 are charged at the Navi Dial rate; the advice is free, the call is paid by the caller. If you can't get through, the official line for visitors is the Japan Visitor Hotline, 050-3816-2787 (+81-50-3816-2787 from overseas; 24 hours; English, Chinese, Korean).

#8000 for visitors. The #8000 page says the line is for "children under 15 living in the prefecture and their families, etc." Visitors aren't mentioned. The #7119 page, by contrast, clearly includes people staying in Kyoto Prefecture.

Paying. Japan Tourism Agency: in general, credit cards are only accepted at major hospitals and clinics generally take cash only; the Kyoto City Emergency Clinic says it takes cash and credit cards. Ask for an estimate at reception. Without travel insurance you may be charged the full amount.

The steps for any illness or injury in Japan, and the medicine limits for bringing your own: sick or injured in Japan. Other cities' lines: child with a fever in Osaka and child with a fever in Tokyo.

5. What to have ready before you call

1. The hotel's address in Japanese (a screenshot), for 119 or a taxi.
2. Passport and travel insurance policy number and the insurer's 24-hour number.
3. The child's current medicines and doses, and what you have already given.
4. Cash in yen or a credit card (the clinic takes both; not QR).
5. A phone with data, for the map to JR Nijo Station.

Whether to go and how fast: ask a doctor, #7119 or #8000. This article only covers who to call and where to go.

6. What the official pages don't say

1. Foreign languages on #7119, #8000, 075-661-5599 and at the clinic counter. Not stated.
2. Whether the #, 0570 or 075 numbers work from an overseas SIM, an eSIM or a hotel phone. Not stated.
3. The hours of 075-661-5599. Not stated on the pages checked.
4. What a visit costs at the Kyoto City Emergency Clinic.
5. The 2026–27 year-end schedule, if it differs from the usual page. No notice yet on 13 Nov 2026.
6. Any recorded voice menu when you call Kyoto's #7119. Not stated.
7. The hours of 119 interpreting on the Kyoto City Fire Department's current pages. Only the 2017 archive page says 24 hours.
8. #8000 for visitors. The page only mentions children living in the prefecture.

When an official page changes, this article gets updated.

Sources

All checked 13 November 2026. Next check: 1 December 2026.