Hiyoko Kids Clinic near Hankyu Ashiyagawa Station Is Moving Near JR Ashiya Station and Plans to Add Sick-Child Daycare

It looks like Hiyoko Kids Clinic, a pediatric clinic near Hankyu Ashiyagawa Station, will relocate next February to Ekimae-dori, near JR Ashiya Station.

Quoted from the official Hiyoko Kids Clinic website

The current clinic’s final day of consultations is scheduled for Saturday, February 6, 2027. Open-house events at the new location will be held on Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14, and the relocated clinic is set to open on Monday, February 15.

In addition to providing the same pediatric care as before, the relocated clinic will also open a childcare facility for sick children in the same building.

↑ The exterior of Hiyoko Kids Clinic at its current location. This pediatric clinic is about a 30-second walk south of Hankyu Ashiyagawa Station.

Here is a map of the current location ↓

The address is Amare Ashiyagawa 1F, 8-2-2 Tsukiwaka-cho, Ashiya, Hyogo.

↑ The exterior of the Ashiya Oharacho Medical Building, where the clinic will relocate. Nihon Chouzai Ashiya Ekimae Pharmacy is located on the first floor.

↑ The clinic is expected to reopen on the second floor of the building, and a relocation notice was posted on the window. It reads, “Free transportation service and childcare for sick children available.”

Here is a map of the new location ↓

The address is 5-19 Oharacho, Ashiya, Hyogo.

What’s around the Ashiya Oharacho Medical Building, Hiyoko Kids Clinic’s new location?

↑ This medical building is east of JR Ashiya Station, on the north side of Ekimae-dori. Ashiya St. Maria Clinic is immediately to the left, and CANNAGARA is immediately to the right.

↑ Head this way (east), and you’ll pass THE GREEN SHOP ASHIYA, Shigemura Osteopathic Clinic, Pizza Hut La Mall Ashiya, and other businesses. This direction leads toward the Miyagawa River and Nishinomiya.

↑ Head the other way (west), and you’ll pass Orange Pharmacy Ashiya, Ashiya Ekimae Ono Internal Medicine Clinic, Tokai Tokyo Securities’ Ashiya Branch, and other businesses before reaching the area in front of JR Ashiya Station, where La Porte and Mont et Mer are located.

↑ Across the street is La Mall Ashiya, around where Ashiya Kawahara and Organic Plaza La Mall Ashiya are located.

In closing

Having childcare for sick children available alongside a pediatric clinic is pretty big news for families raising children. The notice on the window also mentioned a “free transportation service,” so we’re curious to see how it will work. The current clinic’s final day of consultations is Saturday, February 6, 2027, so if you’re a patient there, don’t forget to check the schedule.

Visit the official Hiyoko Kids Clinic website here