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This paper examines the use characteristics of childcare facilities in middle and mountainous area. The difficulty of facility management is pointed out in the area with few children, so putting the childcare facility in public facility as a broad-based facility over two or more school divisions is the effective method. In school divisions with many infants of city surrounding area, the rate of utilization is low and many potential demand is expected, by using a civic center or existing facilities such as vacant house more positively, the setup of autonomous improvement plan and target is important. It is useful methodology to aim at practical use of public facilities in the public facility reorganization plan in addition to nursery schools.