Nihonmachi Little Friends
Nihonmachi Little Friends is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 70 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1990. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #136 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by testing its fixtures for lead past the deadline of 1/1/2023 which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Nihonmachi Little Friends take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Nihonmachi Little Friends had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Nihonmachi Little Friends compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #136 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Nihonmachi Little Friends last inspected?
Apr 6, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Nihonmachi Little Friends cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Nihonmachi Little Friends for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $792 a month for school-age children (about $1,000 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Nihonmachi Little Friends?
The licensee is Nihonmachi Little Friends, and the administrator listed with the state is Cathy Inamasu.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 380504889 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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