Nihonmachi Little Friends Sutter Site
Nihonmachi Little Friends Sutter Site is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 91 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1987. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 5 times and investigated 1 complaint, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 5 citations, 3 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for training & qualifications (1 of 5). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #309 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 83% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 0 out of 10 staff files reviewed which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observations, interviews, and record reviews, facility staff did not provide adequate supervision which resulted in a daycare child sustaining a fracture. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 This deficiency shall be cited and cleared on this day.
Based on observation and record review, Licensee did not comply with the above by not ensuring that a staff member (S1) was associated to the facility prior to their presence in the facility. This poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 This deficiency shall be cited and cleared on this day, 7/2/2024.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, Licensee did not comply with the above by allowing children under the age of three to use play equipment intended for use by children age three and up. This posed an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 D1 shall submit a meeting memo that is signed by all staff by set due date of 7/9/2024.
Based on record review, facility staff did not report an incident where a child fell to the responsible party or to CCLD within 24 hours of the incident by telephone, or within seven days by written report. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 D1 shall submit a meeting memo that is signed by all staff by set due date of 7/9/2024.
Complaint investigations
-Staff did not provide adequate supervision resulting in day care child sustaining a fracture.
-Staff did not provide an incident report to responsible party or CCL.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Nihonmachi Little Friends Sutter Site take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Nihonmachi Little Friends Sutter Site had any serious violations?
California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 2, 2024, for health and safety for day care centers. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Nihonmachi Little Friends Sutter Site?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Nihonmachi Little Friends Sutter Site compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #309 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 83% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Nihonmachi Little Friends Sutter Site last inspected?
Dec 16, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Nihonmachi Little Friends Sutter Site cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Nihonmachi Little Friends Sutter Site for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $1,735 a month for preschoolers (about $2,190 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Nihonmachi Little Friends Sutter Site?
The licensee is Nihonmachi Little Friends, and the administrator listed with the state is Naomi Miura.
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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 380504776 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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