Nakafurano Town FY2026 Subsidy Handbook (Hokkaido)

(1) Overview: This is the FY2026 (Reiwa-8) Nakafurano Town Subsidy Handbook published by Nakafurano Town in Hokkaido. It consolidates 66 town-administered subsidy, grant and benefit programs into six sections (Health/Medical/Welfare, Industry, Education/Culture, Living Environment, Living Infrastructure & Settlement, and Coexistence/Collaboration) for residents and local businesses to consult before contacting the relevant town department. (2) Eligible parties: residents registered in Nakafurano Town, town-based businesses (commerce/tourism operators, farmers and qualified agricultural corporations, members of the Nakafurano Chamber of Commerce), groups of 3 or more members, corporations/individuals constructing dormitories or rental housing in town, and persons committing to long-term residency. Common requirements across programs include no delinquency in town taxes or public dues, exclusion of organized-crime affiliates, and a 5-year residency or business-continuity pledge for several capital-investment lines. (3) Eligible expenses & content: medical co-payments, diaper/care-giver allowances, vaccinations, agricultural greenhouse skeletons, smart-farming devices (drones, GPS guidance, auto-irrigation), wildlife-damage fences (brown bear, sika deer), commerce/tourism business-improvement and successor expenses, BASE33 startup support, challenge-shop opening costs, interest subsidies on small-business loans, dormitory construction, scholarship loans and repayment support, high-school commuting fees, digital learning devices, combined-treatment septic tanks, home renovation, zero-carbon housing (Kitagata-2020) construction, solar PV + lithium-ion batteries, insulation retrofits, pellet stoves, child-rearing rental subsidies, new-home acquisition grants and vacant-house circulation grants. (4) Rate / cap / schedule / tips: subsidy rates vary by program (1/2, 25%, 50%, 70%, 6/10 etc.); single-program ceilings range from JPY 100/day caregiver benefits up to JPY 5,000,000 for the private residential-land development support program. Most programs run during FY2026 (Apr 2026 - Mar 2027); new lines (Commerce/Tourism Startup, Sika electric fence, Vacant-house circulation, Child-rearing new-home acquisition) extend through FY2028 as time-limited measures. Apply via the relevant town-hall division (Planning, Agriculture/Forestry, Welfare, Tax/Resident, Education, General Affairs) or through the Nakafurano Chamber of Commerce, attaching forms, quotes, residency certificates, tax-payment proofs and pledge documents per the program's own application requirements.