Author name: Tabinoko Papa

TL;DR Take Kichijoji Station’s Koen-guchi (Park Exit, on the station’s south side). It’s the more direct route toward Inokashira Park, […]

TL;DR We went in assuming DisneySea would be the “grown-up” park, more atmospheric and less overtly kid-focused than Disneyland, but

TL;DR Across 4 visits with our twins from age 1.5 to 4, Disneyland has been the more reliably kid-focused of

TL;DR Maihama is technically in Chiba, though it’s a direct 15-minute ride from Tokyo Station on the JR Keiyo Line,

TL;DR KidZania Tokyo is a job-experience mini city in Toyosu where kids do roughly 100 different jobs and earn kidZo,

TL;DR A hillside zoo in Hino, about an hour from central Tokyo, built around large open-plan habitats rather than individual

At a Glance Entry Free (Yoyogi Park, Meiji Shrine, both districts themselves) · Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya ¥800 adults / ¥400

TL;DR Tokyo Racecourse, in Fuchu, is a working JRA horse-racing venue that local families also use as a cheap, huge,

TL;DR Treat it as a set, not a single attraction: Skytree’s observation decks + Sumida Aquarium + Tokyo Solamachi mall

At a Glance Entry Free: the park itself, the lawns, and Crystal View · Tokyo Sea Life Park (aquarium): ¥700