Ehime with a baby (0–1) 3 spots
Ehime is citrus country on the Inland Sea. A ropeway climbs the hill to Matsuyama Castle, the wooden bathhouse at Dogo Onsen is one of the oldest in the country, and the orange juice comes out of a tap.
A zoo home to Peace, the first polar bear successfully hand-reared in Japan.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
A wooden bathhouse under a drum tower, the first public bath named a national cultural property.
checked Aug ’26
A sea bream rice restaurant in the Dogo arcade, where you build the bowl yourself.
Stroller OK · checked Sep ’26
Indoor exhibits fill nine houses — giraffe, rhino and hippo, lion, elephant, ape, tiger, South American animals, the penguin plaza and the snake house — so animals can be looked at from your arms with a roof overhead. Roofed rest areas sit at eight more points around the zoo (in front of the east gate, along African Street, in front of Tobe no Yakata, Tiger Hill, the penguin plaza and the ape house, at the Garden of the Wind, and beside the African elephant area), which makes a rhythm of see a little, sit a while, see a little more.There are three nursing rooms with baby beds: at the main gate, inside the Children's Animal Center, and inside the observation restaurant at Oasis Garden. Every restroom — six inside the zoo and two at the parking lots — has a diaper-changing table, plus a stall for people with disabilities and a baby seat where your child can sit while you use the toilet. The multipurpose restroom that opened at the main entrance gate on December 22, 2025 has two rooms: the right one is wheelchair accessible with ostomy equipment, a baby chair, a changing bed and a fold-down board to stand on while changing clothes; the left one is wheelchair accessible with a changing bed and the same board. Strollers are 100 yen each at the main gate and the information office, 60 of them, in both the fully reclining and the lightweight type.
The first-floor Kami no Yu bath is open from 6:00 to 23:00, with last tickets at 22:30, and one visitor was in and out in about 30 minutes including changing, short enough to slot into a waking window. Up in the Shinrokaku tower, the drum that has marked the hours since the 1894 rebuilding still sounds; it is one of Japan's 100 Soundscapes.The price bands are adult from 12 and child 2 to 11; how 0-1 is treated is not written anywhere, so ask at the counter. Kami no Yu on the first floor and its second-floor seating have no towels provided, so you rent from the shop at 110 yen for a towel and 320 for a bath towel, while shampoo, conditioner, and body soap are provided in both Kami no Yu and Tama no Yu and hairdryers are free. Food and drink must not be taken into the bath, and bringing your own food and drink into the building is asked against as well. Each changing room has free lockers, paid coin lockers are in several spots, and large suitcases go to the paid baggage-holding service. The second-floor seating is up the staircase at the far left end of the central corridor.
The stroller rolls right up to the table, so your baby stays in it beside you and eats the baby food you brought. Babies are welcome from their first months, and every seat in the place is non-smoking.The restroom is Western-style rather than a squat toilet, but nothing official says whether it has a changing table. Nothing is stated about high chairs either, so plan on holding the baby or leaving them in the stroller.