Gunma with a toddler (2–3) 3 spots
Gunma has Kusatsu Onsen, where more hot-spring water rises naturally than anywhere else in Japan. The steaming Yubatake in the town center is free to watch and has foot baths, so even families with a baby too small for the baths get the experience. It suits families trying onsen for the first time.
A safari park of six drive-through zones with about 100 species.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
A hillside park where a zip line and a summer bobsleigh run down the slope.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
A konnyaku factory you tour, with a tasting buffet of about 15 dishes.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
In the Walking Safari Zone you get out of the car and feed the animals with your own hand and touch them. The Fureai Park has red pandas, capybaras and miniature horses, plus a flying show and feeding times. For the pony ride a staff member leads the horse by the reins, so a child riding for the first time can take part.Admission becomes the child fare of 1,600 yen from age three; under three is free, and adults from junior high pay 3,200 yen. A stroller rents for 100 yen at the reception window. It cannot go on the keeper-experience bus, the feeding bus or the safari bus, so borrowing one at the shop in the Walking Safari Zone gives you a stroller from the moment you step off. No baby food is stocked, so bring your own. If you bring a packed lunch, you can eat it in the roofed free rest house in the first parking lot. The menus carry no allergy labelling, but Restaurant Savanna and Oakwood both keep dishes prepared for various allergies.
The Fuwafuwa Dome is open 9:30-16:45 from March to October and 9:30-16:30 from November to February. The toddlers' playground has spring riders and a small combination structure. In July and August the Jabujabu Pond, 15 to 30 centimeters deep, is open for water play. Battery cars are 100 yen for adults and children alike, and children three and under ride the paid attractions free.Children who are not yet out of diapers cannot enter the Jabujabu Pond, and swim diapers are not accepted either, so that one waits until they are toilet trained; until then the toddlers' playground and the Fuwafuwa Dome are open. The pond's rules are no shoes in the water, no running, and the water is not for drinking; it is cleaned every Monday, or the next day when Monday is a holiday. The Fuwafuwa Dome is closed in rain. The paid attractions rest every Monday, and on weekdays only the Cycle Plaza runs. A child 120 cm or shorter needs a guardian along to use the paid attractions. Battery cars take only 100-yen coins, so keep some change. You may bring food and drink in, but the rubbish goes home with you.
In the outdoor play area there is a crane vehicle a child works themselves to scoop up balls — move the lever, the ball comes up, and the result comes straight back. The Italian-made mini ferris wheel, the smallest in Gunma, runs on weekends and public holidays only, 200 yen per person per ride. There are also foot baths, four kinds in five spots.The tasting buffet is free with about 15 dishes, but seats are limited to 20 minutes and when it is busy you may not be allowed back to the food counters — so take everything for your child in one go at the start. One family waited about 40 minutes on a public holiday. Konnyaku is springy and firm: cut it small and watch as your child eats. The play area is outdoors, so on a wet or very hot day switch to the indoor half (factory tour, souvenir corner, game corner). Outside food may not be brought in.