Kagawa with a baby (0–1) 3 spots
Kagawa is Japan's smallest prefecture and it runs on udon: shops everywhere, bowls out fast, nobody waiting. Offshore, Naoshima is an island of art you walk between outdoors, yellow pumpkin on the pier and all.
An aquarium at the water's edge, where dolphins swim with the Seto Inland Sea behind.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
A noodle school where you take Sanuki udon from flour to bowl in twelve steps.
Nursing room · Family restroom · checked Aug ’26
The largest of Japan's cultural-property gardens, with six ponds and thirteen landscaped hills.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · checked Aug ’26
What held a one-year-old was the dolphins at play and Uzushio-no-Kei, the tank you peer into as if standing inside the Naruto Strait's current, which runs at up to 19 km/h. Kannazuki-no-Kei is built to be looked at from below, at hammerhead sharks overhead - which is exactly the angle a baby in your arms is already facing.Under-threes enter free. Strollers are allowed, but the aquarium itself suggests carrying your child instead - from a stroller's low line of sight the animals can be hard to see, and in crowds there is bumping to watch for. No strollers are lent, so bring your own if you want one. The single nursing room is on the first floor beside the big tank, with its own hot-water dispenser for formula; the sink there is open to fathers too. Three diaper changing tables are inside that same room, also usable by men. The main route through the building is linked by ramps and lifts and can be done seated in a wheelchair.
Making the dough from flour is done as a group: the dough goes into a bag and everyone stamps on it in time to music. Whoever is not stamping shakes a tambourine to keep it going, so a baby in your arms sits inside a circle of music and clapping. One family booked for two and came as four, with two companions who did not take the class.There is no changing room, but there is a baby room. There are 13 restrooms in all, separated by gender, and an accessible restroom. On one visit reception was on the first floor and the classroom on the third, at a 14:00 session in June 2024. Aprons and everything else are provided, so you can come empty-handed. Reception can take time, so they ask you to arrive 15 minutes before your session. You may not bring in food.
Children below school age get in free. Ask at the ticket window and they lend a stroller at no charge, so the baby can ride while you go around the six ponds, thirteen landscaped hills and pine groves. The garden is called ippo ikkei, a new view at every step.There are three nursing rooms: in the east wing of the Shoko Shoreikan, at the Kobusha restroom, and at the tourism office. Strollers and wheelchairs are lent free of charge; ask at the ticket window. The paths are laid with gravel, and visitors are asked to leave suitcases and other wheeled bags in a locker before entering (30 lockers by the East Gate, 6 by the North Gate, at 200, 300 or 400 yen). A separate park map (PDF) is prepared for people using a stroller or wheelchair, so look at it first to plan your route. The garden has no lighting and gets very dark 30 minutes after sunset.