Mie with a baby (0–1) 3 spots
Mie is ninja country and the home of Japan's most sacred shrine. Iga runs ninja shows and rents the costume in child sizes, and the old street outside Ise Jingu is lined with things to eat.
The only aquarium in Japan keeping dugongs, said to be the animal behind mermaid legends.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
Shima Spain Village (Parque España)
A 34-hectare theme park sharing its grounds with a natural hot spring and a hotel.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
A farmhouse fitted with revolving walls, hidden stairs and trick doors, kept as a museum.
Nursing room · checked Aug ’26
The aquarium is laid out in twelve themed zones with no set route, so you can move back and forth as the baby's mood goes. Ramps and elevators throughout mean you can see almost every corner with the stroller, and since the building is fully covered you go around without an umbrella even in the rain.The baby room sits between the H corner (dugong) and the Plaza Shop, with three private nursing booths, two diaper changing beds and hot water for formula; men may come in for diaper changes, but the nursing booths are women only. Changing beds are fitted in the restrooms around the aquarium as well. Diapers (pants type, size L) and wipes are sold at the Plaza Shop next door. Strollers are lent free at the entrance hall — 20 of them, no reservations — but for safety they cannot go into the show arena, so park them in the marked space.
Four rides have no height limit: the Fiesta Train, the Gaudi Carousel, the Amigo Balloon and the Feliz Cruise. Many attractions are indoors and work in the rain, and Espana Street is arcaded, so you can shop without an umbrella. The Xavier Castle Museum and the Ice Castle have no height limit either, and both are among the 22 facilities you can enter without leaving a wheelchair.There are three baby rooms in the park: inside the main information center, beside the Cambron Theater, and in Columbus Plaza. Each has a bed for diaper changes, a nursing room and a space for feeding the baby, plus a microwave and hot water you may use freely. Diapers, wipes and training pants are sold there. Strollers are lent at the main information center, about 90 type-A strollers at 700 yen each. If you leave the park and come back in, the stroller is held for you in the meantime. Children aged 2 and under enter free, two per paying adult.
Inside the ninja house, a ninja or a kunoichi (a woman ninja) leads you through room by room, working the revolving wall, the hidden stairs and the trick doors right in front of you. The museum itself recommends bringing a baby carrier for a small child, so your baby watches the demonstrations from your arms, at the same height as the adults. The ninja house, the ninja experience hall and the ninja tradition hall are all indoors, so rain does not get in the way of the visit.The buildings have many steps and stairs, so your stroller is taken in at the ticket gate by the entrance. The museum recommends bringing a baby carrier. The baby room is in the ninja tradition hall; ask a staff member nearby when you want to use it. There are no toilets inside the museum, so use the ones at the Ueno Park tourist information office or beside the rest house in the park; the accessible toilet is the one next to the tourist information office. It is about a 5-minute walk from the park entrance to the museum, on a gentle gravel slope.