Saga with a baby (0–1) 3 spots
Saga is farm country and pottery towns between Fukuoka and Nagasaki. At Yoshinogari an entire ancient village has been rebuilt, thatched huts and watchtowers you can climb, and every autumn the sky over the river fills with hot-air balloons.
Saga Prefectural Space and Science Museum (Yumeginga)
A spaceship-shaped science museum covering Saga, the Earth and space, with its own observatory.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
Japan's first permanent hot-air balloon museum, built so the balloons are there whatever the weather.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
A park on nationally protected Yayoi-period ruins, where a huge moated village stands rebuilt.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
Kodomo no Hiroba on the first floor is a play area for children too young for school, and it is free to use without an admission ticket. The nursing and diaper-changing space is at the back of it, so the pattern is play, feed right there, play again. Children 3 and under pay no admission, so you can step into the exhibits as well and see how it goes. The whole building is designed to be accessible, and the exhibits can be toured with the stroller.The nursing and diaper-changing space is at the back of the children's play area on the first floor. The other two changing places are the first-floor multipurpose restroom and the spot just outside the third-floor women's restroom. The two multipurpose restrooms, one on the first floor and one on the third, have enough room to enter by wheelchair, plus handrails and a changing table. Eight strollers are lent free at the first-floor information desk, first come first served, with no reservations. The museum is closed on Mondays, or the following day when Monday is a public holiday.
The first thing you see is the Super Hi-Vision Theater on the ground floor, where balloons in every color fill a 280-inch screen. You may go round the museum with a stroller, and there are strollers to borrow, so the baby can stay in it right up to the screen. Most visitors spend 40 to 60 minutes, small enough to finish while a baby's mood holds. The museum was built so the balloons are there whatever the weather, which makes it a place to go on a rainy day.You may go round with a stroller, and strollers can be borrowed. The multipurpose restroom has a baby changing shelf, and there is a nursing room. Children under elementary school age pay nothing. There are no advance tickets and no booking system; you buy on the day at the ground-floor machine or the main reception. Once you step out through the gate you cannot go back in, so it is easier to feed and change before you enter. Eating and drinking in the museum space is discouraged; drinks are on sale at the ground-floor shop and vending machine, and the ground-floor shop and second-floor cafe can be used without an admission ticket. Leave large bags out of the museum space and use the ground-floor coin lockers, 100 to 300 yen. The museum is closed on Mondays, or the following day when Monday is a holiday.
The strollers lent free at each entrance are made for children under two who can hold their head up, which is exactly this age (25 at the East Gate history park center, 13 at the West Gate service center, 5 at the North Gate service center). The baby can ride while you walk the rebuilt moated village. The only stairs in the park are in front of the East Gate history park center, and even there a slope runs alongside. Admission is free through junior high school age.There are five nursing rooms: one at each of the three entrances (East, West and North Gates) and two more in the Ancient Forest zone. Every restroom in the park has handrails, a washbasin, a baby bed for diaper changes and a call buzzer, plus a baby keeper seat and barrier-free restrooms. A nurse is stationed in the park, with adhesive bandages, disinfectant and other first-aid supplies. The grounds are large, so use the shuttle microbus that leaves every 20 minutes from the East Gate Kango Iriguchi Hiroba, the West Gate and the North Gate. If it rains you can shelter in the history park center, the reconstructed buildings open to visitors, the exhibition room, the Yayoi Kurashikan (which holds 300 people) and the rest areas.