Tottori with preschoolers (4–6) 3 spots
Tottori is a thin strip of coast backed by its famous sand dunes, running straight down into the sea. The museum beside them carves whole rooms out of sand, and at Sakaiminato bronze yokai monsters line the street.
One of Japan's largest flower parks, centered on a glass dome 50 meters across.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · checked Aug ’26
A museum of children's songs and toys, with about 2,000 toys from Japan and abroad.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Elevator · checked Aug ’26
Tottori Sakyu Kodomonokuni Children's Park
A 19-hectare play park beside the Tottori Sand Dunes, built around climbing structures and rides.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · checked Aug ’26
The Flower Hill is a 10,000-square-meter field that changes color with the season: pansies and poppies in spring, marigolds in summer, red salvia in autumn. In the Mist Garden a fountain of mist rises from the center, and the flowerbeds, seen whole, form the shape of a petal. The Jungle Dome in the South Building is an egg-shaped glass greenhouse where a gentle ramp links the first and second floors, so a child can walk up it on their own. On the second floor of the North Building there is a film theater and on the fourth an observation lounge, both free to use.The park's own average for walking the grounds is about 120 minutes for individuals. The corridor is a kilometer around, so plan on stopping partway. The Flower Train runs on the park roads, so take hands before anyone starts running. Soap bubbles, wading in the ponds, pulling up plants and collecting nuts or insects are prohibited inside the park. Take your trash home.
In the karaoke corner of Do-Re-Mi Land you can pick from more than 300 songs, nursery songs and school songs and anime themes, sing them, and have a photo taken against a seasonal backdrop. The toy rooms on the third floor are laid out in 13 themes with about 2,000 toys. The second and third floors also hold the Toy Laboratory, the Toy Workshop and Yuyake Hiroba.Admission is free for high school age and under; adults pay 500 yen, or 250 yen for foreign visitors who show a passport. The outdoor parking lot charges 100 yen per 30 minutes for a car, but showing the parking ticket at the reception desk when you enter makes it free. From JR Tottori Station it is about 20 minutes on foot, or about 5 minutes on the 100-yen city loop bus Kururi, green course, getting off at the Warabekan stop. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., last entry 4:30 p.m., and a visitor writes that about two hours is the right amount to allow for the three floors.
The Fuwafuwa Dome and the inclusive play equipment are both for ages 3 to 6. The F1, a one-seat battery car, is for ages 5 through elementary school, and a child drives a 200-meter racing course alone for 200 yen a lap. Kids Wonder, the colorful structure for climbing, crossing and sliding, is for ages 6 to 12. Under the roof of Kodomo Hiroba runs an aerial corridor 4.5 meters up and 130 meters long, usable in rain and in winter.The cycle monorail is for ages 3 and up at 130 cm or taller, but a child under 130 cm can ride with a guardian in the seat beside them: two per car, a 200-meter track, about five minutes a lap, 100 yen. The summer water slide is for elementary school children only, so adults and preschoolers cannot ride it. Children six and under need an adult with them on the play equipment. The park is 19 hectares; a visitor with two elementary school children spent about three hours one afternoon and writes that they still did not get around it all. There are no trash bins, so take your trash home.