Wakayama with a baby (0–1) 3 spots
Wakayama has Nachi Falls — at 133 meters Japan's highest single-drop waterfall — and the Kumano Kodo, one of only two pilgrimage routes in the world listed as World Heritage. You choose how much of the trail to walk, so it bends to your children's legs. It suits families who want to show their kids nature at full scale.
A Shirahama park where staff ride the safari bus with you, next to fairground rides.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line (Tama trains & Kishi Station)
A 14.3-kilometer local line ending at a station shaped like a cat's face.
checked Aug ’26
Toretore Market Nanki-Shirahama
A seafood market run by the local fishery cooperative, one of western Japan's largest.
checked Aug ’26
The Kenya-go bus through Safari World now runs as LIVE! THE Safari, with a staff member riding along to talk about what the animals are doing that day. In the Play Zone, the merry-go-round is a ride of lions, sea lions and pandas from the park itself, free for children 3 and under when someone 16 or over rides with them, and the Ocean View Wheel that looks out over the whole park is free for 3 and under too.A stroller rents for 1,000 yen, for children from 1 month to under 36 months and up to 15 kg. You sign a consent form at the rental counter to collect it, and two children may not ride in one. The baby care room has a water boiler and space where fathers can come in as well. There is also a nursing room at the entrance to the women's restroom on the first floor of the Center Dome, and the women's restrooms have diaper changing tables and baby chairs. First-aid rooms are in three places: Center Dome 1F, Big Ocean 1F, and near the exit inside the Entrance Dome.
The Tama Densha car has 101 stationmaster Tamas drawn on it and a bookshelf of picture books. Held in your arms in a seat, there is a cat somewhere on the ceiling or the wall wherever you look. The Tama Densha Museum-go goes further: cats outside, on the floor and on the ceiling, with an interior built like a hotel lounge. Wakayama Station to the last stop at Kishi is 14.3 km and about 30 minutes, so you can stay seated the whole way.Children aged 1 to under 6 (preschool) ride free, up to two per accompanying passenger aged 6 or over. The two-car trains run with the driver alone: you board through the rear door of the first car (the second car's doors do not open) and get off through the front door of the first car, dropping your ticket or fare into the box as you go. With a baby in one arm and bags in the other, it helps to know that route before you are on the platform. The Kishigawa Line takes no IC cards; payment on board and at windows is cash only, and the change machine is at the front of the car, usable only on the one facing the direction of travel. Which train runs changes day by day and some days a train does not run at all, so check the timetable in advance if you want the Tama Densha. Kishi Station is unstaffed and has no parking, so if you drive, board at Wakayama or Idakiso Station.
Fresh fish from the area and from all over Japan comes in daily, and there are tanks with fish swimming in them. While you pick out your food, the baby can peer into the tanks from your arms. The market hall is indoors, so the weather outside does not change the visit.The only step is at the outdoor seafood barbecue area; the two staircases inside the hall have ramps, and you tell the staff when you want to use the barbecue. There is no bag check, and the coin lockers take items up to 50 cm high, 30 cm wide and 40 cm deep, usable only during market hours. Outside business hours neither the car park nor the restrooms can be used. Barbecue seat charges are 1,000 yen for adults, 700 yen for children and 300 yen for toddlers aged three and over; no figure is listed for under-threes.