Tokyo, first time — 5 days with a 4-year-old and a baby
Five days, one hotel, and one neighborhood a day. The morning holds the one thing you came for, and the afternoon goes back to the room or to a bench, because a 1-year-old still naps. Three stops a day is the ceiling. The famous places are in here, and so are a few that visiting families rarely find on their own; the first and last days stay short around the flights.
Day 1 — Land, ride the Skyliner to Ueno, and walk the park
The loop around Shinobazu Pond stays level almost the whole way, and a three-year-old can steer the swan boats.
- Walk ~5 min
The street itself is flat, but it has no public restrooms — the one changing table is in the women's restroom of the mall under the JR tracks.
Day 2 — A whole day inside Ueno Park — the zoo, then lunch without leaving the grounds
There are no giant pandas here any more — they moved to China in January 2026.
- Walk ~5 min
The dining room takes no reservations and seats you in the order you arrive; the nursing room and the changing place are on the fourth floor, reached by elevator.
Day 3 — Asakusa on foot — the temple, sukiyaki, then the old amusement park
There is no nursing room in the temple grounds; the nearest is on the second floor of the tourist information center directly opposite Kaminarimon, open 9:00 to 20:00.
- Walk ~5 min
Asakusa Imahan Kokusai Street Head Restaurant
With a child below junior high school age you are seated on the first floor, in chairs or at a raised tatami table, and no one is seated between 14:30 and 16:00.
- Walk ~5 min
A stroller you bring is left folded at the information desk, and the same desk hands out hot water for formula.
Day 4 — Harajuku — a planted forest at Meiji Jingu, then conveyor-belt sushi
From any entrance it is about a ten-minute walk to the main hall over deep gravel, and there is a lawn on the north side where you can sit down.
- Train ~10–15 min (est.)
Kura Sushi Global Flagship Store Harajuku
The restaurant sits on the fourth floor of a building with an elevator and a ramp, so you take no stairs, and you order from your own phone.
Day 5 — One museum, then the airport
Suitcases cannot be brought into the buildings, so leave the bags at the hotel; strollers are fine, including inside the galleries.
Before you go
Three places on this list close on Mondays — Ueno Zoo, Ueno Seiyoken and the Tokyo National Museum — so keep Day 2 and Day 5 off a Monday. Hanayashiki closes on scattered dates that appear only on its official calendar; check it the day before. Cherry blossom in Ueno Park runs from the early varieties through to the late double-flowered ones, but the timing moves from year to year, so treat it as a maybe rather than a plan.
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