Places that work with kids38 spots · 14 easy
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Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan✓ easy
An aquarium arranged by region around the Pacific Rim, holding some 620 species.
Osaka Castle✓ easy
The third keep here, rebuilt in 1931 by public donation, holds an eight-floor museum.
SHIBUYA SKY✓ easy
A two-level observatory above Shibuya Station, finishing on an open roof 229 meters up.
Miraikan✓ easy
Japan's national museum of emerging science, hands-on throughout.
Nara Park✓ easy
A 511-hectare prefectural park holding Todaiji and Kasuga Taisha inside it.
Tokyo Disneyland✓ easy
Seven themed lands and 37 attractions, only five of which set a minimum height.
Kyoto Railway Museum✓ easy
One of the few railway museums in Japan that runs a steam locomotive every day.
CUPNOODLES MUSEUM OSAKA IKEDA✓ easy
In Ikeda, where instant noodles were invented in 1958.
Ueno Park✓ easy
One of Japan's first public parks, with the zoo and museums inside its grounds.
Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo✓ easy
Japan's first high-rise hotel, opened in 1971 and walkable from Shinjuku Station.
Solamachi Tabe-Terrace Food Court✓ easy
A food court at the foot of Skytree: udon, ramen and rice bowls at one table.
Tokyo Skytree✓ easy
At 634 meters, the tallest free-standing broadcast tower in the world.
National Museum of Nature and Science✓ easy
A national museum shown at full size — dinosaur skeletons, a life-size blue whale.
Fukuoka Airport✓ easy
Kyushu's gateway, with the subway running directly beneath the domestic terminal.
Senso-ji✓ easy
Tokyo's oldest temple, approached through a stone-paved shopping street from the great gate.
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden✓ easy
A former imperial garden of 58 hectares, holding three garden styles in one plan.
Sumida Aquarium✓ easy
An aquarium in Tokyo Skytree Town that likens itself to a park.
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove✓ easy
About 400 meters of path between a shrine and a mountain villa.
Dotonbori✓ easy
An entertainment street along a canal finished in 1615 and named for its digger.
Todaiji Temple✓ easy
A temple whose wooden hall, among the world's largest, shelters a 15-meter Great Buddha.
Universal Studios Japan✓ easy
A film theme park on Osaka Bay, its ten areas including Mario and Harry Potter worlds.
Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)✓ easy
A Zen temple, properly Rokuonji, whose garden keeps its 600-year-old form.
Nijo-jo Castle✓ easy
Built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603, the only Japanese castle that still keeps its palace.
Kasugataisha Shrine✓ easy
A shrine founded in 768, with some 3,000 lanterns given along its approach and cloisters.
Umeda Sky Building (Kuchu Teien Observatory)✓ easy
Floors 39, 40 and the roof make up the observatory, 173 meters up.
Fushimi Inari Taisha✓ easy
A shrine whose grounds take in a whole mountain, lined with about 10,000 torii gates.
Kiyomizu-dera Temple✓ easy
A temple founded in 778, its grounds holding more than thirty halls and pagodas.
Ameyoko Shopping Street✓ easy
A market street of some 400 shops packed into 500 meters between two stations.
Asakusa View Hotel✓ easy
A high-rise hotel in the middle of Asakusa, walking distance from Sensoji.
Asakusa Hanayashiki✓ easy
A small amusement park, a flower garden in 1853, that calls itself Japan's oldest.
Tokyo Toy Museum✓ easy
A toy museum inside an elementary school built nearly ninety years ago.
Meiji Jingu✓ easy
A shrine wrapped in 700,000 square meters of forest, founded in 1920.
Ueno Zoo✓ easy
Japan's first zoo, with about 300 species spread over two gardens.
Haneda Airport✓ easy
Tokyo's closer airport, about 15 minutes by train from the terminals to Shinagawa.
Narita Airport✓ easy
Tokyo's more distant international airport, about 41 minutes to Ueno by limited express.
Kansai Airport✓ easy
Kansai's gateway on an artificial island, about 40 minutes to Namba and 80 to Kyoto.
New Chitose Airport✓ easy
Hokkaido's gateway, about 37 minutes by rapid train to Sapporo Station.
Naha Airport✓ easy
Okinawa's gateway, with a monorail from the terminal reaching central Naha in 13 minutes.
