Family places where English gets you through15 spots · 9 easy
These are the places where we confirmed it, with the date and the source. Places we have not checked yet are not on this list.
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.
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.
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.
Sumida Aquarium✓ easy
An aquarium in Tokyo Skytree Town that likens itself to a park.
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.
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.
