--- name: "Yoshinogari Historical Park" lat: 33.32709 lng: 130.38426 official_url: "https://www.yoshinogari.jp/" fee: "Everyone up to and including junior high school gets in free. Adults from 15 pay 460 yen, over-65s 200 yen; a two-day adult ticket is 500 yen and an annual pass 4,600 yen, valid at national government parks across Japan. A disability certificate admits the holder and one companion free. Parking is free for cars and motorbikes until 31 March 2027 under the New West Gate opening campaign - normally 310 yen for a car, 100 yen for a motorbike, 1,050 yen for a large vehicle, and always free for bicycles. Craft sessions cost extra: 100 yen for fire-starting (one tool set for up to four people), 100 yen per person for a clay whistle, 250 or 300 yen for a magatama bead. Those craft prices changed on 1 April 2025." last_verified: "2026-08-15" url: "https://www.piggybackjapan.com/spots/spot_0000181/" publisher: "Piggyback Japan" method: "Each fact below was read from the official page it links to. The date in the Verified column is the day we last opened that page." reuse: "Free to reuse with the check date kept. A link back is appreciated, not required." --- # Yoshinogari Historical Park The park preserves the Yoshinogari ruins and is laid out in four zones. Reconstructed pit dwellings and other buildings can be walked through, and craft sessions cover magatama beads, clay whistles and fire-starting. Four gates change the day: the East for the ruins, the West for the lawn and playground. A shuttle bus links them every twenty minutes. Every toilet has a baby bed and handrails, there are five nursing rooms, and a nurse is on duty. - Area: saga - Type: park - Average stay: 240 min - Hours: 9:00-17:00 from 1 April to 31 May and again from 1 September to 31 March; 9:00-18:00 from 1 June to 31 August. The park closes only three days a year: 31 December, the third Monday of January and the day after it. Inside Snow Peak Grounds Yoshinogari the shops keep their own hours - Starbucks 7:30-21:00, Mitsuse Chicken 11:00-18:00 on weekdays and 11:00-21:00 at weekends, Snow Peak 9:00-18:00 on weekdays and 9:00-19:00 at weekends. The outdoor cooking area takes bookings at the West Gate until 14:00. - Last verified: 2026-08-15 ## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date) | Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source | |---|---|---|---|---| | Stroller friendly | Yes | Pushchairs are lent free at each gate - 25 at the East Gate, 13 at the West Gate, 5 at the North Gate - but only for children under two who can hold their heads up, so an older toddler needs your own. The one flight of steps in the park, in front of the East Gate centre, has a ramp beside it. Pets must not be put in a borrowed pushchair. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.yoshinogari.jp/information/use/) | | Diaper changing table | Yes | Every toilet in the park has a baby bed, along with handrails, a washbasin and a call button. Toilets also have a baby seat for holding a child while you use them. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.yoshinogari.jp/information/use/) | | Nursing space | Yes (5) | Five nursing rooms: one at each of the three gates - East, West and North - and two more in the Ancient Forest zone. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.yoshinogari.jp/information/zone/entrance/) | | Family restroom | Yes | Each toilet block in the park has a barrier-free toilet with handrails, a washbasin, a baby bed, a baby seat, an audio guide and a call button. Ostomate-equipped ones are in every block except the north side of the East Gate centre and the exhibition room. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.yoshinogari.jp/information/special-needs/) | | Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet | | | | | Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet | | | | | Elevator | Not checked yet | | | | | Indoor / outdoor | Indoor & outdoor | The park is mostly open ground. Places to shelter from rain are the East Gate centre, the reconstructed buildings that are open, the exhibition room, the Yayoi Kurashi-kan hall (holds 300) and the rest houses. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.yoshinogari.jp/faq/) | | Outside food allowed | Yes | Bringing your own lunch is free. Good spots are the Yayoi no Ono field, the Festival Square and the Yayoi Kurashi-kan hall, and a few of the pit dwellings in the South Village can be eaten in. None of these places can be reserved. There is also a restaurant of about 100 seats at the East Gate, which takes bookings for meals and lunch boxes. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.yoshinogari.jp/faq/) | | English support | English menu & signs | The official site switches between Japanese, English, Korean, simplified and traditional Chinese. Whether staff speak English is not stated. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.yoshinogari.jp/) | | Steps & slope caution | Barrier-free | The only flight of steps in the park is in front of the East Gate centre, and it has a ramp beside it. Each gate car park has accessible bays, and a wheelchair-lift bus runs on the shuttle route. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.yoshinogari.jp/information/special-needs/) | | Child switch (rider swap) | Not checked yet | | | | | Stroller access notes | Yes | Four gates, and which one you choose changes the day: East for the ruins, West for the lawn, the play equipment and the outdoor cooking area, New West for Snow Peak Grounds and its campsite, North for the Ancient Forest activity house and the north campsite. A shuttle minibus leaves each gate every 20 minutes. Parking runs to 540 cars at the East Gate, 310 at the West, 100 at the New West and 230 at the North. You can leave and come back - get the re-entry stamp on your ticket - and the same day's parking stub works at another gate's car park. Coin lockers are at the east and west entrances, and bigger bags are held at the information desk. A nurse is on duty in the park. Children are not paged over the loudspeakers, because it would interfere with the audio exhibits. Bicycles cannot be ridden inside. Dogs are allowed on a lead but not inside the buildings, the burial mound, the exhibition room or the shuttle bus. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.yoshinogari.jp/information/use/) | | Official family-friendly certification | Not checked yet | | | | | Best-fit ages (guide) | Not checked yet | | | | | Crowding (guide) | Not checked yet | | | | | Quietness (guide) | Not checked yet | | | | | Lost-child support | Yes | Tell the nearest member of staff. Children are not paged over the loudspeakers - it would interfere with the audio exhibits - so agree a meeting time and place before you spread out. A nurse is on duty, and first-aid supplies are kept at the gates. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://www.yoshinogari.jp/information/use/) | ## How to cite these facts Free to reuse. Every fact above was read from the official page it links to, and re-checked on 2026-08-15. We keep the check date visible so you can tell how old a fact is — please keep it when you quote us. A link back is appreciated but not required. **Ready to paste (Markdown)** ``` Stroller friendly, Nursing space and Diaper changing table at Yoshinogari Historical Park — checked 2026-08-15 — [Piggyback Japan](https://www.piggybackjapan.com/spots/spot_0000181/) ``` **Ready to paste (HTML)** ``` Stroller friendly, Nursing space and Diaper changing table at Yoshinogari Historical Park — checked 2026-08-15 — Piggyback Japan ``` Found something out of date? 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