--- name: "Oshino Hakkai" lat: 35.4602407 lng: 138.8327032 official_url: "https://oshino-navi.com/" fee: "Seeing the ponds is free; only Sokonuke pond needs the Hannoki-bayashi Museum ticket: ¥300 adults, ¥150 elementary age and under, ¥100 ages 1 to kindergarten (2023 figures)." last_verified: "2026-10-03" url: "https://www.piggybackjapan.com/spots/spot_0000256/" 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." --- # Oshino Hakkai Those astonishingly blue depths are the main draw: a 6-year-old whose parent expected no interest peered into the pond bottoms intently. Then come the fish, with ¥100 bags of food sold by the ponds, and a 5-year-old's family loved feeding them. Inside the Hannoki-bayashi Museum grounds (paid entry), set around an old thatched farmhouse, a pond invites visitors to touch the rainbow trout. And with a map in hand, the same 5-year-old toured the ponds like a stamp rally, never getting bored. So here, looking closely is the whole game. - Area: Yamanashi - Type: See - Hours: The ponds have no entrance gate and no set hours, except Sokonuke pond, open only during the Hannoki-bayashi Museum's hours, 9:00–17:00. - Last verified: 2026-10-03 ## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date) | Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source | |---|---|---|---|---| | Nursing space | Not checked yet | | | | | Diaper changing table | Yes | The public restroom beside Wakuike pond has one diaper-changing table (parents' map post, April 2021). | 2021-04-20 (web) | [source](https://mamamap.jp/spots/67026) | | Family restroom | Yes | Yamanashi's welfare map lists accessible restrooms at several spots around the ponds, without naming each location. | 2026-10-03 (web) | [source](https://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/shogai-fks/fks-map/detail/o_30484.html) | | Stroller friendly | Yes | One family toured with a stroller but could not cross the spring-water spot at Nakaike, and the water-wheel area was too crowded to move. | 2026-10-03 (web) | [source](https://ameblo.jp/takoyaki-wagnerian/entry-12895582662.html) | | Lost-child support | Not checked yet | | | | | Indoor / outdoor | Outdoor | | 2025-01-21 (web) | [source](https://oshino-navi.com/archives/news/1868) | | Diaper disposal bin | Yes | The changing area in the restroom beside Wakuike pond has a diaper bin and space for bags (April 2021 post). | 2021-04-20 (web) | [source](https://mamamap.jp/spots/67026) | | Kids' toilet seat & step stool | No | The listing for the restroom beside Wakuike pond shows no child toilet seat (April 2021). | 2021-04-20 (web) | [source](https://mamamap.jp/spots/67026) | | Elevator | Not checked yet | | | | | English support | English-speaking staff | Furusato Oshino Annainin volunteer guides cost ¥4,000 per guide for up to 2 hours in a foreign language (¥3,000 in Japanese); apply in advance, in principle 6 days ahead; English on-site signs are unconfirmed. | 2023-11-27 (web) | [source](https://www.vill.oshino.lg.jp/site/kanko/1617.html) | | Outside food allowed | Not checked yet | | | | | Official family-friendly certification | Not checked yet | | | | | High chair | Not checked yet | | | | | Kids' menu | Not checked yet | | | | | Best-fit ages (guide) | Yes | There is no play area for children; one writer recommends it from about elementary-school age, as an opinion, not an age rule. | 2026-02-27 (web) | [source](https://aplacetoremember.com/oshino-hakkai/) | ## How to cite these facts Free to reuse. Every fact shown with a value above was read from the official page it links to, and re-checked on 2026-10-03; rows marked "Not checked yet" have not been checked. 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 and Diaper changing table at Oshino Hakkai — checked 2026-10-03 — [Piggyback Japan](https://www.piggybackjapan.com/spots/spot_0000256/) ``` **Ready to paste (HTML)** ``` Stroller friendly and Diaper changing table at Oshino Hakkai — checked 2026-10-03 — Piggyback Japan ``` Found something out of date? Tell us and we will re-check the official page and update the date.