The 10 Best Children's Museums in Kanto, Japan

January 1, 2022 Roseanne Arnett

Discover the best top things to do in Kanto, Japan including KidZania Tokyo, Kawasaki Robostage, teamLab Future Park LaLaport Fujimi, teamLab Future Park LaLaport Shonan Hiratsuka, Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum, Dagashiya Game Museum, Meiji Naruhodo Factory Moriya, Koshigaya City Scientic Museum For Children Cosmos, Sanoshi Kodomo No Kuni, Science Center for Children Hachilabo.
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1. KidZania Tokyo

2-4-9 Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu North Port 3F, Toyosu, Koto 135-8614 Tokyo Prefecture +81 570-064-646 [email protected] http://www.kidzania.jp/tokyo/
Excellent
51%
Good
36%
Satisfactory
9%
Poor
3%
Terrible
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 498 reviews

KidZania Tokyo

KidZania is a city founded by the children of the world where they can be leaders and learn about society while having fun. Kids get to role-play as Adults at more than 90 jobs and activities using real-world tools and equipment. Complete with shops, vehicles and a functional society, KidZania is a 2/3 scale city just for Kids. Choose an activity at the TV Station, Airplane, Bank or any of the over 60 pavilions. Put on a uniform and get to work! ★What to do? First, choose a pavilion where you want to work. After you finish your job, you get paid in the local currency, "kidZos". Use your kidZos to shop and pay for services. At most activities, you will be creating something new. Whether it is food from the Pizza Shop or Bakery, or a DVD from the Fashion Show, what you create is yours to keep! ★Let's Start! Just like any country you will travel to, the more you plan before you enter, the better. Upon entering KidZania, choose a pavilion and get started! ★Getting Tickets KidZania Tokyo operates two shifts daily. ・1st shift:9:00am - 3:00pm ・2st shift:4:00pm - 9:00pm Congestion is expected. Please come here as early as possible! Book your tickets online ahead of time to make sure you get in on the day and time you wish. Same-day ticket sales are limited and subject to capacity. ★Using English Though most Activities are in Japanese, a limited number are conducted in English every day. Regardless of language skill, all Kids are encouraged to try any activity they wish!

Reviewed By WS_Ang - Singapore, Singapore

Excellent indoor facility for children to role play different occupations and earn kidzo (currency that can be used in all Kidzania outlets globally). It is located in a shopping mall and near to Toyosu station. Staff are friendly, helpful and patient, and they make instructions very simple for kids (young kids or kids who don’t speak Japanese) to follow. You can check in (best to buy tickets online before visiting) at the counter before the shift starts (2 shifts per day: 9am to 3pm and 4pm to 9pm) and you will be given a queue number card for entering. You can start to queue 45 minutes before the shift starts at the stipulated queue spot according to your queue number and admission begins around 30 minutes before the shift starts. Once inside, it is best to go to the popular activities (Nintendo, candy factory, pilot) to make a reservation so that you can come back for that activity later at the reserved time. You can only make the next reservation after you have finished the first reserved activity. In the meantime, You can do other jobs that are available (refer to the timing information displayed at each activity). For the theatre events, there’s only 1 session per event(example, there’s only 1 wedding ceremony per shift) so you might want to reserve for a particular type of theatre activity that your child really wants to do. Kidzania Tokyo does not use the B.Kidzania PaZZport so you cannot collect stamps in your PaZZport here. Instead they use the job reservations card and they give out a job card at the end of each completed activity, which is quite a nice collectible. They also have professionally taken photos of your child for certain activities that are printed out and displayed near the entrance and you can choose which one you will like to purchase. (Wish they can be more environmentally friendly though!) They have some F&B outlets for food and drinks purchases, with lots of seatings around. There’s also a parents lounge for parents to relax in. We went for the Speak English Wednesday 2nd shift event, and we heard from the staff that the speak English events are usually not as crowded. Overall it’s a unique and fun place for kids to try different jobs activity.

2. Kawasaki Robostage

2-3-1 Trade Pier Odaiba 1F, Daiba, Minato 135-0091 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-6457-2800 http://robotics.kawasaki.com/en1/index.html?language_id=1
Excellent
62%
Good
24%
Satisfactory
14%
Poor
0%
Terrible
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 21 reviews

Kawasaki Robostage

"Kawasaki Robostage" aims to propose new forms of human–robot coexistence and collaboration towards the coming robot society. The showroom targets both the companies considering utilizing robots as well as the general public. Anyone can come to see,experience the marvels of robots and deepen their understanding of robotics. *Opening Hours* Tue, Wed & Fri 13:00~18:00 Sat, Sun & national holidays 10:00~18:00 *Closed* Mon & Thu *Open if a national holiday We will have irregular operating hours due to maintenance and exhibition renewal.

Reviewed By badmintontim - Hastings, United Kingdom

This is not so easy to find but is a great place to visit as it is interactive and fun for all ages - do go in as even though a lot of the outside is in Japanese, it is free to enter and one can interact with the robots that are generally used for other tasks in the real world, such as car manufacture or medicines and travel in a VR reality as well! The staff are really friendly and we came away with portraits drawn by a robot as well - all free of charge! Definitely recommended Enjoy

3. teamLab Future Park LaLaport Fujimi

1_1313 Yamamuro LaLaport Fujimi, Fujimi 354-0022 Saitama Prefecture +81 49-257-5662 http://futurepark.teamlab.art/places/lalaportfujimi
Excellent
67%
Good
33%
Satisfactory
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Poor
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 6 reviews

teamLab Future Park LaLaport Fujimi

teamLab Future Park delivers a "co-creative" experience for children through digital art. There were more than 6 million visitors all over the world since we started this project. The shop in Lalaport Fujimi opened in April 2015 as the first permanent exhibition in Japan.

4. teamLab Future Park LaLaport Shonan Hiratsuka

10-1 Amanuma LaLaport Shonan Hiratsuka, Hiratsuka 254-0031 Kanagawa Prefecture +81 463-72-8276 http://futurepark.teamlab.art/places/lalaporthiratsuka
Excellent
50%
Good
50%
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Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 2 reviews

teamLab Future Park LaLaport Shonan Hiratsuka

teamLab Future Park delivers a "co-creative" experience for children through digital art. There were more than 6 million visitors all over the world since we started this project. The shop in Lalaport Shonan Hiratsuka opened in Oct 2016 as the second permanent exhibition in Japan.

5. Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum

6-2-9, Minatomirai, Nishi, Yokohama 220-0012 Kanagawa Prefecture +81 45-227-8855 http://www.yokohama-anpanman.jp
Excellent
25%
Good
44%
Satisfactory
22%
Poor
5%
Terrible
4%
Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 402 reviews

Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum

Reviewed By wesleywaisiu - Singapore, Singapore

This new Anpanman theme park is a must go for the kids (below 6 years old) even if they don't know who is Anpanman or can't speak Japanese. The shows are very entertaining which you can guess what they are doing. The indoor playground is fun. A lot of cute merchandise, and the characters are everywhere, even in toilet bowl. The bakery shop sell Anpanman character bread and the food court also have a lot of Anpanman food. However, if you are going by yourself or group of adult, I suggest you to skip this as you may not be able to feel the joy here.

6. Dagashiya Game Museum

17-8 Miyamotocho, Itabashi 174-0054 Tokyo Prefecture http://dgm.hmc6.net/miyamotochou/
Excellent
36%
Good
50%
Satisfactory
7%
Poor
7%
Terrible
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Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 14 reviews

Dagashiya Game Museum

7. Meiji Naruhodo Factory Moriya

3456 Nogasaki, Moriya 302-0117 Ibaraki Prefecture +81 297-20-6041 http://www.meiji.co.jp/learned/factory/moriya/index.html
Excellent
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Good
100%
Satisfactory
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Overall Ratings

4.0 based on 1 reviews

Meiji Naruhodo Factory Moriya

8. Koshigaya City Scientic Museum For Children Cosmos

2-9, Sengendaihigashi, Koshigaya Saitama Prefecture +81 48-978-1515 http://www.city.koshigaya.saitama.jp/toiawase/shisetsu/jidokankosodateshien/jidokosumosu/index.html
Excellent
13%
Good
38%
Satisfactory
50%
Poor
0%
Terrible
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Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 8 reviews

Koshigaya City Scientic Museum For Children Cosmos

9. Sanoshi Kodomo No Kuni

579, Horimaicho, Sano 327-0843 Tochigi Prefecture +81 283-21-1515 http://www.kodomonokuni.jp/
Excellent
14%
Good
29%
Satisfactory
57%
Poor
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Terrible
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Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 7 reviews

Sanoshi Kodomo No Kuni

10. Science Center for Children Hachilabo

23-21 Sakuragaokacho 3f, Shibuya 150-0031 Tokyo Prefecture +81 3-3464-3485 http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/kosodate/hachirabo.html
Excellent
0%
Good
67%
Satisfactory
33%
Poor
0%
Terrible
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Overall Ratings

3.5 based on 6 reviews

Science Center for Children Hachilabo

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