Water play and pedal cars at Hanasaki Water Park | KAZO
Hanasaki Water Park in Kazo made quite an impression on me. It isn’t a huge park, but there is a lot to do in the relatively small area. So much so,… Read more »
Tag Archives: Playground
Peter Rabbit lodgings during Golden Week trip | SHIZUOKA
For the last 7 years we’ve been going to a resort in Gotemba every Golden Week. The resort has a choice of accommodation ranging from hotel rooms to self catering… Read more »
New Year adventures. Kumagaya Sports Bunka park
There is a belief in Japan that how you spend your New Year’s is reflective of how your year will be. The New Year period lasts until the 7th of… Read more »
Playground at Ichigo no Sato | Yoshimi
Ichigo no Sato is a “roadside station” in the prefecture of Saitama, North west of Tokyo. A roadside station is a type of rest and service area with a large… Read more »
The play area and sakura at Miyoshino Shrine | KAWAGOE
Shinto shrines are plentiful in Japan, almost every village, town or city has one. There are usually amenities available at popular and / or large shrines, including toilets, baby feeding… Read more »
Kawagoe Sports Park | KAWAGOE
Written in 2013, updated in 2017. The first time I visited Kawagoe Sports park (川越運動公園）I wasn’t all that enamored with it. From the point of view of a parent, there is little… Read more »
Best of Saitama: Chikozan Park | SAYAMA
Multi-purpose park with Campsite, BBQ, Zoo, Fishing, Sport facilities, Athletic Playground, Multi-use Playground, Beautiful Flora and Fauna. Chikozan Park in Sayama is close to the controversial proposed site of the… Read more »
Okegawa Children’s Park | OKEGAWA
February 1st 2013 Today’s play-a-day was a new park for us, but I’m guessing Okegawa Children’s Park has been around a long time. The “monster” in the center of the… Read more »
Fun all year round in Kamihira Park | AGEO
My overwhelming impression of today’s new park is that it is the most used park I’ve been to this month. A friend commented to me recently that Japanese people don’t… Read more »
Athletic Playground at Isanuma Park, Kawagoe
Isanuma Park’s athletic playground equipment is a great fun place to burn off some energy for the kids (and some calories for me!). What the Japanese call “athletic playgrounds” is… Read more »