*This playcentre/small museum is outside of the city.
People who don’t have kids might think it’s so weird for a blogger to recommend a day out with kids in a large department store. BUT Mums (particularly Mums with more than one very young child) will know that a department store trip can be a full adventure out in itself.
If it’s rainy or just too hot outside we head here.
Here is a list of the shops in this department store too – incase you need to run errands beforehand or afterwards.
Here is some help with working out how to get there.
With my love for LaLaPort Kid’s facilities continuing.. .check out the Lalaport at Fujimi in Saitama (also a bit over an hour from the Centre of Tokyo.)
The incredibly clever projection/installation/design geniuses that are Team Lab have a whole play area just for children. It’s so much crazy, bouncy, rainbow fun for kiddlie-winks but also educational and oh so aesthetically pleasing.
The artists at Team Lab have amazing pop-up exhibits all over Japan all the time but this is one of their permanent exhibitions. They have a beautiful English website. (See HERE. )
A full day pass is 1200 yen but I think an hour or so is more than enough (we filled in more of the day with the arcade games and rides that I’ve listed just below. ) Instead I paid 500 yen each person for 30 minutes and extended for an additional 30 minutes after that.
If you’re nearby and don’t even go in there is an interactive video wall to play with near the entrance.
TEAM LAB LALAPORT FUJIMI
1-1313 YAMAMURO, FUJIMI-SHI, SAITAMA
OPEN 10AM-6PM
WEBSITE
After the Team Lab visit we made use of the play arcade fun right out front.
We also just potter around and shop and snack too.
Just near the arcade store is this old-school Japanese sweet & toy shop. We left with a wheel-along balloon dog and elephant – which actually lasted us a few months! (Cost about 300 yen each)
Within this LalaPort Complex, my kids really liked eating at the hamburg (bun-less hamburgers) restaurant called ‘Ishigamaya Hamburg‘ on the 3rd floor. They had a great kids plate and the kids could choose one toy each. There was also a vegetarian tofu salad for me!
For help getting to Lalaport Fujimi, see the access website here.
