These are some awesome spots to take
kids in Yokohama
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So this one is going to be a fun one
Today I'm doing something a little bit
different and I'm taking Wolfy along
maybe it's going to be one of those take
your kids to work days
Basically I'm going to cruise around with Wolfy today
take you around Yokohama and show you
some of the cool spots to take your kids
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All right let's do this
Okay so this is gonna be an all-day event so you can
probably consider this a day in my life
or maybe not either way we're having fun
today for this one we've decided to
spend it in Yokohama primarily because
it has so many more kid-friendly
activities in close proximity compared to Tokyo
It'll make getting around a lot easier
No.1 - HAPIP LAND in ASOBUILD
Here's our first spot
An entertainment mall called ASOBUILD
which is directly connected from the
southeast exit path or a two-minute walk
from the east exit of Yokohama station
Fun fact this building was originally
part of the Yokohama central post office
building and has since been renovated
into this fun place where people of all ages can enjoy
Hapipi Land, the place we're going first
is located on the fourth floor
It's basically a huge
indoor playground with a cute colorful space theme
Just like Japanese houses you've got to
take your shoes off before you go inside
I wonder if that's the same in other countries
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There's so many different sections for
kids to play like the trampoline disco area
where you can dance at the music
a giant ball pit, a music zone where you can play instruments
a cute little library cave with both Japanese and foreign books
A maze tarzan rope foam pit, a train area
a little baby play area and even a loop
of padded slides
which even Wolfy loved so much
I couldn't get him to leave and
we had to extend our time
since there are so many options from the athletic gym to
musical instruments is perfect for
families with multiple kids or playdates
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This place is great. It has an awesome
ball pit and all these like little
things that Wolfy can do I think it's
like quite fun in general for kids
Oh and there's a restaurant area on the
first floor with a very strong Izakaya
drinking yokocho alle vibe so not as
suitable for super young kids but maybe
for the parent wanting to get a little
tipsy in between ball pit dives
This is perfect. All joking aside at the moment
due to covid many of the restaurants are
closed but should be promising when they
fully open back up
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No.2 Keikyu Museum
All right so we are about to go into the Keikyu Museum
we're going to see all sorts of trains
You ready you want to go ?
Wolfy : Go !!
Okay
This is a Train Bus Museum created by
Keikyu one of the largest public
transportation companies in Japan
It's located on the first floor of their
company headquarters in the Minato Mirai 21 area
The best part is that it's free
and you know I love free
Right when you go inside
You're greeted by Keikyu's Deha 236 train
And a life-size replica train platform from the 70's
It's pretty cool
to see the rebuilt train in person
You can even go inside the train sit on the
seats and check out the history exhibition
The museum also has a train simulator
It costs 500 yen just under 5$ to drive the train
But you do need to make a reservation online
or if you don't make one
You can just simply enjoy the passenger section
To be honest, I didn't
plan ahead and make reservations so
Wolfy and I just played with the
standing passenger handles
The highlight for Wolfy though was for sure the bus
simulator as he's completely in love
with the wheels on the bus right now
Luckily this attraction didn't need a reservation
and Wolfy could honk the
horn and press all the buttons to his heart's content
Just look at how much fun he's having
This is pretty cool this is a real deal
bus setup the only thing is that you
know you're not actually on the road but
it is pretty spot on to what a real bus
would be like some of the buttons
actually work um like this stop button
If you're into model trains it also has
a huge train and bus diorama with a 12
meter long roadway it's pretty cool to
see how much detail was put into it
Wolfy liked it alright but he would
have loved it a bit more if daddy would
have let him pick up the trains passing by
Finally it's a good spot to pick up
some Japanese train and bus goods for your kids
It's rather difficult to find
such a section even online
No.3 Anpanman Children's Museum
You want to see Anpanman ?
Wolfy : Appa
This spot is a brilliantly convenient
three minute walk from the Keikyu museum on Shin-Takashima street
Many kids overseas may not understand the gravity
of anpanman for Japanese kids
But it rivals Disney's Mickey Mouse or any
other ultra popular figure
This is a Japanese kid's dream theme park
But to be fair Wolfy doesn't even watch
Anpanman on TV but rather sees Anpanman
toys here and there and I guess that's
enough for him to have a blast at this place
The first floor is a mall dedicated to anpanman
You can buy anpanman products, play at the anpanman
arcade hit up the anpanman photo booth
and it even has an anpanman food court
plus dedicated restaurant
wow
also I should mention that Maiko
really loved the shop
The variety of products here was amazing
They literally had everything you could think of from
snacks to a butt wipe case
a lot of stuff you would have trouble finding online
They also had an embroidery shop
so you can put your kids name on bags and clothes
Curry or Rice ?
so we're here at the food court it looks
like it has like a moderate selection of food
What's nice is that it always has
food for kids you can get like little
rice bowls udon tempura
we actually got for Wolfy curry rice
and then I just got a hamburger so
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he has been going all through his curry
rice here apparently he's like a lot as
you can see you can see right here the
burger is not so bad either just like a
regular cheeseburger hey wait for me
wait for me
I also ordered the Baby Castella for Wolfy
But he wanted to play with them instead
as a parent I'm always happy to
find his imagination even if it's food
Wolfy : Appa
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all right let's continue on
Now let's move on to the second and third floor
You do need to purchase
tickets online though in advance since
the restriction gets entry due to COVID at the moment
all you have to do is show
the email with QR code at the front and
you're in
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so here they've got a playground area
where kids can jump around and have all
sorts of fun
and Wolfy especially liked this slope area
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and the main highlight was the show
I completely underestimated it
Wolfy loves dancing these days and he got
super super super excited
even after the show finished
he couldn't stop dancing
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next to it there's a little town area
where the kids can visit the characters houses
Here kids can be little farmers
and cook things up in cabal's kitchen
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This is pretty crazy there's just so much anpanman
stuff to do here you can go over there
and there's like slides and this room
here has like little place where you can
press buttons and he loves pressing
button there's even like a kitchen over
there so there's like quite a lot of
stuff to do there's even kind of like a
show that they have and he really loves that
come on we are gona ride in the
Maiko : It's so far
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No.4 Yokohama Air Cabin
The air cabin connects Sakuragichō station and
unga park which is where world porters
and the Yokohama red brick warehouse are located
It's actually walking distance
between points but it's nice to see the
view from up high especially if you're
visiting for the first time
This is nice this I want to say gondola
they call it an air cabin it's uh been
around for about a year now
I think it was last year and maybe March or April
it's a it's pretty cool because it's
just you can see that it's fairly new
So its not like one of those like old worn
places like everything is still like
pretty brand new
but probably not a lot of tourists
this hasn't gotten a lot of use compared
to what they would have thought
Wolfy, Look !!
We are going sky high !!
Yeah !!
A Boat, Look a boat
we gone on at sunset time so we got to
see the night view at the end
Whcih is always amazing in Yokohama
right by the water you don't necessarily need to be
inside of the air cabin at this time but
maybe staying until the sun goes down is a good idea
At the end of the day Wolfy sure did love the view
I know because at the end of the ride he said
wait for it
Wolfy : one more
one more ?
You want to ride it again ?
Wolfy : One more
all in all it's a perfect way to end our day in Yokohama
all right so that concludes the video
that's what you could do if you go to
Yokohama and you want to spend some time
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