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

Wolfy : Appa

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

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