Japan's local experiences, editor-curated
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Playground Fujino Art House
A craft experience facility tucked deep in the nature of Sagamihara-Tsukui. Pick the toy you want to make, buy a ticket, and use the workshop's tools and scrap materials freely to build a one-of-a-kind piece.
Travel
Scenic and touristic spots
Kinbue Shoyu Park
A soy sauce theme park run by 230-year-old Fueki Shoyu in Kawajima, Saitama. Factory tours, soy sauce soft-serve, play areas, and a brewery restaurant — half a day of family fun.
Excellent Gelato at Lake Tsukui
'Megu Gelato,' a real gelato shop inside Tsukui-ko Shiroyama Park. Nine flavors built around local Sagamihara ingredients — the perfect pairing for a lawn picnic.
Chibori Yugawara Sweets Factory
A sweets experience facility 3 minutes from JR Yugawara Station. 60-min ¥660 cookie buffet (+ 1 drink) and a 45-min ¥1,000 icing-cookie workshop — strong detour spots on a Yugawara trip.
Restaurant
Food and dining
Authentic Indonesian at Cafe Enak, Right Outside Ebina Station
An Indonesian restaurant a one-minute walk from Ebina Station, where the air of Bali pours straight in. Sweet-sauced mie goreng, weekend-only nasi campur, and pisang goreng made with cooking bananas — all at a flat ¥1,000 lunch. The fiery sambal demands respect.
Tomato & Onion Tama Center Ekimae
A family restaurant 『Tomato & Onion』 that opened in front of Tama Center Station in March 2026. A record of enjoying chewy hamburg steak finished on a sizzling lava stone, plus the free-refill black curry, together with my kid.
Hattendo Cafelie Kisarazu: where kids actually focus on bread-making
Chiba outpost of Hiroshima's famous cream-pan maker. A combo of bread-making workshop, proper restaurant, and retail shop inside the Kazusa Academia Park.
Playground
Fun and entertainment
Fujino Art House
A craft experience facility tucked deep in the nature of Sagamihara-Tsukui. Pick the toy you want to make, buy a ticket, and use the workshop's tools and scrap materials freely to build a one-of-a-kind piece.
Fujisawa Shonandai Cultural Center Children's Museum
An indoor children's museum a 5-minute walk from Shonandai Station in Fujisawa. With casual pricing of 300 yen for adults and 100 yen for kids, the exhibition hall packs in a giant slide, instruments and masks from around the world, a recreated old Japanese house, and play-kitchen corners — a solid half-day of fun and learning.
Dagashi Shop: CANDY STORE
An American-general-store-style dagashi (nostalgic Japanese candy) shop tucked in the mountains of Aikawa, Kanagawa. Classic penny candies plus super-ball scoops and a whole gacha room — more playground than shop.
Costco
Costco finds and deals
Cooking
Recipes and kitchen tips
Recent posts
- Playground Fujino Art House
- Restaurant Authentic Indonesian at Cafe Enak, Right Outside Ebina Station
- Restaurant Tomato & Onion Tama Center Ekimae
- Playground Fujisawa Shonandai Cultural Center Children's Museum
- Restaurant Hattendo Cafelie Kisarazu: where kids actually focus on bread-making
- Restaurant MARE YUHIGAOKA Hiratsuka
- Playground Dagashi Shop: CANDY STORE
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