Our first full day back in Japan and it rained…a lot. We were jetlagged but the girls did not want to go to Tsukiji Fish Market. We opted for shopping at the nearby 24hr supermarket.
After waiting for everything else in the city to open, we took a bus from our place in Roppongi to Shibuya. In our previous visits to Japan, we had luck with Kaiten-sushi, Tsukiji Honten in Shibuya. However when we went back this time, the price was still cheap (most plates were JPY120) but the quality did not seem up to par. It was fine, not the same place I used to rave about.
We walked through the downpour after lunch to the Jido Kaikan. When we arrived, we were all soaked. The rain is nothing like the rain we get in the Bay Area….there is a lot of water!
The girls spent the next couple of hours playing instruments, making lots of arts and crafts, playing ping pong and enjoying a sing a long. They didn’t want to leave and that is pretty much their reaction each time we visit. What a treasure…and it’s free!
We went back to Jido Kaikan a few days later and the girls spent a lot of energy inline skating on the rooftop and making some toys in the woodworking workshop. Jido Kaikan has a very basic cafeteria (I am being generous calling is a cafeteria) but in a pinch it will do; which is exactly the position we were in on our second visit.
Jido Kaikan is a great place to go when you are looking for a fun, creative indoor outing for your children…and did I mention it’s free? It is about a 10minute walk from Shibuya station.
http://www.fukushihoken.metro.tokyo.jp/jidou/English/index.html
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