[Indoor Facilities] Where to Go on Rainy Days in Tokai Area! For Family Outings!

Do you want to enjoy going out even in a bad weather? We have summarized the outing spots in the Tokai area (Aichi, Gifu, Mie) that you can enjoy even on rainy days.

From classics such as museums and art galleries, to factory tours and facilities with plenty of spaces for kids. We will introduce outing spots where you can play indoors without worrying about the weather! Please use it as a reference for sightseeing and dates as well.

* Information is current at the time of the interview.
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Aquarium surrounded by LEGO blocks

Adjacent to LEGOLAND Resort Japan is the Aquarium "Sea Life Nagoya".

"SEA LIFE" is the world's largest aquarium brand that opened in Scotland in 1979 and has operations in more than 50 countries around the world. "SEA LIFE NAGOYA" was created with the theme of naturally instilling an interest in the sea for children, and you can enjoy the collaboration of sea creatures and LEGO.

It is an aquarium where you can “see, touch, and learn” mainly for children aged 5 to 12.

[SEA LIFE Nagoya]
Address: 2-2-1 Kinjo Futo, Minato Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
https://www.legoland.jp/resort-guide/sealife-nagoya/

"Komaki Children's Miraikan" where Children can Play Freely

"Komaki Children's Miraikan" in Komaki City. This is Komaki City's central children's center, where children can find their own learning while having fun through various games and experiences. In addition to play equipment such as athletics, digital play, drone experience, and craft classes are also available.

The floor is staffed by qualified nursery school teachers and licensed teachers, who provide professional support for a wide range of childcare issues. The space is designed to allow children to stretch out and play freely.

[Komaki Children's Miraikan]
Address : 3-555 Komaki, Lapio
Telephone number ：0568-54-1256
 https://www.city.komaki.aichi.jp/admin/soshiki/kodomomirai/tasedaipuraza/zigyousuisin/kodomomiraikan/31327.html

Play Freely while Being Wrapped in the Scent of Wood
"Forest Wakuwaku Garden Wanouchi Branch/Yoro Branch"

"moriwaku market" in Yoro-cho and Wanouchi-cho in Gifu Prefecture will be reopened in July 2019 as "Mori no Waku Waku Garden Wanouchi Branch/Yoro Branch"!

A wide variety of playgrounds using wood from all over Japan, such as bouldering and mazes, have been added to the vast site of each store exceeding 1,000 tsubo. These two wood education facilities were born from the idea of "I want you to play as much as you like in your own garden!" Play on wooden athletics, relax on the lawn, eat delicious gourmet food, and read. It is a spot where parents and children can play all day even on rainy days.

[Mori no Wakuwaku Garden Wanouchi]
Address: 280-1 Shigoshinkai, Wanouchi-cho, Anpachi-gun, Gifu Prefecture
Phone number: 0584-69-5780

[Mori no Wakuwaku Garden Yoroten]
Address: 582-1 Uda, Yoro-cho, Yoro-gun, Gifu Prefecture
Phone number: 0584-32-2400

https://www.moriwakunoniwa.jp/

A New Spot in Centrair
"FLIGHT OF DREAMS"

FLIGHT OF DREAMS OF DREAMS is a complex facility located within Central Japan International Airport Centrair Aichi Prefecture.

In December 2021, the "Flight Park" on the 1st floor of the facility was reopened as a free area. You can enjoy three areas: the "Airplane Area" where you can learn about airplanes, the "Airport Area" where you can learn about Centrair, and the "Kids Area" which is very popular with children.

[Central Japan International Airport Centrair “FLIGHT OF DREAMS”]
1-1-1 Centrair Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture

https://flightofdreams.jp/

Learn about vinegar while having fun
"MIM Mizkan Museum"

The location is along the Handa Canal, a 3-minute walk from JR Taketoyo Line "Handa" Station and a 13-minute walk from Meitetsu Kowa Line "Chita Handa" Station.

The history of the Mizkan Group is drawn like a picture scroll, and you can learn about Mizkan's transformation and history.

The "Garden of Light" area where you can enjoy learning about the appeal of food through various experiences

​MIM Mitsukan Museum is located in Handa City, Aichi Prefecture, and was completely renovated in November 2015. It is a hands-on museum where visitors can enjoy learning about the history of vinegar production and the fascinating food culture of Mizukan, a company famous for its vinegar.

We, Life Designs, participated in the "whole building course" where you can take a thorough look at all five zones. The price is 300 yen for adults, 200 yen for middle and high school students, 100 yen for elementary school students, and free for younger children. Even if you go with the whole family, you can enter for about 1,000 yen.

【MIM Mizkan Museum】 *Reservation is required
Address : 2-6 Nakamura-cho, Handa, Aichi, Japan
Phone number : 0569-24-5111

http://www.mizkan.co.jp/mim/

A Bookstore where You can Enjoy Encountering Books
"Kusamura BOOKS Shinmoriyama"

Makoto Tanijiri of SUPPOSE DESIGN OFFICE Co., Ltd. designed the interior of the store.

The restaurant section is also substantial. Additive-free ohagi "OHAGI3", teppanyaki meat dishes and rice bowls "Nikudokoro Zero Hachi", pizza baked in a Neapolitan oven "zero otto", and more for meals and snacks.

One corner of the picture book store is a lawn square "Kids Space". There is also a nursing room near the kids space.

"Kusamura Books (Kusamura Books) Shin-moriyama Store" opened on the second floor of "Apita Shin-moriyama Store". It is a book & cafe where you can enjoy a new bookstore experience with new “discoveries” and “encounters”, not just a bookstore. They have over 500,000 new and used books, one of the largest in the region! It is a bookstore that has become a hot topic as a presence that enlivens the area, with a variety of events held every month.

[Kusaso BOOKS Shinmoriyama store]
Address: Apita Shinmoriyama store 2nd floor, 2830 Shinmoriyama, Moriyama Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Phone number: 052-791-5152

http://kusamura.life/

Family-Friendly Bookstore
"Nagoya Minato Tsutaya Bookstore"

Opened in September 2018 in "LaLaport Nagoya Minato AQULS" in Minato Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture.

The main feature of "Tsutaya Bookstore" is "BOOK&CAFE". It is a system that allows you to freely read books before purchase in the store if you order one drink. (Up to 3 books)

In the children's book corner, where 10,000 titles, mainly picture books, are available, there is a kids' space where children can enjoy reading books.

​"Nagoya Minato Tsutaya Bookstore" opened in "LaLaport Nagoya Minato AQULS". A lifestyle bookstore where you can relax and enjoy reading with a cup of coffee.

"Tsutaya Bookstore" has a different concept for each store. "Nagoya Minato Tsutaya Bookstore" is based on the theme of "WITH FAMILY" and has three genres of "outing", "childcare" and "car", and proposes time to enjoy with family.

Nagoya Minato Tsutaya
Address ：Lalaport Nagoya Minato Acres, 2-3-2 Minatoaki, Minato-ku, Nagoya City
Phone number ：052-387-6800

Both Adults and Children can Enjoy! Library of New Sense
"Minna no Mori Gifu Media Cosmos"

It was designed by Toyo Ito, winner of the Pritzker Prize, known as the "Nobel Prize for Architects."

On the second floor, a one-room library spreads out in a vast space of approximately 89m x 80m. It is a very open space that is completely different from the conventional library.

"Children's Globe" with reading materials for children. Next to it, there is a "Parent and Child Glove" where fathers and mothers and small children under the age of 3 can play barefoot together.

It is a complex facility "Minna no Mori Gifu Media Cosmos" in Gifu Prefecture. It consists of "three bases": Gifu City Central Library, Civic Activity Exchange Center, and Minna no Gallery. Since its opening in 2015 (July 2015), it has been a hot spot with more than 1.2 million visitors in one year.

[Minna no Mori Gifu Media Cosmos]
Address: 40-5 Tsukasamachi, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture
Hours: 9:00-20:00 (Central Library closes at 20:00)

https://g-mediacosmos.jp/index.html

Learn while Playing with the Latest Digital Technology!
Next-generation Theme Park
"Little Planet mozo Wonder City"

The next-generation theme park “Little Planet” opened in December 2019 at the large-scale commercial facility “mozo Wonder City” in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture.

At "Little Planet mozo Wonder City", you can enjoy 15 kinds of attractions that you can learn while playing with the latest digital technology, such as AR sand play "SAND PARTY!", digital paper sumo "PAPER RIKISHI", and light and sound ball pool "ZABOOM" using projection mapping.

Little Planet mozo Wonder City
Address : 4F mozo wonder city, 40 Futakata-cho, Nishi-ku, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan
Phone number ：052-908-7732

https://litpla.com/space/litpla_mozo/

Mentaiko Specialty Theme Park to Play and Learn
Mentai Park Tokoname

Kanefuku's mascot character "Tarapiyo" is a landmark! Tokoname ware, a specialty of Tokoname, is used for the outer walls.

Inside the “Mentai Museum” where you can play and learn about mentaiko, there is also a kids corner where small children can play.

"Factory Gallery" where you can see the mentaiko manufacturing site up close

​Mentai Park is a theme park specializing in mentaiko (seasoned cod roe) operated by Kanefuku, a long-established mentaiko producer. There are five locations nationwide, and in the Tokai area, it is located in Tokoname City, on the Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture. This is the only park in the Chubu region.

It is a spot where both adults and children can play and learn, such as a mentaiko factory that can be visited for free, a direct sales store of freshly made mentaiko, a food court, and a mentaiko museum!

[Mentai Park Tokoname]
Address: 1-25-4 Rinkucho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture
Phone number: 0569-35-9900

https://mentai-park.com/park/tokoname/

Experience the Charm of Pottery
Experience-type Museum
"INAX Museum"

The "World Tile Museum" exhibits about 1,000 decorative tiles from around the world from BC to modern times, and introduces the history of their development.

The Islamic tiled dome ceiling is one of the highlights of the World Tile Museum. Many of you may be familiar with it on SNS.

A popular workshop is “Making glowing mud dumplings”. Using a completely different method from making "mud dumplings" in a sandbox or garden, clay spheres are shaved, colored, and polished to create glowing spheres.

"INAX Museum" operated by LIXIL in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, the city of pottery. There are 6 facilities in the facility, and you can not only see and learn, but also touch the tiles and participate in workshops. There is also an Italian restaurant, so it's a spot where you can enjoy a whole day with your family.

[INAX Museum]
Address ：1-130 Okuei-cho, Tokoname-shi, Aichi
Phone Number ：0569-34-8282

https://livingculture.lixil.com/ilm/

Meet Sea Friends from All Over the World
"Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium"

" Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium" is located at the Port of Nagoya Garden Wharf.

The aquarium offers the dolphin performances in one of the largest pools in Japan. Also, there are public training of killer whales, which are currently kept in only two locations in Japan. Visitors can encounter as many as 50,000 marine creatures of about 500 species. A school of about 35,000 Japanese pilchards can be seen swimming in the Kuroshio large tank!

What you can not miss are the dolphin performances that take place in one of the largest pools in Japan. The main pool is 60 meters wide, 30 meters deep, and water depth is up to 12 meters, with a stadium that can accommodate 3,000 people, making it one of the largest in Japan. The dolphins' speedy performance is breathtaking.

It's basically a tour inside the building, so it's a nice point that it's easy to visit even on rainy days!

[Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium]
Address: 1-3 Minatomachi, Minato Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Phone number: 052-654-7080

https://nagoyaaqua.jp/

The Fourth Smallest Aquarium in Japan
"Takeshima Aquarium"

Takeshima Aquarium is a municipal aquarium located in Takeshima-cho, Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture. Since it's run by the city, the price is quite reasonable at 500 yen for adults (200 yen for elementary and junior high school students).

About 4,500 creatures of about 500 species are on display at all times in the museum. About 100 kinds of deep-sea fish caught by local fishermen off the coast of Mie and Wakayama are introduced, including the rare Steller's sea crocodile shark and Japanese spider crab.

I can't help but laugh! Unique handwritten pop is one of the attractions

Touch pool "Sawarin Pool". During the winter season, you can touch spider crabs, giant beetles, and crab crabs. In summer, you can touch familiar sea creatures! (*There may be deep sea creatures)

​Takeshima Aquarium is the fourth smallest aquarium in Japan, built in 1962 in Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture. There are no large aquariums or dolphin shows. However, the number of visitors has increased year by year, reaching a record high of 450,000 in 2018! This aquarium is becoming a hot topic with people saying, ``The unique exhibits are hilarious!'' and ``It's so interesting that I want an annual pass!''

[Takeshima Aquarium]
Address ：1-6 Takeshima-cho, Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture
Telephone number ：0533-68-2059

http://www.city.gamagori.lg.jp/site/takesui/

About 1,200 kinds of Creatures are Exhibited
"Toba Aquarium"

"Toba Aquarium" in Toba City, Mie Prefecture. It is a very popular aquarium with over 60 million visitors, celebrating its 65th anniversary in May 2020.

With the catchphrase "the largest number of species kept in Japan," the aquarium exhibits about 1,200 species of creatures, ranging from the only dugong in aquarium in Japan to a variety of unusual creatures. It is the aquarium that keeps the largest number of species of living creatures in Japan!

However, Toba Aquarium does not only have a large number of breeding species. There are plenty of attractions that will make you want to visit Toba, such as a showtime full of laughter and a large-scale exhibition space!

[Toba Aquarium]
Address: 3-3-6 Toba, Toba City, Mie Prefecture
Phone number: 0599-25-2555

https://www.aquarium.co.jp/

Meet the Freshwater Fishes From All Over the World
"Aqua Toto Gifu"

Aqua Toto is located in Kawashima Kasada-cho, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture. It takes about 50 minutes by car from Nagoya.

Yamato Iwana (Salvelinus) and Amago (Amago trout)

"Otter Feeding Watch" is held three times a day (10:00-, 13:00-, 16:00-)

At Aquatotto, you can not only see but also experience the charm of animals, such as feeding cute capybaras and fish and watching sea lion shows.

"Aqua Toto Gifu" in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture. The facility is one of the world's largest freshwater fish aquariums, recreating the natural environment under the themes of "From the source of the Kiso and Nagara rivers to the mouth of the river" and "Freshwater fish from around the world." You can see 25,000 creatures of about 250 species, including fish, amphibians, and aquatic plants. Even if you are not familiar with freshwater fish, it is a spot where you can enjoy the whole day!

Aqua Toto Gifu World Freshwater Fish Park Aqua Toto Gifu
Address : 1453 Kawashima Kasadacho, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture
Telephone number : 0586-89-8200

https://aquatotto.com/