Tokyo Dome City and Toys' Kingdom
Obaachan and Ojiichan spent the day with Andrew and I today. We were headed to the zoo, when Mickey stopped to ask the Hilton Concierge for directions. We found out that the zoo is closed on Mondays (like many, MANY things in Tokyo; instead of the norm Sunday in the US), so the concierge recommended Tokyo Dome City.
The Tokyo Dome is home to the professional baseball team Tokyo Giants, and scattered around the area is an amusement park, shops, restaurants and best of all the Tokyo Dome City Toys' Kingdom.
On the way through Tokyo Dome City to the Toys' Kingdom, we came across... gasp... a Thomas the Tank Engine Store. Grandma and Grandpa found a perfect preschooler size backpack and which Andrew wore the rest of the day!
Check out the "gumball machines". They are all over Tokyo and contain little toys, many of which are prominent preschool figures (Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Thomas, etc). Each one costs 200 yen and Andrew drools over them all as we walk by.
For 1,000 Yen per adult (children under 3 were free) we gained entrance into a children's wonderland! Chuck E Cheese is put to shame. There was a huge open room that held a train building area and a lego building area with a big play area (with slides, etc) in the middle. The train area, where we spent 75% of our time, contained four drawers full of plastic train track pieces (and buildings) along with a shelf of numerous battery-operated trains. And the amazing part is that every train we played with WORKED! Imagine that!
You remove your shoes before entering any of those three areas, and I assume that helps to keep the areas clean. But, clean is not the word for this place. Immaculate is closer. The floor was clean, the toys were clean and they worked; amazing. What a concept!
We moved on into a long hallway of play rooms. One room contained games, which Andrew thoroughly enjoyed with Grandpa. Next, came a wide open space with tables upon tables of toys. There were numerous bins of play food, multiple kitchens and playhouses where you could "cook" them. And many other toys I can't even name.
Then came voices over the loudspeaker, announcing that a character visit was happening. We walked over to the character area, and up on the stage came one of the toy soldier mascots of the Toys' Kingdom! We danced and sang with him, and Grandma and Andrew even went through a dancing "bridge".
On the way out of the Toys' Kingdom, we stopped at the restrooms. Andrew got on the potty and accidentally hit the bedet button!! Water was "attacking" him and even got his arms and legs as he struggled to get off the potty. Poor kid was so traumatized that he wouldn't get back on a potty all day long.
The Tokyo Dome is home to the professional baseball team Tokyo Giants, and scattered around the area is an amusement park, shops, restaurants and best of all the Tokyo Dome City Toys' Kingdom.
On the way through Tokyo Dome City to the Toys' Kingdom, we came across... gasp... a Thomas the Tank Engine Store. Grandma and Grandpa found a perfect preschooler size backpack and which Andrew wore the rest of the day!
Check out the "gumball machines". They are all over Tokyo and contain little toys, many of which are prominent preschool figures (Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Thomas, etc). Each one costs 200 yen and Andrew drools over them all as we walk by.
For 1,000 Yen per adult (children under 3 were free) we gained entrance into a children's wonderland! Chuck E Cheese is put to shame. There was a huge open room that held a train building area and a lego building area with a big play area (with slides, etc) in the middle. The train area, where we spent 75% of our time, contained four drawers full of plastic train track pieces (and buildings) along with a shelf of numerous battery-operated trains. And the amazing part is that every train we played with WORKED! Imagine that!
You remove your shoes before entering any of those three areas, and I assume that helps to keep the areas clean. But, clean is not the word for this place. Immaculate is closer. The floor was clean, the toys were clean and they worked; amazing. What a concept!
We moved on into a long hallway of play rooms. One room contained games, which Andrew thoroughly enjoyed with Grandpa. Next, came a wide open space with tables upon tables of toys. There were numerous bins of play food, multiple kitchens and playhouses where you could "cook" them. And many other toys I can't even name.
Then came voices over the loudspeaker, announcing that a character visit was happening. We walked over to the character area, and up on the stage came one of the toy soldier mascots of the Toys' Kingdom! We danced and sang with him, and Grandma and Andrew even went through a dancing "bridge".
On the way out of the Toys' Kingdom, we stopped at the restrooms. Andrew got on the potty and accidentally hit the bedet button!! Water was "attacking" him and even got his arms and legs as he struggled to get off the potty. Poor kid was so traumatized that he wouldn't get back on a potty all day long.
posted by Rachel :-) | 8:48 AM
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