{"id":3017,"date":"2018-06-26T12:07:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T03:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/splish-splash-sploosh-your-guide-to-tokyos-waterparks\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:35:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:35:03","slug":"splish-splash-sploosh-your-guide-to-tokyos-waterparks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/splish-splash-sploosh-your-guide-to-tokyos-waterparks\/","title":{"rendered":"Splish, Splash, Sploosh!: Your Guide to Tokyo&#8217;s Waterparks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35914 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/japaninfoswap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tokyo-summerland-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the air outside is thick with humidity, cicadas begin their endless chirping, the stores start stocking endless varieties of flavored bottled water and teas, and all the kids start sporting <a>\u201cplayground tans\u201d<\/a>, Tokyo Summertime has finally come. We are the enviable environment to enjoy a trip to the beach, but sometimes we\u2019d like to cool off a bit closer to town. Good thing there are several great water-parks around the metropolis we can take advantage of!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s our guide to some of the best waterparks to take a beat the heat and catch a few thrills at the same time:<\/p>\n<h3>Tokyo Summerland<\/h3>\n<p>Located less than 2 hours away from Shinjuku in the city of Akiruno, this sprawling amusement park has rides like roller coasters and a Ferris wheel but is well known for its water park.<br \/>\nBoth outdoor and indoor sections, outfitted with various water slides, fountains, and pools that can keep visitors entertained for the whole day. And when that isn\u2019t enough, a hotel is also available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water park schedule:<\/strong><br \/>\nTokyo Summerland is open year round, except during the winter season where it is closed from December through February.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ticket Prices:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th><strong>Entrance Fee<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Free Pass<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Summer Entrance Fee<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Summer Free Pass<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Adults (Ages 13-60)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a52,000<\/td>\n<td>\u00a53,000<\/td>\n<td>\u00a53,500<\/td>\n<td>\u00a54,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Children (Ages 7-12)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a51,000<\/td>\n<td>\u00a52,000<\/td>\n<td>\u00a52,500<\/td>\n<td>\u00a53,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Infants\/Senior Citizens(Ages 2\u20106 \/ 61 and over)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a51,000<\/td>\n<td>\u00a51,500<\/td>\n<td>\u00a51,800<\/td>\n<td>\u00a52,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular Period: March to June | October to November<\/li>\n<li>Summer Period: July 1 \u2013 September 30<\/li>\n<li>Admission Ticket: This ticket includes Admission + use of Adventure Dome (Indoor Pool) +Adventure Lagoon (Outside Pool, opens during summer season only) + Water slides (excluding DEKASLA).<\/li>\n<li>Free Pass Ticket: This ticket includes use of facility available with the Admission ticket + use of DEKASLA (opens during summer season only) + unlimited ride on rides (excluding some part of rides, coin-operated rides).*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Access:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>JR Chuo Line [JC] or Keio Line [KO] to Hachioji Station.<\/strong> Transfer to city bus services that offer direct access to the amusement park from there.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summerland.co.jp\/access\/map.html\">Map Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>600 Kamiyotsugi, Akiruno-shi, T\u014dky\u014d-to 197-0832<\/li>\n<li>Tel: 042-558-6511<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summerland.co.jp\/\">www.summerland.co.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Yomiuri Land Water Amusement Island<\/h3>\n<p>Located about an hour away from central Tokyo is one of the larger and well-known amusement parks, Yomiuriland. The park offers over 25 types of attractions including modern thrill rides and water fumes as well as kid-friendly rides.<\/p>\n<p>The park also opens its water park in the summer time. The water amusement island which is also know to locals as WAI offers several pools including an Anpanman-themed kids\u2019 pool and various sliders featuring the Giant Sky River which stands at 24.5 meters and has a 386 meters downhill runway, navigable only with the use of a four-seater inflatable ring.<\/p>\n<p>Special Events are also held throughout the summer including various shows, synchronize swimming performances, and summer water races.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water park schedule:<\/strong><br \/>\nJuly 01 to September 10, 2017 | 9:00 \u2013 17:00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ticket Prices:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Pool admission (Amusement park + Pool admission)<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">1-Day pass with pool (Amusement park + Pool admission + unlimited rides)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Adults (ages 18 \u2013 64)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a53,200<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a56,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Junior and senior high school students<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a52,500<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a54,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Children (ages 3 \u2013 elementary school)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a52,100<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a54,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Silver (ages 65 &amp; above)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a52,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a55,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Access:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keio Line [KO] Keio-Yomiuri-Land Station.<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom there, cross the street and board the \u201cGondola Sky Shuttle\u201d to get to the the park gate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Odakyu Line [OH] Yomiuri Land-Mae Station.<\/strong><br \/>\nTransfer to buses bound for Yomiuri Land.<\/li>\n<li>Address: 4015-1 Yanokuchi, Inagi-shi, Tokyo 206-8725<\/li>\n<li>Phone\uff1a044-966-1111<\/li>\n<li>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yomiuriland.com\/english\/\">www.yomiuriland.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Toshimaen Water Park<\/h3>\n<p>This park located in Nerima ward a includes a vast assortment of carnival rides in addition to that water park having 26 water slides and 6 different pools.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open July 15 to September 4, 9:00 \u2013 17:00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Admission<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Admission<\/th>\n<th>Admission + Rides<\/th>\n<th>Admission + Kids Rides<\/th>\n<th>Water Park Only<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Adult (15yrs old +)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a51,000<\/td>\n<td>\u00a54,200<\/td>\n<td>\u00a52,900<\/td>\n<td>\u00a54,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Children A (height more than 110cm)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a5500<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\u00a53,200<\/td>\n<td>\u00a53,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Children B (height less than 110cm)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\u00a52,400<\/td>\n<td>\u00a52,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Access:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seibu Ikebukuro Line[SI] or Toei Oedo Line [E]to Toshimaen Station.<\/strong><br \/>\nAbout a 1-minute walk from the station.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.apple.com\/?address=%E3%80%92176-0022,%20%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E7%B7%B4%E9%A6%AC%E5%8C%BA,%20%E5%90%91%E5%B1%B13%E4%B8%81%E7%9B%AE25%E7%95%AA1%E5%8F%B7&amp;auid=13900339751083957811&amp;ll=35.744893,139.645221&amp;lsp=9902&amp;q=Toshimaen&amp;t=r\">Map link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Address: 3\u221225\u22121 Koyama, Nerima-ku, T\u014dky\u014d-to 176-8531<\/li>\n<li>Phone\uff1a03-3990-8800 | 03-3990-4126 (Toshima Hotspring)<\/li>\n<li>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toshimaen.co.jp\/index.html\">www.toshimaen.co.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tobu Super Pool<\/h3>\n<p>Located north of Tokyo in Saitama prefecture, Tobu Dobutsuen-Koen consists of an amusement park, a zoo area, and leisure pool complex which is open during the summer season. The pool area has many slides, a lazy river, and a wave pool with giant fountains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water park schedule:<\/strong><br \/>\nJuly 22 to September 9, 9:30 \u2013 17:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ticket Prices:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Admission Fee<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Pool Admission (Admission + Pool<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">1-Day Pass(Admission + Unlimited Rides + Pool)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Adults (Junior high &amp; above)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a51,700<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a52,400<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a54,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Children (ages 3 &amp; up)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a5700<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a51,100<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a53,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seniors (ages 60 &amp; above)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a51,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a51,700<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a53,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ride Ticket (1 ride)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a5300 \u2013 \u00a51,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Access:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct service is available via <strong>Tokyo Metro\u2019s Hanzomon line [Z] and Hibiya line [H]<\/strong> that continue onto the <strong>Tobu Skytree line [TS] to Tobu-Dobutsukoen Station.<\/strong> From there, shuttle service is available to the park.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.apple.com\/?address=425,%20Tsumetagaya,%20Shiraoka,%20Saitama,%20Japan%20349-0222&amp;ll=36.025563,139.704176&amp;q=%E6%9D%B1%E6%AD%A6%E5%8B%95%E7%89%A9%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB\">Map link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Address: 110 Suka, Miyashiro-machi, Minami Saitama-gun, Saitama<\/li>\n<li>Phone\uff1a048-093-1200<\/li>\n<li>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tobuzoo.com\/global\/english\/\">www.tobuzoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Showa Kinen Park: Rainbow Pool and Water Playland<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"Screen-Shot-2016-06-29-at-5.22.45-PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/>Once home to a prewar airfield, Kokuei Sh\u014dwa Kinen K\u014den (\u56fd\u55b6\u662d\u548c\u8a18\u5ff5\u516c\u5712 ) is a massive park located in the western Tokyo suburb of Tachikawa and is considered as a paradise for families as it offers a wide range of activities to choose from \u2013 cycling, boating, playing sports, picnicking, flower and plant viewing, or just simply relaxing.<br \/>\nDuring the summer season, the park opens its Rainbow Pool and Water Playland. Nine different pools, water slides and wave machines are on offer here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water park schedule:<\/strong><br \/>\nJuly 17 to September 4 | 9:30 \u2013 18:00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ticket Prices:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Pool Rates<\/th>\n<th>Group Rates<\/th>\n<th>Sunset (entry after 14:00)<\/th>\n<th>Pool Passport<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Adult (ages 15 or older)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a52,500<\/td>\n<td>\u00a52,100<\/td>\n<td>\u00a51,250<\/td>\n<td>\u00a56,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Children (elementary &amp; junior high school)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a51,400<\/td>\n<td>\u00a51,100<\/td>\n<td>\u00a5700<\/td>\n<td>\u00a53,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Young children (ages 4 &amp; 5)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a5500<\/td>\n<td>\u00a5400<\/td>\n<td>\u00a5250<\/td>\n<td>\u00a5900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maternity (Pregnant Ladies)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a5500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Silver (ages 65 or older)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a5700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Maternity \u2013 please present Mother &amp; Child Handbook<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Silver \u2013 please present ID confirming age<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Rates includes park entrance.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Access:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>JR Chuo Rapid Line [JC] bound for Ome to Nishi-Tachikawa Station.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.apple.com\/?address=3173,%20Midoricho,%20Tachikawa,%20Tokyo,%20Japan%20190-0014&amp;auid=6983686569156599148&amp;ll=35.706883,139.392140&amp;lsp=9902&amp;q=%E5%9B%BD%E5%96%B6%E6%98%AD%E5%92%8C%E8%A8%98%E5%BF%B5%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92%20%E6%B0%B4%E9%81%8A%E3%81%B3%E5%BA%83%E5%A0%B4&amp;_ext=ChkKBAgEEAoKBAgFEAMKBQgGEKcBCgQIChAAEiQpeE7EXWnZQUAxiwr41vRsYUA59iPquY\/aQUBB7d8+dk9tYUA%253D&amp;t=r\">Map link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Address: 3173 Midori-cho Tachikawa City, Tokyo \u3012190-0014<\/li>\n<li>Phone\uff1a042-528-1751<\/li>\n<li>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.showakinen-koen.jp\/guide-english\/schedule-english\/\">www.showakinen-koen.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u2014 By <a href=\"http:\/\/jlgatewood.com\">Jason L. Gatewood<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Images: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCY6x2nCqzFncuD9ZT9ZXnfw\">Tokyo Summerland via YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the air outside is thick with humidity, cicadas begin their endless chirping, the stores start stocking e [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,54,63,37],"tags":[295,296,50,46,45],"class_list":["post-3017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-friendly","category-japan","category-outdoors","category-tokyo-2","tag-akiruno-city","tag-amusement-parks","tag-august-2","tag-july-2","tag-tokyo-metropolis-2"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50720,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions\/50720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}