{"id":48676,"date":"2024-12-25T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T06:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morethanrelo.com\/?p=48676"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:33:27","slug":"family-winter-sports-guide-to-tokyo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/family-winter-sports-guide-to-tokyo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Winter Sports Guide to Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Besides skiing and snowboarding, there are a variety of family \u00a0friendly options to get outside and active this winter. \u00a0From ice skating to \u201csnow rafting\u201d and\u00a0even a snow tractor adventure ride for those less interested in getting sweaty; there is no reason to miss out on the great outdoors just because it is cold outside, get the family together and go play outside!<\/p>\n<h3><b>Ice Skating<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Meijijingu Gaien\u00a0Ice Skating Rink<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meijijingugaien.jp\/english\/ice-skating.html\">www.meijijingugaien.jp<\/a> (English)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/VRYcf\">11-1 Kasumigaoka-cho,\u00a0 Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo<\/a>\u00a0(google maps)<\/li>\n<li>Skating fees:\u00a0 JPY 1800 (Adult) JPY 1200 (Child ) \u00a0<b>Rental Shoes:<\/b>\u00a0 JPY 600<\/li>\n<li>Term: All year<\/li>\n<li>Hours: 13:00-18:00 (Mon-Fri) 10:00-18:00 (Sat, Sun)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Kose Ice Skating Rink (Tokyo Midtown)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tokyo-midtown.com\/jp\/event\/7162\/\">www.tokyo-midtown.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.jp\/maps\/place\/Tokyo+Midtown\/@35.6667929,139.7291665,17z\/data=!3m1!5s0x60188b78945432c1:0xb840851c88b06a6a!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sice+rink+tokyo+midtown!3m4!1s0x60188b78922e6353:0xeb3e39dbe18da4d6!8m2!3d35.6658701!4d139.7309986\">9 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo<\/a>\u00a0(google maps)<\/li>\n<li>Skating fee (including shoe rental fee):\u00a0 JPY 1800 (Adult) JPY 1200 (Child\uff09<\/li>\n<li>Term: Nov 22 &#8211; Feb 24, 2025<\/li>\n<li>Hours: 11:00-21:00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Shin Yokohama Skate Center<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.princehotels.co.jp\/skate\/shinyokohama\/\">www.princehotels.co.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/PU3Gc\">\u00a02-11 Shinyokohama, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama<\/a>\u00a0(google maps)<\/li>\n<li>Skating fee:\u00a0 JPY 1200 (Adult\uff09JPY 700 (Child\uff09<b>Rental Shoes:<\/b>\u00a0 JPY 600 \u00a0(Adult) JPY400 (Child)<\/li>\n<li>Term: All year<\/li>\n<li>Hours: Varies, Check the website for the most up to date information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Yokohama Bank Ice Arena<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yokohama-icearena.jp\/index.php\">www.yokohama-icearena.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/24f7N\">1-1 Hirodaiootamachi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama<\/a>\u00a0(google maps)<\/li>\n<li>Skating fees:\u00a0 JPY1350 (Adult\uff09JPY850 (Child) including skate rental; JPY1900 (Adult) JPY1400 (Child) excluding skate rental<\/li>\n<li>Term: All year<\/li>\n<li>Hours: 10:00-18:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Aqua Rink Chiba<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquarink-chiba.jp\/skaterink.html\">www.aquarink-chiba.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li>address : <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/kkzw1\">224-1 Shinminato, Mihama-ku, Chiba City<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Skating fee:\u00a0 JPY1100 (Adult) JPY900 (High school student) JPY800 (Junior High School student &amp; Elementary School Student) JPY400 (Child) \u00a0 \u00a0Rental Shoes:\u00a0 JPY300<\/li>\n<li>Term: All year<\/li>\n<li>Hours: 9:00-18:00 (Mon -Fri),9:00-18:00 (Sat, Sun, National Holidays)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Indoor Skiing and Snowboarding<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Sayama Ski &amp; Snowboarding Area<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>https:\/\/sayamaski.jp\/index.html<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/1jMJ4\">2167 Kamiyamaguchi, Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ski &amp; Snowboarding fee:\u00a0 JPY4500\uff08Adult, HS &amp; JHS Student\uff09JPY 1,000 (Child) Term:\u00a0Nov 1\u00a0to March 30<\/li>\n<li>Hours:10:00-21:00 (Mon-Thu, Sun) 10:00-21:00, 22:00-6:00 (All Night)(Fri, Sat)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Air Boarding\/Inner-Tubing<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Minakami Kogen Ski Resort (air board)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minakamikogen200.jp\/en\/winter\/snowactivity.html#airboard\">www.minakamikogen200.jp\/en\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/mipxS\">6152-1 Fujiwara, Minakami-machi, Tone-gun, Gunma Prefecture<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fees:\u00a0<b>1 day<\/b> \u00a0JPY12000\uff08Adult\uff09(guide , Insurance\u00a0 Airboard rental\u00a0 and ticket \u00a0for lift included)<\/li>\n<li>Fees:<b> Half day<\/b> JPY 8000 \u00a0\uff08Adult\uff09(guide , Insurance , \u201cAirboard\u201d rental\u00a0 and tickets for the \u00a0lift\/ included)<\/li>\n<li>Term: Late Dec \u2010 Late March<\/li>\n<li>Hours: By Reservation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Snow Coach\u00a0Tours<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Minakami Kogen Ski Resort<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minakamikogen200.jp\/en\/winter\/snowactivity.html#snowcoach\">www.minakamikogen200.jp\/en\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/mipxS\">6152-1 Fujiwara, Minakami-machi, Tone-gun, Gunma Prefecture<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fee JPY2300 (Adult) JPY1800 (Child)<\/li>\n<li>Term: Early Jan<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u2010 Late March<\/li>\n<li>15 minutes ride<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sayama_Ski_Resort.jpg\">Tokoro ten<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Besides skiing and snowboarding, there are a variety of family \u00a0friendly options to get outside and active thi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":48677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,63,150,28],"tags":[151,107,705,99,149],"class_list":["post-48676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-friendly","category-outdoors","category-sports","category-tokyo","tag-december","tag-family-fun","tag-tokyo-metro","tag-weekend-activities","tag-winter"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48676","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=48676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49487,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48676\/revisions\/49487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}