{"id":6336,"date":"2024-08-28T17:44:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T08:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/beating-the-heat-at-tokyos-waterparks\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:33:34","slug":"beating-the-heat-at-tokyos-waterparks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/beating-the-heat-at-tokyos-waterparks\/","title":{"rendered":"Beating the Heat at Tokyo\u2019s Waterparks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest weather reports, us Tokyo residents will be experiencing high temperatures until October. While we are basically at the zenith of heat in August, it is still going to be awhile before things get comfortable. So what\u2019s something to do when the air outside is thick with humidity, cicadas begin their endless chirping, and the stores start stocking endless varieties of flavored bottled water and teas? Sure, we could go to the beach, but it is <em>really<\/em> hot out. And also, sometimes we\u2019d like to cool off a bit closer to town. Good thing there are several great waterparks around the metropolis!<\/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<p><b>Tokyo Summerland<\/b><\/p>\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 are 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><b>Water park schedule:<\/b><br \/>\nTokyo Summerland is open year round, except during the winter season where it is closed from December through February. Which, fair enough.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ticket Prices: <\/b>Ticket prices are variable, so it is best to review the website before going.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular Period: March to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>May, October<\/li>\n<li>Summer Period: June 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><b>Access:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>JR Chuo Line [JC] or Keio Line [KO] to Hachioji Station.<\/b> 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<p><b>Yomiuri Land Water Amusement Island<\/b><\/p>\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><b>Water park schedule:<\/b><br \/>\nJuly 01 to September 10, 2017 | 9:00 \u2013 17:00.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ticket Prices: <\/b>JPY 1,800 for adults, JPY 1,500 for Middle school and high school students,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>JPY 1,000 for children and seniors.<\/p>\n<p><b>Access:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Keio Line [KO] Keio-Yomiuri-Land Station.<\/b><br \/>\nFrom there, cross the street and board the \u201cGondola Sky Shuttle\u201d to get to the the park gate.<\/li>\n<li><b>Odakyu Line [OH] Yomiuri Land-Mae Station.<\/b><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<p><b>Tobu Super Pool<\/b><\/p>\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><b>Water park schedule:<\/b><br \/>\nJune 29 to September 16, 9:30 \u2013 18:00<\/p>\n<p><b>Ticket Prices:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>Ticket prices are variable, so it is best to review the website before going.<\/p>\n<p><b>Access:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct service is available via <b>Tokyo Metro\u2019s Hanzomon line [Z] and Hibiya line [H]<\/b> that continue onto the <b>Tobu Skytree line [TS] to Tobu-Dobutsukoen Station.<\/b> 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=\"https:\/\/www.tobuzoo.com\/en\/\">www.tobuzoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tokyo_Summerland_15.jpg\">Syced<\/a>, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest weather reports, us Tokyo residents will be experiencing high temperatures until Octob [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":6337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,37],"tags":[107,667,53,47,45,99],"class_list":["post-6336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-friendly","category-tokyo-2","tag-family-fun","tag-pool","tag-summer-2","tag-tokyo-city-2","tag-tokyo-metropolis-2","tag-weekend-activities"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336","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=6336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49562,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions\/49562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}