Tokyo with kids: 144 family experiences

Kids can sit in a real cab, try the driving simulators, ride a mini shinkansen in the outdoor area, and walk right up to dozens of full-size trains including old bullet trains.

A dedicated Kids' Romancecar Park play area, a huge working model-railway diorama with a day-to-night light show, and the chance to board and explore the sleek nose-cab Romancecars.

The coveted front-row seats put children behind a huge windscreen watching the track rush toward them all the way to Hakone or Odawara.

A real puffing, whistling steam train with a turntable display at the stations - combine it with a Nikko or Kinugawa-Onsen day out or Tobu World Square miniature-world park.

Small vintage-style green trains, a fun rattling ride squeezing between houses, and the postcard sea views. Easy hop-on-hop-off for beaches, the Great Buddha and Enoshima aquarium.

A quick, real Shinkansen ride that pairs perfectly with the Railway Museum, so children ride a bullet train AND spend the day with hundreds of trains.

A real Tokaido Shinkansen ride of just half an hour, ending at Odawara Castle (with a ninja/kids area) or continuing into Hakone.

A short bullet-train ride that ends at the seaside - beach, foot-baths, and a retro resort feel, with the ride itself as the treat.

A ride on the famous Hayabusa/Komachi bullet trains ending in a town devoted to gyoza dumplings - a fun food goal for families.

A longer, scenery-filled bullet-train ride into the mountains, ending somewhere green and walkable with bikes, parks and an outlet mall.

Explore Moominhouse, meet Moomin characters, and enjoy a relaxed lakeside Scandinavian storybook setting.