Destinations

Kid-Friendly Ryokans in Japan

Traditional Japanese ryokan room with tatami flooring

Why We Think Every Family Should Try a Ryokan Let’s get straight to it. A ryokan stay was the single best night of our entire Japan trip. Not Tokyo. Not the bullet train. Not even the deer in Nara (though…

What Kids Actually Eat in Japan

Eating in Japan With Kids Before our first trip to Japan, I spent far too long worrying about what the children would eat. Three trips later, I can tell you this: Japan is one of the easiest countries in the…

Best Areas in Tokyo for Families

Family at Ueno Park Tokyo

Where to Stay in Tokyo With Kids Tokyo’s a city that rewards you for picking the right base. Get it wrong and you’ll spend half your holiday dragging tired children through underground corridors, changing train lines for the third time,…

Disneyland or DisneySea With Kids

Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse statue at Tokyo Disneyland

Tokyo Disneyland or DisneySea With Kids Here’s the question every family planning a Japan trip agonises over: Disneyland or DisneySea? We spent a full day at each park with our three kids (aged 4, 7, and 10 at the time),…

Taking the Kids to Japan

Tokyo Tower lit up at night surrounded by the city skyline

Japan wasn’t on our radar until a friend came back raving about it. We’d assumed it would be too expensive, too confusing, too far for young kids. We were wrong on all three counts. Family travel to Japan turned out…