Miraikan

Miraikan opened in 2001 as a national museum of science and technology. The permanent exhibition mixes displays with hands-on exhibits, and the museum says small children do visit. On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, guided tours loop through the permanent exhibition. Some experiences inside it, Nanairo Quest among them, run on free numbered tickets handed out at the exhibit on the day, first come, first served, so pick those up early.

The one part of the day that won’t bend to a small child’s schedule is the Dome Theater. Every seat is reserved, the museum asks you to book in advance, and no one is let in once a screening has started. Plan the rest of the visit around your showtime, not the other way round.

You can bring your own food, but only into the rest areas on floors 1, 5 and 7; eating and drinking is not allowed in the exhibition halls. Coin lockers by the 1st-floor Symbol Zone entrance take a ¥100 coin, which you get back. Strollers can be borrowed at the 1st-floor entrance from staff, though there are only a limited number. The nursing room on the 5th floor has two lockable private rooms and can be used by fathers too.

By Yurikamome it is about a 4-minute walk from Telecom Center Station or about 5 minutes from Tokyo International Cruise Terminal Station; from Tokyo Teleport on the Rinkai Line, allow about 15 minutes on foot.