Machida / Takao / Hachioji

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• Sanrio Puroland

  4.0

  595 Reviews

  Tokyo Tamashi Ochiai 1-31

  This is a theme park in Tama City, Tokyo where you can meet Hello Kitty and other popular Sanrio characters. It is an all-weather type facility, and is a unique spot where you can have a good time even on rainy days. Full-fledged musicals and parades performed at the three theaters are popular. The park includes recreations of the worlds of each character such as My Melody, Kiki & Lara, Gudetama and so on as well as ride type attractions, which can be enjoyed all day by children and adults alike.

• Mitsui Outlet Park Tama Minami Osawa

  3.5

  201 Reviews

  Tokyo Hachioujishi Minamiosawa 1-600

  An outlet mall conveniently located just a two-minute walk from Minami-osawa Station on the Keio Sagamihara Line. In addition to numerous domestic and international apparel brands and select life goods stores, the mall hosts an adult cultural activities school, pet shop, cafes, and restaurants. Concerts and other events are also frequently held amidst the attractive Provence-style architecture of the grounds.

• Restaurant Ukai Toriyama

  4.5

  246 Reviews

  Tokyo Hachioujishi Minamiasakawamachi 3426

  This Japanese restaurant in a mountain hamlet surrounded by nature feels like a secret getaway. It's about three minutes by car from Takaosan Interchange on the Keno Expressway. They serve savory cuisine made with seasonal ingredients cooked on the charcoal fire of their irori hearth. Their plump and tasty thick-cut charcoal grilled chicken is a popular. The shop alters its ambiance to coincide with the changing seasons. Visitors look out on cherry blossoms in spring, fireflies in the garden in summer, the colored foliage of fall, and winter's snowy cover. The photogenic location makes it in demand for business dinners and wedding receptions.

• KODOMONOKUNI (Children’s Land) Theme Park

  4.5

  241 Reviews

  Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Aoba-ku Narachou 700

  This is a vast playground covering an area of about 100,000 square meters which is located in Aoba Ward in Yokohama City. It was used as an ammunition warehouse for the period of the wartime through to the post-war period, but was opened as a garden on the 5th May 1965 in commemoration of the marriage of the Crown Prince (the current Emperor) and Michiko. There is a zoo, a pool and leisure facilities with a lot of playground equipment, and a lot of children visit with their parents. There is also a livestock farm managed by Snow Brand—the special Sungreen milk and icecream are specialty products.

• Machida Squirrel Garden

  4.0

  146 Reviews

  Tokyo Machidashi Kanaimachi 733-1

  In this small zoo located in the Kanaimachi district of Tokyo’s Machida City, approximately 200 Taiwanese squirrels and chipmunks have free range of the premises. In addition to putting on gloves and enjoying the experience of squirrels eating out of your hand, there is also an area to see familiar animals such as guinea pigs, rabbits, and turtles. The “Fureai Hiroba” event in which guests can hold rabbits and guinea pigs is only held on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The docile guinea pigs are quite popular among small children.

• Mt. Takao Takahashiya

  4.0

  104 Reviews

  Tokyo Hachioji-shi Takaomachi 2209

  "This restaurant is located in front of Takaosan Cable Car Station. A historical shop founded during the Tenpo era (1830-1842) in the late Edo period, you can enjoy specialty soba buckwheat noodles made with 60% buckwheat flour kneaded with grated yam and high-quality flour. The grated yam is a combination of ""yamatoimo"" yam and ""nagaimo"" yam, and is characterized by its rich taste. In addition to soba noodles, you can also enjoy dishes with ingredients and tastes unique to Mt. Takao, such as ""mugitoro-han"" (rice and barley dish served with yam), ""yuba konnyaku kamaage"" (yam cake jelly made with soy milk) and grilled miso. Group travelers can also reserve a kaiseki-style lunch in a rustic ""zenza"" room, surrounded by the four seasons of Takao."

• Ukai Chikutei

  4.5

  88 Reviews

  Tokyo Hachioujishi Minamiasakawamachi 2850

  A traditional kaiseki course cuisine restaurant renowned for its spaces which tell stories, all of Ukai Chikutei's rooms gaze out over gorgeous, seasonal scenery for you to enjoy along with your meal. The restaurant's lunch special, only served on weekdays, is perfect for a girls' get-together. Ukai Chikutei can also accommodate wedding plans.

• Mt. Takao

  Tokyo Hachioujishi Takaomachi

  This is popular as a mountain that can be reached from the city in just one hour. Having received three stars as a sightseeing location from the Michelin Guide, it is visited by approximately 3 million people each year who come primarily for viewing colorful fall foliage or to hike in the warmer months. It’s an easy mountain to access for both children and inexperienced visitors with a cable car in addition to the various well-maintained hiking paths. It’s famous for tororo soba and shops also sell souvenirs associated with tengu (a long-nosed goblin in Japanese folklore). There is also a monkey park, wildflower garden, and observatory, and in the summer season the beer garden near the summit is popular. An onsen (hot springs) lies just in front of Takaosanguchi Station.

• Tokyo Fuji Art Museum

  4.0

  64 Reviews

  Tokyo Hachioujishi Yanomachi 492-1

  An art museum located close to Soka University in Yano-machi, Hachioji City, Tokyo. The museum was established by Soka Gakkai International founder Daisaku Ikeda. The museum's collection of some 30,000 paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, and crafts covers a broad array of periods and regions, including Western art from the Renaissance to the modern day and photographs dating back to the birth of the art form.