# Free things to do with kids in Tokyo

Parks, playgrounds and other things to do in Tokyo that are free to get into. 11 listed.

Last updated 2026-10-12, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## The list

1. [Currency Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/currency-museum-bank-japan) (museum, Tokyo). Free, with Japan's money shown in order through its history and a corner where you feel how heavy 100 million yen in bills is. Has: free to enter.
2. [Gyosen Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/gyosen-park) (park, Tokyo). A free zoo with red pandas, Humboldt penguins and guinea pigs to pet, beside the park's Japanese garden. Has: free to enter.
3. [Police Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/police-museum-tokyo) (museum, Tokyo). A patrol car, a police motorcycle and the helicopter Harukaze up close, uniforms for kids to try on for photos on the bike, and free entry. Has: free to enter.
4. [Tokyo Waterworks Historical Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/tokyo-waterworks-historical-museum) (museum, Tokyo). Free, with an outdoor exhibit on the Kanda aqueduct that includes a stone conduit rebuilt from the original. Has: free to enter.
5. [Fire Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/fire-museum) (museum, Tokyo). Free, with seven old fire engines in the basement, a retired fire helicopter at the entrance, another out on the fifth floor, and an Edo-era diorama. Has: free to enter.
6. [Honjo Life Safety Learning Center](https://ourplayday.com/places/honjo-life-safety-learning-center) (museum, Tokyo). An earthquake simulator, a smoke room, a storm of wind and heavy rain to stand in, and a VR disaster experience for second graders and up, all free. Has: free to enter.
7. [Ikebukuro Life Safety Learning Center](https://ourplayday.com/places/ikebukuro-bosaikan) (museum, Tokyo). Free, and kids ride out five kinds of earthquake (from age 3), find their way through smoke and try disasters in VR. Has: free to enter.
8. [Intermediatheque](https://ourplayday.com/places/intermediatheque) (museum, Tokyo). Minerals, fossils, animal specimens and century-old university furniture from the University of Tokyo's collections, plus a small chamber of curiosities. Has: free to enter.
9. [Meguro Parasitological Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/meguro-parasitological-museum) (science center, Tokyo). Free, with about 300 preserved parasites over two floors, and the ones that infect people upstairs. Has: free to enter.
10. [Suginami Animation Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/suginami-animation-museum) (museum, Tokyo). Free, with exhibits on the history of anime and how it's made, a booth to try dubbing, a theater showing anime and a library of videos to watch. Has: free to enter.
11. [Tokyo Water Science Museum](https://ourplayday.com/places/tokyo-water-science-museum) (science center, Tokyo). Free, with hands-on exhibits about water and a tour down into the working Ariake water supply station it sits on. Has: free to enter.

## Other lists for Tokyo

- [High chairs](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/with-high-chairs) (14)
- [Changing tables](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/with-changing-tables) (3)
- [Kids' menu](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/with-kids-menu) (16)
- [Wheelchair accessible](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/wheelchair-accessible) (11)
- [Cribs](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/with-cribs) (34)
- [Pool](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/with-a-pool) (8)
- [Connecting rooms](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/with-connecting-rooms) (15)
- [Fridge in the room](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/with-a-fridge) (39)
- [Separate bedroom](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/with-a-separate-bedroom) (29)
- [Restrooms](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/with-restrooms) (62)
- [Order at the counter](https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/order-at-the-counter) (4)

## About this list

Every place here is a listing on Play Day, and a place is listed only when something positive is known about it for kids. Each listing carries the kid facts (high chairs, changing tables, kids' menus, wheelchair access) A list needs at least three places to exist.

Page: https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo/free-to-visit. All of Tokyo: https://ourplayday.com/japan/tokyo