Asukayama Park

Penguins in a rooftop garden that look like they're flying over the city, plus great white pelicans and sea lion shows.

Pokémon goods with a Pokémon Card Station attached, and Pikachu Sweets by Pokémon Cafe in the same mall.

Free rides on a mini steam train, a tricycle yard, a sandbox and a covered kids' house with a ball pit, for kids up to the early grades.

Nine room types, from a Pokémon room with loft beds to high-floor city view suites with their own washer-dryers, near department stores and anime shops.

Ordering from the screen and watching plates arrive is half the entertainment, and there are plenty of non sushi choices.

Free, and kids ride out five kinds of earthquake (from age 3), find their way through smoke and try disasters in VR.