Nogeyama Zoological Gardens

The big open interior has a shoes off area for little kids, which makes an art museum visit feel much less stressful.

A small free train museum with a real historic car and a big diorama, easy to squeeze into another waterfront day.

Free to enter and pay per ride, so you can do the giant Ferris wheel without turning the whole day into an amusement park.

The best part is designing your own cup and choosing the soup and toppings, which turns a museum visit into a souvenir.

A hands on engineering stop where kids can get close to machines, space technology and the stuff that makes cities work.

Pure preschool magic if your kid knows the characters, with daily shows and play structures built right into the cartoon world.