8 best water parks in and near Tokyo for the perfect summer cool down
When you're taking a break from the water, you can fuel up on typical Japanese summer food, including yakisoba (fried noodles), somen (cold noodles) or okemori, a generous bowl filled with yakisoba, fried chicken and takoyaki (octopus dumplings).
A day at the pool costs ¥3,200 (primary school students and children aged 3 and older ¥2,200). Between August 9 and 17, tickets cost ¥3,500 (¥2,500). Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased online. (Aug 9-17 here)
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