Pierette

On Saturday we had a full day adventure to a very cool indoor play area/family onsen called Pierette. If you are in the Tokyo area and have kids, I HIGHLY recommend this place. We will definitely be going back in the future. It was like an escape to a hotel, only for the day, so the escape did not include managing two children and a suitcase and stroller through Tokyo station and on a shinkansen. It is at Futako-Tamagawa station. From Omotasando it took us about 20 minutes on the express train on the Hanzoman line. We arrived at 11:30 to the station and had a nice pasta lunch at the mall just near the station. You cannot take food in so I suggest loading up before you go in. Once you get in, the kids will not want to eat. There are so many cool things to do. It has Bornelund toys, an indoor sand pit, a play kitchen area, and a place where kids could ride little bikes. Miss M LOVED this huge cylinder type thing where she got inside and was pushed in circles and bounced around. It is hard to explain. Hopefully the pictures will do some justice. She literally did not want to leave this area. Her cheeks were so red from going nonstop on it. After a large play, we took the kids to the onsen. They had a family onsen outside where you could wear bathing suits and go as a family. The K Man was not a huge fan of the hot water so I took him back inside. Next time we go it will be warmer so he can just stay outside and play while the rest of us enjoy the onsen. Miss M LOVED the onsen. She and her little buddy played hard in their "pool" while the adults relaxed. We ate dinner at the onsen, and across the hall from the restaurant was a play room for kids, so the kids went back and forth from dinner to the toy room and the adults again could relax and enjoy our meal. I found a "siesta tatami" room for adults where you can go and take a nap. We definitely will work that into our schedule next time and swap watching the kids so we can have a siesta. It was such a fun day. We all came home exhausted! The kids went straight to bed, and we were not shortly behind them.