KID FRIENDLY: Address: Kinuta Koen 1-1, Stagaya-ku, Tokyo , JP Website: www.tokyo-park.or.jp Phone: +81 03 157 0075 After pounding Tokyo’s pavement, you’ll be happy for the urban oasis of Kinuta Park. The sprawling lawns, now used for family picnics and sunbathing, are a carryover from when the park was a golf course. If you’re more the get-up-and-go […]
KID FRIENDLY: Address: 1F 5-11-9 Minami Aoyama, Tokyo, JP Website: www.muji.net/shop/cafemeal Phone: +81 03 5468 2368 After perusing the famously minimalist and eco-friendly housewares at Muji, visit the café to see some of the cool cutlery and containers put to use. Park bakery with fresh-baked rolls and part deli with an array of inexpensive fresh salads, the
KID FRIENDLY: Address: 7-6-2 Ginza, Chuo-ko , Tokyo, JP Website: www.lindtusa.com Phone: +81 03 5537 3777 Whether you’re into light and fluffy cream puffs or dense, flourless cakes, this chocoholic’s haven is a necessary stop in Tokyo. “I’ll grab coffee and croissant from Lindt after driving the kids to school,” says Abigail Mary Terrien. “The shop is
KID FRIENDLY: Address: Plaza de la Independencia, , ES Website: Website Phone: One of Madrid’s most popular attractions, Retiro Park, was once home to King Felipe IV’s 17th century royal palace. Since it became a public park in the 19th century, thousands have flocked to the beautiful grounds, taking in the monuments, sculptures, historical architecture, rose gardens,
KID FRIENDLY: Address: Jingu Gaien Nikoniko Park , Tokyo , JP Website: www.meijijingugaien.jp Phone: +81 03 3478 0550 Nikoniko Park is a (human) monkey’s paradise! Inspired by Disney’s Tarzan, and it has a variety of apparatuses for your little explorer to play on. There is the Jungle Wonder for your tiniest tot, the Jungle Tower with a
KID FRIENDLY: Address: 5-7-2 Minami Aoyama, Minatoku, Tokyo, JP Website: www.nicolaibergmann.jp Phone: +81 03 5464 0061 You can get just about any variety of flora or fauna at Nicolai Bergman, but the florist is best known for boxed arrangements—a trend that grew, as legend has it, out of Japanese men being too bashful to carry bouqets in
KID FRIENDLY: Address: 6-5-1 Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, JP Website: www.nezu-muse.or.jp/en/ Phone: +81 03 3400 2536 A true man for all seasons, Nezu Kaichiro was a businessman, politician, philanthropist, and serious art collector to boot. In his will, he specified that his collection was to be preserved. The result, the Nezu Museum, opened in 1941 and houses pre-modern Asian
KID FRIENDLY: Address: 1266 Nanjing West Road, Jing’an, Shanghai, CN Website: www.plaza66.com Phone: +82 21 6279 0910 Plaza 66 is Shanghai’s premiere shopping mall, housing the likes of Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Hermes, Céline, and Prada. It’s a good thing the mall has several dining options, too, as you’re sure to work up an appetite from navigating five
KID FRIENDLY: Address: 16-3 Kamiyamacho, Tokyo, JP Website: www.pignontokyo.com Phone: +81 03 3468 2331 Piping hot French bread with butter, chicken liver, scallops with a pesto mushroom risotto, carpaccio, sorbet. These may not be the dishes that usually come to mind when you think Tokyo, but that doesn’t mean they won’t blow you away at the cozy
KID FRIENDLY: Address: 2F, 5-5-7 Minami-azabu, Minatoku, Tokyo, JP Website: www.beauteabsolue.net Phone: +81 03 3444 2120 This salon boasts an extensive list of services—from facials to gel manicures to eyelash extensions—and caters to English-speaking foreigners in particular. “Beauté Absolue is the best manicure/pedicure I’ve ever had,” says Abigail Mary Terrien. “It’s one of the few places around
