Day trip from Tokyo
Musashi Kyuryo Forest Park with Kids
国営武蔵丘陵森林公園 · A giant free air trampoline, free stroller hire at every gate, and free entry all the way to junior high.
Last verified: 2026-06-14 · checked against official sources and our editors’ research
This national park in Saitama is the best-value family day we have data for: entry is free up to junior-high age, strollers are lent free at every gate — most places charge — and the enormous air trampoline the park is known for costs nothing to use. The officially confirmed list also has nursing rooms with changing tables and several accessible bathrooms. Two warnings: holidays get genuinely busy, and it is not walkable from the station.
Where it fits in a Tokyo trip
It is out past Higashimatsuyama in Saitama on the Tobu Tojo Line, and it is a whole day rather than a stop — the site is large enough that you pick a gate and a zone rather than trying to see it. Best in April, when the tulips are the reason Japanese families come, and in the mild shoulder seasons; a big open park is punishing in midsummer.
Getting there: Not walkable from the station: from the north exit of Shinrin-koen Station (Tobu Tojo Line) take the Rissho University bus about 7 minutes to Namegawa-chugakko, then walk about 5 minutes. On foot it is roughly 3km to the south gate.
Admission structure: Free through junior-high age. We do not print prices — they change; check the official site before you go.
Which ages this actually works for
Not “kid friendly” — a per-age verdict for Musashi Kyuryo Forest Park, with the reason.
Baby (0–1)
Not verifiedNeither our editors’ age tags nor our visit notes cover this age band, so we are not guessing.
Toddler (1–3)
WorksTagged from two, and the practical side is unusually good: free stroller hire at every gate, nursing rooms with changing tables, several accessible bathrooms. The air trampoline has an under-fives area in most parks of this type — check on the day.
Preschooler (3–5)
WorksTagged through the band and the sweet spot for the trampoline. Free entry until junior high means a five-year-old costs nothing.
Age ratings are derived from the facility and access data we hold for each place, using a fixed rule that we publish on the page — they are not opinions. Where we do not hold the evidence a rating needs, we show “Not verified” rather than guessing.
Planning notes
From the venue’s own information and our editors’ research. We have not taken our own children here, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
Free stroller hire
Lent free at every gate. Nearly every other attraction in our database charges for this, and on a site this size it is the difference between a day and a retreat.
The trampoline
The park’s giant air trampoline is free to use — no separate ticket, no queue system to plan around.
Crowds
Weekdays quiet, holidays busy. This is one of the few places in our database rated high for holiday crowding, so go on a weekday if your dates allow.
April
The tulip planting in April is what fills the park. Beautiful, and the busiest time of year — the two facts belong together.
Facilities (officially confirmed)
Checked against the facility’s own site or the city’s official accessibility database — separate from our visit notes above.
| Changing tables | Yes |
|---|---|
| Nursing room | Yes |
| Stroller rental | Yes |
| Accessible bathroom | Yes |
Common questions
Can you walk to Musashi Kyuryo Forest Park from the station?
Not really. It is about 3km from Shinrin-koen Station to the south gate. Take the Rissho University bus from the north exit — about seven minutes to Namegawa-chugakko, then five minutes on foot. Plan the bus rather than discovering it.
Do you have to pay for children at Musashi Kyuryo Forest Park?
No — entry is free through junior-high age, and the stroller hire at the gates is free too. It is the cheapest full day out on this page.
What is the best time of year to go?
April for the tulips, which is also the busiest. Otherwise the mild shoulder seasons: it is a large open park, so midsummer is hard going with a small child and midwinter is exposed.
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Places we would compare this with
Same kind of day, rated the same way — so you can choose rather than guess.
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