INSIDE: Looking for Narita Airport Things to Do With Kids while you wait for your plane to depart? Visit a Narita Airport Playground.
If you are looking for things to do in Narita International Airport terminal with the kids while waiting for your plane after traveling Japan, you’ll be happy to know that Narita Airport has EIGHT soft play areas.
Called Kid’s Parks, they are scattered throughout Narita Airport Terminal 1, Narita Airport Terminal 2 and Narita Airport Terminal 3.
The reality is that these soft play areas are not going to win any awards for creativity or design, but they will be helpful for those with children under 5.
Older kids will be bored out of their mind by these Narita airport playgrounds, so plan ahead.
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Things to Do in Narita Airport with Kids – KIDS PARK
We love a good soft play area to run off the kids’ energy before flight time!
All Narita Airport playground soft play areas have large foam blocks barriers surrounding soft mats and a few random toys.
The blocks form an enclosure to contain babies and toddlers. They double as seats for parents and carers too.
All the kid’s park areas are filled with:
- small-size play equipment including foam blocks
- rockers
- miniature slides
- crawl-through play equipment, and
- the odd toy truck or car too.
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Gate 51 park Narita Airport Playground
Kid’s Park Play Area
The exception to the rule is the Kids Park on the 3rd floor near Gate 51.
This Narita Playground Kid’s park is in a dedicated room.
This indoor playground in Tokyo Narita airport is ideal when your kids are being loud, and disturbing other passengers, but still need to move, wriggle and generally be noisy.
Children must be accompanied by an adult to use these kid’s play areas.
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Terminal 1 Narita Airport Playground
The Narita Airport Playground Terminal 1 is:
Before passport control
- 5th Floor (near the Reception desk and IASS Executive lounge)
After departure procedure areas
- 3rd Floor (Between Gate 26 and 27)
- 3rd Floor (Between Gate 41 and 42) )
Click here for Narita Terminal 1 Map (Floor Guide)
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Terminal 2 Narita Airport Playground
The Narita Airport Playground Kidspark locations at Terminal 2 is:
Before passport control
- Main Building, 4th Floor – near Sushi-go-round Gansozushi
After departure procedure areas
- Main building, 3rd Floor – on the connecting corridor between the main building and the satellite, (situated between Minamoto Kitchoan and Japanese Culture Introduction Corner).
- Near Gate 81
Click here for Narita Terminal 2 Map (Floor Guide)
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Terminal 3 Narita Airport Playground
The Narita Airport Playground at Terminal 3 is:
After passport control
- 3rd Floor Main Building – after Outbound Passport Control at M11 on the map (close to Duty Free Pick up Counter)
- 3rd Floor Satellite Building – Opposite Gate 161
Click here for Narita Terminal 3 Map (Floor Guide)
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THE INSIDE SCOOP: Tokyo Narita Airport Playgrounds
- Address: 1-1 Furugome, Narita, Chiba Prefecture 282-0004, Japan
- Phone: + 81 476-34-8000
Hot tip: If you have any difficulty finding this playground, ask at one of the Information counters. The staff usually speak English and are friendly.
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