parenting

Books Jul 25, 2020

Reading time isn’t quiet time with ‘My Moon, Your Moon’

by Patrick St. Michel

Aishah Levine and Nick Ashley’s bilingual book encourages parents to strike up conversations with kids while reading to build self-confidence.

General Jul 7, 2020

Swedish ambassador to Japan offers hints on making the best of paternity leave

by Junko Horiuchi

Pereric Hoegberg wants Japanese fathers to take a more active role in parenting.

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Jul 5, 2020

Let your little farmers loose at this luxe agriculture-tourism resort in Nasu

by Danielle Demetriou

Do you — and the kids — need a break from the city? A few days in Risonare Nasu’s Agri-Garden will set everyone to rights.

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Mar 23, 2020

Teens can sharpen their cooking skills with Japanese recipes

When older kids become a little reluctant to hang out with the parents, enticing them out with food often works, and what better way than with a cooking class, where everyone can eat the results of an educational day out.

Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Aug 21, 2019

The odd blunder is OK at your local dad-to-be class

by Patrick St. Michel

Future fathers in Japan get lessons in caring for a baby at their local ward or city office. Yes, pregnancy suits are involved.

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Aug 18, 2019

Activities to keep the kids animated

by Danielle Demetriou

Have a young budding animation director on your hands? "The Science Behind Pixar" exhibition takes kids (and so-inclined adults) through the process from modeling and rigging to simulation and rendering.

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Jul 14, 2019

H.C. Andersen Park: Once upon a time, in a land not so far away

by Jason Jenkins

Take the kids on a fairy-tale trip to H.C. Andersen Park in Chiba Prefecture, where Denmark's most celebrated writer lives on in playgrounds, workshops and recreations of Danish village life.

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Jun 16, 2019

Mashiko: Pots of fun for kids and parents

by Danielle Demetriou

Young children and ceramics are not an obvious mix — the former having an alarming tendency to break the latter the second they come into contact with one another. But there is one situation when combining the two works like magic: children's pottery classes.

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY May 19, 2019

Race to Motegi for outdoor fun and games

by Jason Jenkins

Racecars, zip lines and the great outdoors — a visit to Twin Ring Motegi tracks in Tochigi Prefecture will keep the kids racing around in excitement.

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Mar 17, 2019

Fly into action and take the kids on an airline tour

by Jason Jenkins

For anyone who loves planes, a 'factory tour' of of one of Japan's biggest airlines can offer an exciting journey into aviation education.

Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Feb 17, 2019

The smooth way to go skiing with kids

by Danielle Demetriou

Perhaps one of Japan's most child-friendly hotels, Risonare Yatsugatake is a mecca for young families. The guestrooms are spacious, staff are ever-patient and there are kids' menus in the restaurants.