Indoor Play Places in Oita: Free Kids’ Rooms, Paid Play Areas and Planetariums Compared (2026)

This page compares 6 indoor play places in Oita Prefecture for days when it is rainy or too hot to be outside with children. Two are free: the Chuo Kodomo Room in central Oita City (ages 0 to 15) and the Goen Family Park at Park Place Oita (preschool children). The indoor play areas at Tokiwa Wasada Town and Tokiwa Beppu charge by time from ¥550 for 30 minutes, and the planetariums at Sekisaki Mirai Kaiseikan in Saganoseki and in Kokonoe cost children ¥270 or less.

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1. The 6 places compared: location, age and children’s price

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For Oita City’s aquarium “Umitamago” (admission, nursing rooms and strollers), see our article on Umitamago admission and hours (Japanese).

2. Total for a family of 4 for 1 hour

This is the total for 2 adults and 2 children (both within the age range) staying 1 hour at the places that charge by time.

Children are counted as the first 30 minutes plus 3 extensions of 10 minutes, and adults pay no extension fee. At Beppu, the weekday ¥1,100 all-day plan is cheaper once you stay beyond 1 hour 20 minutes, and on holidays the ¥1,550 3-hour plan is cheaper beyond 1 hour 30 minutes.

3. Kuma-no-Gakko Asobi Garden, Tokiwa Wasada Town (Oita City): ages 2 to 8, ¥550 for 30 minutes

This indoor play facility themed on the “Kuma-no-Gakko” (The Bears’ School) characters is inside Namco on the 2nd floor of Festival Town, block 3 of Tokiwa Wasada Town.

Foam ball pool (Kuma-no-Gakko Asobi Garden official Instagram; a post shared with the Tsukuba branch)

• Children (ages 2 to 8) pay ¥550 for the first 30 minutes and ¥110 for each 10 minutes after that. Adults (age 20 and over) pay ¥440, with no extension fee.
• Children under 2 and aged 9 and over can enter only when a child in the target age range goes in with them, and for safety they cannot play on the equipment (guardian price; free under 6 months).
• At least 1 adult is needed for every 3 children. Adults alone cannot enter. You may have to wait to get in when it is crowded.
• The only things you can bring in are capped plastic bottles or flasks for hydration.
• The Tokiwa Wasada Town car park (about 4,000 spaces and more) is free. By bus, take a route through Wasada Town from stop 2 at Chuo-dori Tokiwa-mae of Oita Bus.

Name	Kuma-no-Gakko Asobi Garden, Tokiwa Wasada Town
Address	755-1 Tamazawa, Oita City, Oita (Tokiwa Wasada Town, Festival Town, block 3, 2F, inside Namco)
Hours / Closed	10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)
Phone	097-588-8827
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4. Goen Family Park, Park Place Oita (Oita City): free for preschoolers

This is a free indoor play facility for preschool children aged 0 to 6 and their guardians, on the 2nd floor of Park Place Oita Garden Walk. It is run by GOEN Co., Ltd., which also takes housing and money consultations at the same place, but you can use the play equipment alone.

Introduction video of Goen Family Park (Goen Family Park official Instagram)

• Entry is free, and you make a passport (membership card) by adding the park as a friend on LINE. A guardian must always stay with the child and cannot step away.
• The equipment is open 11:00 to 17:00 on weekdays and 11:00 to 16:45 on weekends and holidays, in 45-minute shifts. The equipment zone has a lunch break from 12:00 to 13:00 every day.
• From September 2026 the kids’ room is closed all day every Tuesday (except holidays). During events, only people who have reserved the kids’ room can use it (notice on the official Instagram).
• Eating and drinking are in principle not allowed. Strollers are left in a set place, and for nursing and diaper changes you use the facilities inside Park Place Oita.

Name	Goen Family Park, Park Place Oita
Address	2-1 Koen-dori Nishi, Oita City, Oita (Park Place Oita Garden Walk, 2F)
Hours / Closed	11:00–19:00 (equipment: weekdays 11:00–17:00, weekends and holidays 11:00–16:45 in 45-minute shifts; kids' room closed Tuesdays)
Phone	097-547-9324
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5. Beppu Kodomo Asobi Meguri, Tokiwa Beppu (Beppu City): 6 months to 12 years, ¥1,100 for a weekday all day

This indoor play facility is in the game corner on the 4th floor of Tokiwa Beppu. It has 5 corners: a ball pool with 100,000 balls (“Tamaike Asobi”), “Beppu Eco Ride” with Kamenoi Bus, a pretend-play “Tokiwa Beppu Shopping Street”, “Miniature Kingdom”, and projection-mapping “Digital Asobi”.

• On weekdays children (6 months to 12 years) pay ¥550 for the first 30 minutes and ¥110 for each 10 minutes after; on holidays it is ¥660 and ¥150. Adults (age 20 and over) pay ¥330 on weekdays and ¥440 on holidays, with no extension fee.
• The cheaper plans are ¥1,100 for a weekday all day and ¥1,550 for 3 hours on holidays. The weekday free pass is not sold over New Year, spring vacation, summer vacation and Golden Week.
• At least 1 adult goes in for every 3 children. Under 6 months is free. If you lose the entry receipt, there is a ¥3,000 fee per child.
• The Tokiwa Beppu car parks (about 510 and about 110 spaces) charge ¥200 per hour from 9:00 to 19:00 and ¥200 per hour from 19:00 to 9:00 the next morning (cap ¥1,000), and there is a service depending on how much you spend at Tokiwa. It is an 8-minute walk from the east exit of JR Beppu Station, and right by the “Beppu Kitahama” bus stop.

Prices are on the “Asobi Meguri price list” of the Tokiwa Beppu game corner (Bandai Namco Amusement) (Japanese).

Name	Beppu Kodomo Asobi Meguri, Tokiwa Beppu
Address	2-9-1 Kitahama, Beppu City, Oita (Tokiwa Beppu, 4F)
Hours / Closed	10:00–19:00 (closed irregularly, following Tokiwa Beppu)
Phone	0977-21-2522
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6. JX Metals Sekisaki Mirai Kaiseikan (Saganoseki, Oita City): free ground floor, reservation-only planetarium

This astronomy and ocean science museum is at the tip of the Saganoseki peninsula. The observation room on the ground floor (a 300-degree sea view), the exhibits and the shop are free to enter.

Planetarium and space exhibits (JX Metals Sekisaki Mirai Kaiseikan official Instagram)

• The planetarium is ¥540 for general admission, ¥270 for elementary, junior high and high school students, and free for preschoolers (with a guardian), and it is reservation only. If you go without a reservation you go on the waiting list, and reception closes 15 minutes before the show.
• Visiting the astronomical observation room is ¥630 for general admission, ¥310 for high school students, and free for junior high school students and under. The ticket is good for that whole day, and on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays people who watched the sun in the daytime can also join the night observation. Night observation is 18:30 to 22:00 from October to January.
• You can eat in the observation room, on the deck terrace and on the benches around the building (not in the planetarium room or the observation room). Lunch boxes are not sold.
• The car park is free and has 30 spaces. When the museum is closed, the car park cannot be used either.

Prices and hours are on the user guide of the Sekisaki Kaiseikan official site, and reservations on the Sekisaki Kaiseikan planetarium reservation page (both Japanese).

Name	JX Metals Sekisaki Mirai Kaiseikan
Address	4057-419 Saganoseki, Oita City, Oita
Hours / Closed	Weekdays 10:00–18:00, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and August 10:00–22:00 (last entry 30 minutes before closing). Closed Tuesdays (following weekday if a holiday), December 29–January 3
Phone	097-574-0100
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7. Oita Prefectural Kokonoe Youth Center (Kokonoe Town): monthly planetarium show

This is a prefectural youth facility in Kokonoe Town, Kusu District. The indoor attraction is the planetarium that is open to the public on the first Saturday of each month (only the second Saturday in January 2027). The show lasts about 50 minutes, and before or after it you can also play on the facility’s athletic course (free).

Kokonoe Youth Center at Chojabaru (Oita Prefectural Kokonoe Youth Center official Instagram)

• The next open date in 2026 is December 5 (the Geminid meteor shower and winter constellations, etc.). The morning show starts at 11:00 and the afternoon show at 14:00.
• Admission is free for infants and for junior high school children and under living in the prefecture; ¥110 for elementary and junior high school students from outside the prefecture, high school students from in or outside the prefecture, and youth groups and their leaders; and ¥240 for everyone else.
• You apply by phone, giving the date and time you want to see, the name of a representative, the number of people and a breakdown, where you live, and a contact.

The schedule is on the “Planetarium show” page of the Kokonoe Youth Center on the Oita Prefecture website (Japanese).

Name	Oita Prefectural Kokonoe Youth Center
Address	204-47 Tano, Kokonoe Town, Kusu District, Oita
Hours / Closed	Planetarium shows: first Saturday of each month at 11:00 and 14:00 (second Saturday in January 2027)
Phone	0973-79-3114
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8. Chuo Kodomo Room (Holtohall Oita, Oita City): free from age 0 to junior high school

This free child-rearing facility run by Oita City is inside the “Child-rearing Exchange Center” on the 2nd floor of J:COM Holtohall Oita. It covers 1,102 sq m and has play equipment including a kitchen set, slides, mini houses and a mole house, plus a nursing room, children’s toilets and a diaper-changing room.

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• Children from age 0 to junior high school and their guardians can use it for free. Preschool children, and elementary school children from outside the school district, need a guardian with them.
• The lunch room is open 9:30 to 16:45.
• There are events on weekends, and on weekdays it holds sessions such as “Ohanashi Detekoi” and “Akachan Rhythm”.
• Parking is in the Holtohall Oita underground car park (paid), and it is 3 minutes on foot from the Ueno-no-Mori exit of JR Oita Station.

The official pages are in Japanese.

Name	Chuo Kodomo Room (Holtohall Oita)
Address	1-5-1 Kanaike Minami, Oita City, Oita (J:COM Holtohall Oita, 2F)
Hours / Closed	9:30–17:00 (closed 2nd and 4th Mondays, December 28–January 3)
Phone	097-576-8243
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Sources

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• “Asobi Meguri price list” of the Tokiwa Beppu game corner (Bandai Namco Amusement)
• user guide of the Sekisaki Kaiseikan official site
• Sekisaki Kaiseikan planetarium reservation page
• “Planetarium show” page of the Kokonoe Youth Center on the Oita Prefecture website
• Japanese version of this page (日本語版)

Checked with official pages on October 19, 2026 (Japan time).