Yokohama Science Center

Many times, my husband mentioned his desire of taking out two- year son to the planetarium. I was worried that he was too young to go to the dark planetarium and might be terrified by the idea of looking at the stars above. However, in this summer holiday, I thought, I should give him a shot.

We checked the website that the science museum does not cost so much; 400 yen for the entrance fee and 600 for the planetarium. The train, from Gumyoji to Yokohama station I only have to pay 260 yen since my husband has his prepaid card, and from Yokohama to Yokodai station by JR train (negishi line) it only costs 210 yen. Here we go.

Wisnu had lunch at home and took his cough medicine as well as allergy syrup for his skin rash. He stayed awake in the train but then fell asleep when we were about to reach Yokodai. We bought Mc Donald across the station and walked for 5 minutes.

When we stepped into the museum, Wisnu was still sleeping so we spent sometime in the resting area (B1 floor) to eat the burgers. We could see the children joining various workshops on the B2 floor. As soon as wisnu was up, we started the exploration.

The museum was not too crowded, but many children were there. We started at 4 o'clock from the top floor: optical telescope , space communication. We skipped the rest, because we had to rush down to the planetarium at 4.40.

However, on the 3rd floor, there is a planet gym where Wisnu can climb on the stairs and slide down the tunnel.
It turned out that he did not have the guts to try it on himself, so my husband had to go with him into the tunnel. Maybe it's the first time in his life to see a giant tunnel with many kids screaming and running around. (What a wishful thinking).

Then we went down to the 1st floor, the planetarium and took some pictures while waiting for the gate to open.



We did get into the planetarium. Fun? It was supposed to be. Wisnu sat restlessly and said, "udah, udah, uang, guap" (that's it, let's go home, it's dark in here). So he suffered for 40 minutes. Another thing, the show was in Japanese--of course because we are in Japan. I guess we were the only non-Japanese. I took it for granted they would provide the English subtitle, but they did not, it was supposed to be provided upon request.

Once we're out of the museum, wisnu saw a playground right next to it. He ran there ethusiastically. He had a good time there!!



I think he likes the playground better than the science center -- for the time being.