Okutama Fishing Center
My husband loves to fish and after being in Japan for almost a year and not fishing, I knew it…
ACTIVITIES Within an Hour of YAB
Family Friendly
ACTIVITIES Within an Hour of YAB
Family-Friendly Hike from Mitake Station
If you’re comfortable with hiking 6-8 miles in a day with moderate elevation gain (1800-1900 feet), this is a pleasant…
ACTIVITIES Day Trips Summer
Hiratsuka Beach/Shonan Beach Park
Only 71 minutes (tollway route) from Yokota is a great sandy family friendly beach to cool off in during the…
ACTIVITIES Day Trips
Glico Pia East Factory Tour (Pocky Stick Tour) – Saitama
We recently took a trip to Saitama and did the Glico Pia East Factory Tour. It was about an hour…
FOOD
Pepacafe Forest, Thai and Asian Cuisine – Kichioji
Kichijoji is one of my favorite Tokyo neighborhood’s where you can find many cute cafes, small/big businesses, and casual/fancy bars.…
FOOD Restaurants near here
Sushi-chu
There is Japanese food and Japanese cuisine…Sushi-chu offers the latter – to the maximum delicious degree. Prices are reasonable, the…
ACTIVITIES Day Trips
Hitachi Seaside Park
This Showa Kinen-like Park, adjacent to the ocean, has some stunning garden displays, an amusement park, family golf courses, and…
ACTIVITIES Weekend Getaways
Hakone Kowakien Yunessun
Hakone Kowakien Yunessun is a water amusement park and spa resort in Hakone-machi, Hakone. It has over 25 water attractions…
ACTIVITIES
Fujiten
Fujiten is a ski resort at the bottom of Mt. Fuji about 90 minutes from Yokota Air Base. It is an…
ACTIVITIES
Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea
If you are stationed here with children, and perhaps even if you are here without, you are probably thinking about…
ACTIVITIES
Mount Takao
Mount Takao (Takao-san) is about an hour from Yokota and offers sightseeing and hiking. You can take a ten-minute cable…