Today we went to Toshimaen Pool. We arrived at Toshimaen Station in the morning, around 9:30 AM and left around 14:00. If you come from Ikebukuro Station it's easiest to take a train bound for Toshimaen Station, otherwise it's easiest to take train that stops at Nerima Station and change there for a train bound for Toshimaen Station.
We were lucky to arrive so early; the place started to fill up quickly after lunch, and the lines to rides too long. We rolled out our matt by the 50 meter pool in the middle of the pool complex (between location 4 and 6 in the map above). This area was far less crowded than the areas near the entrance and around the fancier pools, such as the wave pool (pool picture above, location 1) . It was amazing to see all the equipments people managed to squeeze into this cramped area; tents, cool-boxes, little grills etc.
The Wave pool itself was nicer than we first thought. It was extremely crowded where the water was deeper, but we found it quite nice to lay down and relax closer to the "beach". We tried some of the rides in Hydropolis (location red 1), for which you have to buy a day pass costing 500 yen. It was a lot of fun, especially if I try to forget about the time we had spend in lines...
We had lunch at the Indian restaurant (located by the coffee cup above location 2). The kitchen staff were Indian, and for 600 yen for a set with either nan or rise it was a real treat after 2-3 hours in the water.
We left just in time to see the crowds grow critical, and on the way back home we stopped by Starbucks Toshimaen while waiting for the train.
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