Jun 30, 2025
Big hike in prefectural pool prices this year
There really is no end to the hike in prices this year. The price of almost everything has gone up. The only decrease in price I've heard of is, unexpectedly, Disney. Thanks to @genkidesu sharing that information on City-cost. And that's not official yet. But other than Disney toying with the idea of decreasing the entry price to the park. Almost everywhere and everything else is increasing prices.
I was very disappointed to see this morning that the price of our local prefecture run pool is going up. And not just by a few yennies nor even 100 yen, but by 370 yen per adult to 1100 yen and the child price is going up 70 yen to 300 yen per child. Furthermore, the parking prices have also gone up. From 840 yen to 1000 yen for the day. So for my family of six, a day at the pool this year will cost us 6000 yen this year, and that's excluding food. Last year it cost us 4220 yen.
The same applies to all three of the prefecture run pools in Saitama, in Kawagoe, Koshigaya and Kazo. I also noticed that Seibuen and Tobu Zoo also increased their entry fee into their outdoor seasonal pools this year too. Are they increasing the price of the prefecture run pools in your area too this year?
Former nickname was "Saitama". Changed it to save confusion on place review posts! Irish, 20+ years in Japan! I also write on my personal website: insaitama.com
2 Comments
genkidesu
6 hours ago
That's a steep increase. I'll have to check our local ones, but if it's exorbitant, it's a good incentive to just go to the river or the beach instead. Ends up being a really expensive day out otherwise :(
BigfamJapan
6 hours ago
@genkidesu the thing with the river is their swimwear gets badly stained... maybe that's just my kids!! Thanks for commenting because I did actually mean to mention you in the post re Disney, I've just edited it to add your name. I know you didn't comment for that reason, but I genuinely did mean to mention your article - I didn't link it because at the weekend when I tried to post an article with a link I couldn't. I was getting the 'dog ate your page' message and I lost 320 words. I didn't want to risk that again! But I've mentioned you now in this post so people can search for the Disney article.