Today Quinn and I headed to Kidzania in Tokyo. Kidzania is a kid sized world in which they can choose to try 60 different jobs, earn money, open a bank account with an ATM card, go to class for a a driver's license and then rent a car. You literally walk into a mini town with buildings and streets with lights and traffic signs. The town is supposed to be during the night time so many of my pictures are not so great. Each job has 2-3 Zupervisors/adults and usually lasts 20-30 minutes. Once they complete the job, the Zupervisors pay them money (Kidzania dollars). Kids must enter into the work zone by themselves (parents are not allowed in; you watch from the outside).
Quinn wanted nothing to do with food service jobs (which is a good sign) or the medical jobs (which is a bad sign). It was amazing how authentic everything was including uniforms in kid sizes. Real companies sponsor each job ... Coco-cola has a bottling plant, ANA has a plane with multiple jobs, food includes MOS Burger and Pizza-La . The list goes on and on.
First Quinn worked for Obayashi Construction and built a bridge leading to the new "Sky Tree" Tower (built to be taller than Tokyo Tower). In the pictures you can see Quinn not paying attention to the building plans with the rest of his team. But he was the only kid that could quickly identify the letters on the blocks to build the bridge.
Next we waited for an hour to be a firefighter. He rode in a mini version of a fire truck and used a real water hose to spray out a house on fire. Then Quinn got to ride in the front seat and do announcements over the siren to ask people to move out of the streets for the fire truck. Third on Quinn's must do list was Yamato Kuroneko (Japanese version of Fed Ex).
Next Quinn headed over to the Autobacs and tried his hand at being a mechanic. He got to help change a tire, check the battery, etc.
His two final jobs included a professional soccer player and a photojournalist (with a really nice Sony camera). Quinn had a great time and didn't want to leave but our time was up. On the train ride home his eyes were getting heavy as he said, "Mommy next time I'm going to be a vet and drive a car."
2 comments:
Wow! Another awesome day for Q. Jealous again. Seriously that looks amazing. Did you have to make reservations super far in advance?
It was awesome ... I think a good reason for the Davis boys to come back for a visit. Q had a day off during the week because the teachers took the graduating class to Sanrio-land. So I made the reservations 2 weeks out. It was quiet and we still had to wait 1 hour for some jobs. So I can't imagine on a week-end or holiday. Q can't wait to go back.
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