Kansai All-Inclusive
Kansai All-Inclusive Hotels With Kids: Resort, City and Glamping Stays
Meals, drinks and play included: pick by stay type and by age, for ages 0 to 2 and for elementary schoolers, using verified facilities
9 areas · 298 hotels (total listings across these areas)
Search for all-inclusive stays in Kansai and you will find seaside resorts, city hotels and glamping sites, which makes it hard to know what suits a family with kids. Because meals, drinks and activities are folded into the room rate, how happy you are with a stay depends a lot on what is covered and how well it fits your child's age.
Let's start with the resort type. Grand Mercure Awaji Island Resort & Spa has baby rooms for infants and toddlers and a kids' lounge of about 460 square meters, and summer pool access is included in the room rate. Grand Mercure Lake Biwa Resort & Spa lets children ages 0 to 2 sleep free in the parents' bed, and the changing room of its large communal bath has a baby bed. Grand Mercure Wakayama Minabe and Mercure Kyoto Miyazu hold Welcome Baby certification (a Japanese program recognizing baby-friendly lodging) and have shallow kids' pools just 35 cm deep. Add Mercure Wakayama Kushimoto, TAOYA Shirahama Senjo and TAOYA Nachikatsuura, and apart from Lake Biwa the resort-type stays line up along the coast, from Awaji Island to Wakayama and northern Kyoto.
City hotels are strongest on easy travel. Anda no Mori Osaka Tennoji Tower is a 3-minute walk from Tennoji Station, with a ball pit and a zip line, and baby food and formula are provided free. Grand Mercure Nara Kashihara is a 1-minute walk from the east exit of Kintetsu Kashihara-jingumae Station, which makes it a handy base for sightseeing in Nara.
For a hot spring hotel, there is Kamenoi Hotel Tondabayashi, at the summit of Mount Dakeyama in southern Osaka. A free shuttle bus runs from Kintetsu Tondabayashi Station, and dinner includes a kids' kaiseki (multi-course meal) for elementary schoolers and a kids' set meal for preschoolers.
The glamping option is GLAMP ELEMENT in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture. It was the first property in Shiga to earn Welcome Baby certification, offers a baby plan with more than 20 kinds of baby gear, and serves both dinner and breakfast on the deck of your own room.
What is included differs from property to property, and the details here reflect official websites and booking sites as of October 2026, which may change. Please check the latest information before you book.
Features to look for in this collection
Awaji Island: A Resort With Baby Rooms and a Kids' Lounge
Grand Mercure Awaji Island Resort & Spa overlooks the Naruto Strait. Dinner, breakfast, lounge drinks and snacks, hot springs and activities are all included in the room rate. It has baby rooms for infants and toddlers, and the outdoor garden pool open in summer has a shallow section about 30 cm deep.
Awaji Island
The baby rooms come with a diaper pail, a formula-making pod that doubles as a bottle sterilizer, bed guards and more, all kept in the room
Nanki-Shirahama, Nachikatsuura and Minabe: Hot Springs and Buffets All Under One Roof
At TAOYA Shirahama Senjo and TAOYA Nachikatsuura, nearly all in-hotel services are covered, including alcohol at dinner and drinks in the lounge. Grand Mercure Minabe suits little ones with its Welcome Baby certification and a kids' pool just 35 cm deep.
Nanki-Shirahama
TAOYA Shirahama Senjo has a kids' park with large climbing play structures and a hot spring pool open year-round, so rainy days are easy to spend indoors
Wakayama
At Minabe, the beach is right next to a park, there is a kids' buffet, and rooms with Welcome Baby certification also provide baby food
Lake Biwa: Two Styles, a Lakeside Resort and Glamping
Grand Mercure Lake Biwa Resort & Spa in Nagahama lets children ages 0 to 2 sleep free in the parents' bed, and as a lakeside resort it offers a buffet and a summer pool. GLAMP ELEMENT in Maibara is a glamping site where you can enjoy meals with just your family on your room's deck.
Lake Biwa
With both a resort and a glamping site here, you can choose what suits families with babies or with elementary schoolers
Shiga
GLAMP ELEMENT was the first in Shiga to earn Welcome Baby certification, and it is open from late March to early December
Osaka and Nara: A City Hotel Near the Station and a Hot Spring Hotel on a Mountaintop
Anda no Mori Osaka Tennoji Tower is a 3-minute walk from the station, with a ball pit and a zip line to play on. Kamenoi Hotel Tondabayashi is a hot spring hotel that serves kids' kaiseki (multi-course meals), and Grand Mercure Nara Kashihara is a 1-minute walk from the station and works well for sightseeing in Nara.
Osaka
Baby gear rental at Tennoji is free, and at Tondabayashi in-hotel activities are included in the room rate
Nara
Kashihara has a kids' space at the back of the 8th-floor lounge, and for bookings made through the official website only, up to two children sharing the parents' bed stay and eat free
Northern Kyoto and Kushimoto: Mercure Hotels by the Sea
Mercure Kyoto Miyazu Resort & Spa stands on high ground with a view of Amanohashidate, and drinks at the dinner buffet are free-flow (unlimited). Mercure Wakayama Kushimoto Resort & Spa looks out over the Pacific Ocean and the Hashigui-iwa rocks, and has a garden pool in summer.
Kyoto
Baby beds are provided only in the Classic Family Room, so families with babies should choose that room type
Wakayama
Baby gear at Kushimoto is a perk of the baby travel support plan, limited to 5 rooms per day
Tips for traveling with kids
- checkIf you are traveling with a child ages 0 to 2, check whether baby gear is permanently in the room. Choosing a room type that comes fully equipped, such as the baby room on Awaji Island or the Classic Family Room at Miyazu, means less to pack
- checkBaby gear at Kushimoto is available only with a specific plan, for 5 rooms a day. Baby gear at Minabe is limited in quantity and needs advance reservation, so it is safest to request it when you book
- checkWith elementary schoolers, choose by facilities that let them burn off energy. Tennoji has a zip line, Shirahama has large climbing play structures, and Maibara has a 100 m slide a 1-minute walk from the site, so the play differs from place to place
- checkEvening lounge conditions and hours differ by property. The kids' lounge on Awaji Island is open from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and the kids' space at Kashihara is open from 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., so plan around your arrival time
- checkWhat is included differs by property. At Tennoji, lunch is not part of the stay plan, and at Tondabayashi the room rate for ages 0 to 2, the bathing tax and the accommodation tax are charged separately. Please check before you book
- checkMany pools are open in summer only, with garden pools at Lake Biwa and Awaji Island. Only the hot spring pool at Shirahama is open year-round, which suits families who want water play whatever the season
Recommended hotels in this collection (29)
Selected automatically from the top-ranked hotels in each area.
Grand Mercure Awaji Island Resort & Spa
Grand Mercure Lake Biwa Resort & Spa
Grand Mercure Wakayama Minabe Resort & Spa
Mercure Kyoto Miyazu Resort & Spa
Mercure Wakayama Kushimoto Resort & Spa
TAOYA Shirahama Senjo
TAOYA Nachikatsuura
Anda no Mori Osaka Tennoji Tower
Kamenoi Hotel Tondabayashi All-Inclusive Hotel
Grand Mercure Nara Kashihara
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- Grand Mercure Awaji Island Resort & Spa
- Grand Mercure Lake Biwa Resort & Spa
- Grand Mercure Wakayama Minabe Resort & Spa
- Mercure Kyoto Miyazu Resort & Spa
- Mercure Wakayama Kushimoto Resort & Spa
- TAOYA Shirahama Senjo
- TAOYA Nachikatsuura
- Anda no Mori Osaka Tennoji Tower
- Kamenoi Hotel Tondabayashi All-Inclusive Hotel
- Grand Mercure Nara Kashihara
- GLAMP ELEMENT
- Yumekaiyu Awajishima
- Awaji Musenkei
- Shirahama Yanagiya
- Shirahama Coganoi Resort & Spa
- Shirahama Onsen Hotel Sanrakuso
- Kyukamura Kishu-Kada
- Lake Biwa Marriott Hotel
- Aonokotei BIWAFRONT HIKONE
- Kyukamura Omihachiman
- Biwako Ryokusuitei
- Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Minoo Kanko Hotel
- Moxy Osaka Umeda
- Nara Plaza Hotel
- Hotel Asyl Nara
- Kyoto Arashiyama Onsen Kadensho
- DoubleTree by Hilton Kyoto Station
- Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Shirahama Saichoraku
- Kawayu Onsen Tabi no Yado Shiba
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which hotels do you recommend for families with a baby up to age 2?
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At Grand Mercure Awaji Island, the baby rooms come with a formula-making pod and bed guards kept in the room. At Lake Biwa, children ages 0 to 2 sleeping in the parents' bed stay free, meals included, and GLAMP ELEMENT in Maibara has a baby plan with more than 20 kinds of baby gear. At Miyazu, you can choose a room with a baby bed.
Which hotels will elementary school kids enjoy?
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Anda no Mori Osaka Tennoji Tower has a ball pit, a ride-on play area and a zip line, all free to use. TAOYA Shirahama Senjo has large climbing play structures and a hot spring pool, and GLAMP ELEMENT provides a canoe for every guest unit, plus a 100 m slide a 1-minute walk away. Minabe also has an activity plan for elementary schoolers.
Can we get there without a car?
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Anda no Mori Osaka Tennoji Tower is a 3-minute walk from Tennoji Station, and Grand Mercure Nara Kashihara is a 1-minute walk from the east exit of Kintetsu Kashihara-jingumae Station. For the resort and glamping stays, it is safest to ask the property about shuttles or other transport from the nearest station before you book.
Can we still have a good stay on a rainy day?
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TAOYA Shirahama Senjo has an indoor play area with large climbing structures, so you can spend a rainy day inside. Tennoji has an indoor ball pit and a craft area, Miyazu has a wooden play area on the first basement floor, and Kashihara has a kids' space in the 8th-floor lounge. Note that outdoor pools are summer-only at many properties.
What does all-inclusive cover?
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It differs by property. At Lake Biwa and Awaji Island, dinner, breakfast, and lounge drinks and snacks are among the items included, and at GLAMP ELEMENT meals, drinks, activities and the large communal bath are included in the room rate. At Tennoji lunch is not included, and at Tondabayashi the room rate for ages 0 to 2 and similar costs are charged separately.