Haginaka park pool — Local services in Tokyo

Always annoyed by the random rules that public pools feel they have to set. Arrived around 4:20 pm and was told they were closed for a “break” and would reopen at 5 pm, with the 50 m outdoor pool available. Waited 40 minutes, went back, and was then told the outdoor pool was closed because it was raining. (It had been raining all day, but the pool was open earlier.) Why would you close a pool when it rains? Are they worried I’ll get wet? (If it’s thunderstorms, I get it—but that wasn’t the case.)

I went in anyway. Once inside, the indoor slide and surrounding pool area were closed for some unexplained reason, leaving my kids disappointed.

Then in winter they have a rule that you must wear a swimming cap “to keep the water clean.” Fair enough—except the rule doesn’t apply in summer. So, you can make the pool “dirty” in summer? Doesn’t make sense.

I also wear a Whoop and Garmin watch to monitor my swim, but of course I was asked to remove them. This rule exists in many pools, but no one has ever been able to justify it. Sometimes they say it’s because the watch might break. Seriously? When was the last time they saw a sports watch break in a pool? Other times they say it’s to prevent people from filming. I explained that neither my Garmin nor my Whoop has a camera. Or they claim it might hurt other people—yet they hand you a big plastic locker-key bracelet that, apparently, is magically harmless.

People go to pools to play and to exercise. Being able to monitor your body and track your workout is perfectly normal for anyone taking care of their health. We’re not in 1950—watches don’t just break in the water. If you want people to be healthy, enable them to do so.

Some pools allow wearables, and others let you use them if you cover them with a rubber band. At least lend these covers for free and let people exercise the way they want.

Lastly, if you’re going to set rules—especially when funded by our taxes—make sure you can actually...

It is potentially a very nice facility, the pools, the circular river, the slides, are all very fun when you can use them...however:

-If your child is younger than 7 years then you should not take them to this pool because they will refuse to allow them to use most facilities. They can only use the baby splashing pools. They will be refused access to the normal swimming pool, and also refused access to the water slides. Your child will be very unhappy and cry because they will not let them use these fun facilities. It does not matter if your child is a skilled swimmer and physically developed, if the staff think they might be younger than 7 years, they will try to stop them.

-If you have serious eyesight problems and require eyeglasses to see, then you should not go to this pool because they will not allow you to wear any glasses. There is no obvious reason for this rule, it is cruel to people who need eyeglasses to see. I don't know where visually impaired persons can use a public pool in Ota-ku, certainly not in this facility.

-If you do not like unpleasant odors then you should not go, because the dressing/changing rooms are filthy and have a foul aroma. My child said that it smells like "poopy" in the dressing room, and he is correct. This place needs a heavy dose of bleach and scrub brushes, maybe every day for a month, and maybe it could be...

Indoors 25m outdoors 50m pools, couple of slides, small beach like pools for kids.

Outdoor are season a bit too short imho - from mid July to end of August only, also they apply session you can't stay all day, hood thing it only 360yen for adults and 100yen for kids.

Indoors season cost a bit more (480yen), open hours are longer till 21:00, but be careful some days a week they may open shorter or closed for...