児童館

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 児童館 and read じどうかん, it is a community facility where children can play, learn, and socialize outside regular school hours.
• Basic usage: It serves as a place to play a board game with friends and to find notices for craft activities.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Not a regular school
  • It provides activities and space for children but is not itself the institution delivering their formal classes.