Restaurants

A fermentation theme park run by Pickles Corporation, a tsukemono (Japanese pickles) maker. There are select shops for fermented foods, cafes, restaurants, and workshops available. You can eat dishes made with rice bran and lactic acid bacteria, buy pickles and fermented foods carefully selected from all over the country. You can also experience fermentation directly with any of the workshops to make kimchi, pickled bran, and seasonal dishes.

This is the hub for Tokorozawa City and KADOKAWA's project, COOL JAPAN FOREST vision, to create cutting-edge culture and industry from beautiful nature and share it with the world. A cultural facility made up of a museum, art gallery, library, and an anime museum. Furthermore, there is a hall for Japanese pop culture, the EJ anime hotel where you can stay a night in your favorite story, book manufacturing, distribution factory, offices, restaurants, shopping, interactive book stores, shrines, you name it! This place has it all!

Great accessibility with its location right by the Kamisato Smart IC. You can shop for seasonal fruits and vegetables, western and Japanese sweets, and even experience harvesting yourself! As the central tourist center of Kamisato Town, exciting development is to be expected here!

Enjoy handmade soba, udon, and other set menus that have been popular among the farmers of Ashigakubo for a long time. You can also enjoy strawberry picking. The strawberries are bright red and packed with juicy sweetness. It is located right next to Menya Kinoko Chaya. If you want to pick strawberries, stop by the Menya Kinoko Chaya first. ※ Time limit of 30 minutes per entry ※ Greatly appreciated if you contact us in advance

The purpose of this facility is to promote immigration to Hatoyama Town, support entrepreneurship, and enable interaction between generations. Inside the building, there is a "Machiokoshi Cafe," where 1-day chefs serve lunch, sell lunch boxes, sandwiches, sweets, and other food and beverages, as well as local vegetables and handmade goods by artists from the Hiki area.

Masuya is the largest place for consumtion of farm-raised catfish in Yoshikawa. This famous restaurant has been covered by TV numerous times and continues to spread the deliciousness of catfish. For those who are new to catfish, we recommend the catfish gozen set. It includes catfish tempura, tataki-age, and nanbanzuke, giving you a varied lineup to enjoy this tasty fish.

The restaurant retains its original appearance from the time of its establishment about 400 years ago in the early Edo period. You can enjoy a course of different catfish dishes, which offer a variety of tastes and textures, including sashimi, grilling, and frying, all of which have been traditionally enjoyed by people of Yoshikawa for hundreds of years.

Since its establishment in the mid-Edo period, this long-established teahouse-restaurant has been protecting and providing its taste, skills, and heartfelt hospitality. You can enjoy kaiseki cuisine with all kinds of catfish, as well as elaborate single dishes made with catfish.

From the moment you pass through the Nagaya gate, you will find yourself in an atmospheric space where you can feel the peace and nostalgia of an old traditional house. In the garden, roses are in full bloom, and inside the facility, there is a restaurant where you can eat and a center specializing in local produce, allowing you to buy and bring home fresh vegetables. This is a great place to enjoy an atmospheric and relaxing time.

Roadside Station Showa is surrounded by a rural landscape of fertile farmland, small forest grooves, and pastoral rice fields. This blessed natural environment allows you to feel the changing of the seasons. In the product hall, you can find a variety of souvenirs from all over the country as well as products unique to the Kasukabe area. This is a very popular spot for tourists where you even can buy fresh local vegetables. Or why not sit down and enjoy a hot meal at the restaurant "Shokusai-kan?"

JA Saitama Chuo's Higashi Matsuyama direct sales center "Inahoterasu" is an open building constructed with local wood and natural material. The name was chosen through a contest where locals participated and came with suggestions. Inahoterasu symbolizes how the ears of rice (=inaho) will light up (=terasu) a bright future for people. Here you can find a wide variety of souvenirs from Higashimatsuyama City, such as processed pears and chestnuts, yakitori rice crackers, and other sweets!

Located right next to the Kamisato Smart IC, the store is packed with fresh produce representing Kamisato, such as pears, strawberries, corn, cucumbers, and tomatoes. The store is also popular for holding events featuring seasonal fruits and vegetables, such as the Corn Fair, Pear Fair, and Strawberry Fair. In the food court attached to the store, a local handmade udon noodle restaurant called Kiyanchi and a handmade hamburger steak restaurant with its head office in Sengoku (Tokyo) called Grill K Farms are open for business, attracting many visitors from near and afar.

This store was originally the main building of a meisen silk wholesaler that prospered in the Taisho era. It has now been restored as a tourist center that also displays and sells local products. You can also try out the local cuisine at the soba noodle shop!

JA Saitama Chuo's Higashi Matsuyama direct sales center "Inahoterasu" is an open building constructed with local wood and natural material. The name was chosen through a contest where locals participated and came with suggestions. Inahoterasu symbolizes how the ears of rice (=inaho) will light up (=terasu) a bright future for people. Here you can find a wide variety of souvenirs from Higashimatsuyama City, such as processed pears and chestnuts, yakitori rice crackers, and other sweets!

Roadside Station Showa is surrounded by a rural landscape of fertile farmland, small forest grooves, and pastoral rice fields. This blessed natural environment allows you to feel the changing of the seasons. In the product hall, you can find a variety of souvenirs from all over the country as well as products unique to the Kasukabe area. This is a very popular spot for tourists where you even can buy fresh local vegetables. Or why not sit down and enjoy a hot meal at the restaurant "Shokusai-kan?"

From the moment you pass through the Nagaya gate, you will find yourself in an atmospheric space where you can feel the peace and nostalgia of an old traditional house. In the garden, roses are in full bloom, and inside the facility, there is a restaurant where you can eat and a center specializing in local produce, allowing you to buy and bring home fresh vegetables. This is a great place to enjoy an atmospheric and relaxing time.

Since its establishment in the mid-Edo period, this long-established teahouse-restaurant has been protecting and providing its taste, skills, and heartfelt hospitality. You can enjoy kaiseki cuisine with all kinds of catfish, as well as elaborate single dishes made with catfish.

The restaurant retains its original appearance from the time of its establishment about 400 years ago in the early Edo period. You can enjoy a course of different catfish dishes, which offer a variety of tastes and textures, including sashimi, grilling, and frying, all of which have been traditionally enjoyed by people of Yoshikawa for hundreds of years.

Masuya is the largest place for consumtion of farm-raised catfish in Yoshikawa. This famous restaurant has been covered by TV numerous times and continues to spread the deliciousness of catfish. For those who are new to catfish, we recommend the catfish gozen set. It includes catfish tempura, tataki-age, and nanbanzuke, giving you a varied lineup to enjoy this tasty fish.

The purpose of this facility is to promote immigration to Hatoyama Town, support entrepreneurship, and enable interaction between generations. Inside the building, there is a "Machiokoshi Cafe," where 1-day chefs serve lunch, sell lunch boxes, sandwiches, sweets, and other food and beverages, as well as local vegetables and handmade goods by artists from the Hiki area.

Enjoy handmade soba, udon, and other set menus that have been popular among the farmers of Ashigakubo for a long time. You can also enjoy strawberry picking. The strawberries are bright red and packed with juicy sweetness. It is located right next to Menya Kinoko Chaya. If you want to pick strawberries, stop by the Menya Kinoko Chaya first. ※ Time limit of 30 minutes per entry ※ Greatly appreciated if you contact us in advance

Great accessibility with its location right by the Kamisato Smart IC. You can shop for seasonal fruits and vegetables, western and Japanese sweets, and even experience harvesting yourself! As the central tourist center of Kamisato Town, exciting development is to be expected here!