Restaurants

Miso, soy sauce, tofu, yuba, fries, pickles, and even sweets, everything crafted with utmost care for both ingredients and methods. (For more information regarding the facility, please refer to the URL below)

Koedo Kurari is an improved facility of what used to be the building Kyūkagamiyama brewery established in 1875, with the atmosphere of the original brewery remaining to this day. The brewery, built through the Meiji, Taisho, and Shōwa period, has been remodeled and designated as one of Japan's registered tangible cultural properties along with the three warehouses: souvenir shop (Meijigura), Restaurant (Taishōgura), Japanese sake shop (Shōwagura), and meeting space (Tenjigura).

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?"

Located by the roadside station, Lake Yanaka (Watarase Retarding Ground) can be fully viewed. There is a facility selling products such as the brand rice, Koshihikari, which is grown in the fertile land of Kitakawabe area, and fresh local vegetables such as the Momotarō tomato. Further, at the farm restaurant, the handmade soba with its deep flavors is popular, with many visitors coming back for more. This new attraction is unique in Japan since it crosses into three prefectures, resulting in the roadside station being responsible for its overall promotion.

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.

A shop with handmade soba that uses 100% local buckwheat flour. It is a store that uses Saitama Prefecture’s specially cultivated crops with the agricultural products harvested with more than a 50% reduction in the number of chemical pesticides and chemical fertilizer customarily used and has been certified by the prefecture. At Izumi-tei they use local, fresh, safe, and healthy ingredients bought directly from the source. In addition, if you make a reservation beforehand, you can experience making your own soba.

■ Convenient BBQ! Come empty-handed! No need to clean up! ♪ Right next to Shigakubo Station! Riverside BBQ surrounded by splendid nature! ☆彡 ■ Reservation required・・・Please contact us a week in advance. (Reservations accepted from one month in advance) ■ There may be changes/cancellations depending on circumstances. ■ Payment is made in advance through the office. ■ Bringing in food and drinks is prohibited. Beer/soft drinks can be purchased at our vendor. ■ Drinks are not included in the general set so please purchase at Roadside Station Orchard Park Ashigakubo. Please do not bring fireworks. Fully enjoy BBQ without needing to worry about cleaning and garbage collection! The cool temperature by the riverside is the perfect place to relax on a hot summer day～♪ Or how about a quick dip river? ( *´艸｀) There is a coin-operated shower at the Roadside Station Orchard Park Ashigakubo (reception open until 4 pm), so you can wash away your sweat ☆彡 Please feel free to use it ♪ (200 yen for 10 minutes) ☆ In the vicinity, there is the Yokoze Nōson Park with a 100-meter roller slide (30 minutes on foot) and a hiking course (Ashigakubo Orchard Park Village, Mount Hinata). Let's enjoy the outdoors~ Nearby, you can also find Yokozemachi Bukosan Tourist Information Center (0494-25-0450) where you can pick up a convenient area map! ♪ Also, there are rental bikes available at the information center as well! (´▽｀*)

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 mid-June to early August, 12,000 stocks of 42 different types of lotus flowers bloom on the surface of the lotus pond. The Gyōda lotus (ancient lotus) takes a primitive form with the number of petals being few; it is said to be a lotus from about 1,400 to 3,000 years ago. Lotus flowers are best-viewed midmorning. There are botanical gardens for aquatic plants, lakes for aquatic birds, peony gardens, ume gardens, and a hanami place with sakura trees, making it a place where one can feel the beauty of nature all year round. In addition, from mid-July to mid-October, rice paddy art is at its prime and can be viewed from the Ancient Lotus Hall’s Observation Room. The rice paddy art of Gyōda City started in 2008, with rice transplanting taking place yearly due to several volunteers and participants; not only are the designs original, but some have been collaborations with movies, TV shows, games. In 2015 it has been recorded in the Guinness World Records due to the area of the art being “the world’s largest (rice paddy art)”.

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.

The Takazawa Memorial Hall is a historic building constructed during the Edo period and is designated as a nationally registered tangible cultural property. The café is surrounded in a vast garden and holds a calm space

At our building, attached to the Iwatsuki Doll Museum, we want people to learn the history and culture of Iwatsuki. Here you can participate in various fun events, try cafe menus, local specialties, eat locally harvested delicious vegetables, gain new knowledge, and meet new people. This is a place for happiness where people and information come together.

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.

Experiencing the lakeside of the forest The lifestyle of northern Europe Starting with a market where shopping for sundries of northern European brands, fresh local vegetables, and handicrafts can be enjoyed, there are restaurants where one can enjoy meals of northern Europe, workshops for arts and crafts, rental boats to have a fulfilled time taking a "stroll" on the surface of a lake, seasonal events hosted by various brands, allowing for quality time filled with diverse experiences to be spent with family and friends.

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!

Taste handmade soba made with buckwheat flour made from buckwheat seeds taken from the house field and grounded using a stone mill. Run by a happy, elderly couple ♪ The inside of the store has a nostalgic and calm feeling. The specialty is the poster girl who is full of warmheartedness! The tempura that comes with the soba is fried after an order is made, so it is crispy and hot ♪ Located near the 8th temple, Seizenji (temple with a small-leaved maple of 600 years). During grape picking season, grapes can be bought directly (as a souvenir) from the neighboring grape garden ♪

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.

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!

This cultural facility is a renovated private house built in the late Meiji era. Here you can partake in various workshops such as pottery and soba noodle making. The best time to see the safflower is from late to mid-June, and the steamed safflower buns available are popular as a souvenir. Furthermore, there is a restaurant where you can enjoy handmade udon noodles made from 100% local flour. Enjoy Okegawa both with your eyes and your tastebuds!

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!