Restaurants

Located around 50 minutes from the city center on the Sayama Hills, an area filled with cherry blossoms, fresh greenery or the autumn leaves depending on the season. The lake glistens with the sunlight in the daytime and the moonlight at night. Enjoy the spectacular view, the delicious food, relax in your room and soak in the bath in this ultimate relaxation experience.

Located around 50 minutes from the city center on the Sayama Hills, an area filled with cherry blossoms, fresh greenery or the autumn leaves depending on the season. The lake glistens with the sunlight in the daytime and the moonlight at night. Enjoy the spectacular view, the delicious food, relax in your room and soak in the bath in this ultimate relaxation experience.

At Kappo Ryokan Futaba, we offer our specialty kaiseki ryori, “Chuushichi Meshi.” One of the top 5 famous Japanese rice dishes, Chuushichi Meshi was born from an encounter with Yamaoka Tesshū, who was instrumental in the historic “Fall of Edo.” This dish is topped with our signature sauce and eaten in the same manner as ochazuke (rice with green tea). It has been chosen as one of the top 5 famous Japanese rice dishes, alongside classic dishes like Fukagawa Meshi from Tokyo and Kayaku Meshi from Osaka. Please enjoy this traditional dish made from fresh seasonal ingredients and prepared with care by our expert chefs.

Established during the mid-Edo period, this long-running teahouse-restaurant continues to hand down its traditions of taste and technique while offering the finest hospitality. They serve a catfish kaiseki cuisine course featuring a variety of catfish preparations, or visitors can enjoy elaborate single dishes made from catfish.

This facility promotes migration to Hatoyama Town, entrepreneurship and interactions between people of all ages. There is a "Machiokoshi Cafe" (town revitalization cafe) inside the facility where a daily alternating chef offers meals, boxed lunches, sandwiches, sweets and other food and drink, as well as where local vegetables and handmade goods by Hiki area artists are available for sale.

Established during the mid-Edo period, this long-running teahouse-restaurant continues to hand down its traditions of taste and technique while offering the finest hospitality. They serve a catfish kaiseki cuisine course featuring a variety of catfish preparations, or visitors can enjoy elaborate single dishes made from catfish.

This facility promotes migration to Hatoyama Town, entrepreneurship and interactions between people of all ages. There is a "Machiokoshi Cafe" (town revitalization cafe) inside the facility where a daily alternating chef offers meals, boxed lunches, sandwiches, sweets and other food and drink, as well as where local vegetables and handmade goods by Hiki area artists are available for sale.

Roadside Station Showa, surrounded by a rural landscape of fertile farmland and pastoral rice fields interwoven with small forest groves, is nestled in the perfect environment to feel the change 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. You can also buy local fresh vegetables at the farmers market, a place popular with tourists. Meals are also available at the restaurant, "Shokusai-kan."

You'll spend a delightful time with family and friends at Metsa Village, whether shopping for Nordic brand goods that give you a taste of Nordic lifestyle, perusing handicrafts at the market, enjoying a Nordic meal at the restaurant, taking part in arts and crafts workshops, renting a boat to cruise the lake, or through various seasonal events. There's plenty to experience at this lakeside forest.

If you reserve an outdoor BBQ and food set (4 days advance required), you can arrive to BBQ here empty-handed. Reserve a spot under the roofed BBQ pavilion (4 days advance required) and you can BBQ even if it rains. The place is well-equipped with clean toilets, kitchen spaces and running water. A clear stream runs right in front of the BBQ space, making safe to play in the water.

This 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 featuring a variety of traditional catfish dishes, including sashimi, grilling, and frying, all of which have been enjoyed by the people of Yoshikawa for hundreds of years.

Created from a renovated old private residence, this complex stands on the road leading to Chichibu Shrine. Filled with Showa Retro style, the facility boasts a collection of establishments, including an Italian restaurant serving organic fare, a bar with 20 different beers always on tap and a private accommodation blending retro and modern styles, all built to create a place that attracts visitors and encourages organic connections.

Created from a renovated old private residence, this complex stands on the road leading to Chichibu Shrine. Filled with Showa Retro style, the facility boasts a collection of establishments, including an Italian restaurant serving organic fare, a bar with 20 different beers always on tap and a private accommodation blending retro and modern styles, all built to create a place that attracts visitors and encourages organic connections.

Established in 1946, our slogan is “from farm to dining table,” and we take pride in producing healthy and delicious ham and sausages using meat from the pigs raised on our farm. The quality of our product has been recognized for its authenticity in Germany, and has won many gold awards in international food contests. Featuring a theme park revolving around pork and health, there are gourmet pork meals, a farmers market selling local fresh vegetables and a relaxing hot spring, for a day full of leisurely fun.

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 koji (rice with added fermentation culture) and lactic acid bacteria, and buy pickles and fermented foods carefully selected from all over the country. You can also experience making fermented foods yourself, such as kimchi, nukazuke (rice bran pickles) and seasonal dishes, in one of the many workshops.

Taste handmade soba made with stone-ground buckwheat flour grown from buckwheat seeds taken from the house field. 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 ♪

From mid-June to early August, 12,000 stocks of 42 different types of lotus flowers bloom on the surface of this lotus pond. The Gyōda lotus (ancient lotus) is a primitive form with few petals; it is said this variety of lotus is from about 1,400 to 3,000 years ago. Lotus flowers are best viewed midmorning. There are aquatic plant botanical gardens, aquatic bird lakes, peony gardens, plum tree groves, and a spot for flower viewing (hanami) cherry blossom trees, making it a place to go to 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 annual rice transplanting taking place with the help of several volunteers and participants. Not only are the designs original, but some have been featured in movies, TV shows, games. In 2015 it was recorded in the Guinness World Records as “the world’s largest (rice paddy art).”

This facility is the center of the "Cool Japan Forest" Project, a joint project by KADOKAWA and Tokorozawa City to share the cutting-edge culture and industry born from an area of plentiful, beautiful nature. The facility has a library, art, natural history and anime museums, and a multipurpose hall to enjoy Japanese pop culture events. In addition, there are book manufacturing and distribution plants, offices, stores, restaurants, hands-on bookstores, shrines, and more!

This facility is the center of the "Cool Japan Forest" Project, a joint project by KADOKAWA and Tokorozawa City to share the cutting-edge culture and industry born from an area of plentiful, beautiful nature. The facility has a library, art, natural history and anime museums, and a multipurpose hall to enjoy Japanese pop culture events. In addition, there are book manufacturing and distribution plants, offices, stores, restaurants, hands-on bookstores, shrines, and more!

Enjoy country-style handmade soba, udon, and other set menus long popular among the farmers of Ashigakubo. You can also enjoy strawberry picking! The strawberries are bright red and packed with juicy sweetness. Strawberry picking is located right next to Menya Kinoko Chaya. If you want to pick strawberries, stop by Menya Kinoko Chaya first. ※ Time limit of 30 minutes per entry. ※ We would appreciate it if you could contact us in advance.

Masuya is the largest consumer of farm-raised catfish in Yoshikawa. This famous restaurant has been featured on TV numerous times spreading the word about the tastiness 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 variety of ways to enjoy this tasty fish.

Masuya is the largest consumer of farm-raised catfish in Yoshikawa. This famous restaurant has been featured on TV numerous times spreading the word about the tastiness 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 variety of ways to enjoy this tasty fish.

This roadside station is surrounded by rich green mountains, the clear streams of the Yokose River, clean air, and seasonal flowers and fruit trees. Inside the station, there is a farmers' market, restaurant, information center, resting area, hands-on experience dōjō (udon/soba), ceramics classroom and a gallery. Outside, there is an open space for relaxing and a deck where one can view the river from above. You can also enjoy a walk next to the Yokose river. ※Facilities listed in the Saitama Industrial Tourism Guidebook, "Manufacturing Guidebook."

A simple sulfur hot spring. Chichibu Yumoto is a day trip hot spring with the Bukō Onsen as its source, and is effective for a range of chronic diseases such as nerve pain, sore muscles, joint pain, stiff shoulders, and poor blood circulation. One can fully enjoy nature in the liberating open-air bath with the hinoki (wooden) bath, which gives the gentle feeling of trees, and the rock bath, which provides a simple natural atmosphere. Nearby there are also Bukō Auto Campsite (Phone Number: 0494-23-8229) and lodging facility Bukō Onsen Bekkan (annex) (For reservations: 0494-24-4141).