Famous Foods

Fresh seafood cuisine at the northernmost tip of Sado Island featuring local ingredients specially selected by shopkeepers.

A famous food stand village selling specialties like seared bonito grilled over a straw fueled fire

A quaint local railroad from which you can enjoy the Japanese countryside, unchanged from the good old days

Rural districts, water wheels, thatched-roof houses…experience the region of Tono within the landscape of a recreated agricultural village

On the coast of the Sea of Japan is a fish market that prides itself on its fresh and reasonably priced products

25 okonomiyaki shops are all tightly packed together in one building!

An “onsen”popular with women as one of the top 3 hot springs in Japan for beauty enhancing

An interactive facility where the artisans of Morioka gather to show the traditional handicrafts from the good old days

A historic cobblestone alley with a “delicious” air

One of Japan’s largest tea farms where you can wear traditional uniforms and pick tea leaves

With a museum and a factory tour, this is the place to find out about all things okonomiyaki where you can even enjoy making some yourself

Choose as much fresh sashimi as you want! Try creating your ideal “kaisendon” (fresh sashimi bowl) from the ingredients you like.

Japan’s largest wasabi farm using the snowmelt from the Northern Alps

An open-air museum relating the old hometown traditions of Tono

A series of popular oyster restaurants where you can dine on fresh oysters at a reasonable price

An interactive tourist farm where you can enjoy fruit picking all year…you can have your full pick of fresh fruits!