JERA museum HEKINAN

A hands-on exchange facility that connects agriculture and consumers, created under the theme of agriculture, food and health. A motoshi experience plantation where vegetables can be harvested with your own hands, a maternity market with local fresh vegetables, a restaurant with an extensive menu, a bath with herbal scents and an integrated facility packed with ornamental greenhouses displaying 350 species of plants. We also hold events in conjunction with spring, summer, autumn and winter. It can be enjoyed in a wide range of ages from small children, so let's go with family.

It was founded for over 250 years and was the birthplace of Mikawa Mirin. More than 300 years old, "Taizo" is also listed on the National Registered Tangible Cultural Property. A "Mirinzo Guided Tour", where you can learn about the method and history of Mirin, where you can learn about the "Kuju Mirin Chōkan" and some of the factories (reservations required). There is also a Restaurant & Cafe K-hermitage where you can enjoy lunch and sweets using mirin and mirin-lees. This is an old private house restaurant that has been built for more than 200 years, and you can enjoy the charm of mirin as well as Japanese food. At Hachirouji Ishikawa, where you can buy souvenirs such as sweets using mirin and mirin, "mirin soft", which is only here, is also recommended.

About 260 kinds of fish, mainly fish found off the Japanese coast, are on display. In addition, the Biotope, which was newly opened in 2019, also provides protection and display of rare freshwater fish from Japan. Backyard tours and hands-on events such as craft classes are also held on weekends. Incoming adults ¥ 500, dwarfs (middle school students or younger) ¥ 200, and annual passports are ¥ 1300 for adults and ¥ 500 for children.