YANMAR TOKYO: A multi-experience facility where you can enjoy Japan’s rice-centered food culture through dining, shopping, and hands-on activities

"YANMAR TOKYO" at Tokyo Station Yaesuguchi is a complex that transmits the charm of food culture with a focus on rice. There are a variety of stores, such as "Yanmar Rice Gallery" where you can learn about the past, present and future of rice, and "ASTERISCO (Asterisco)", an Italian to enjoy with rice. One of the highlights is the artwork with many cherry blossom petals. We will introduce you in detail what kind of experience you can do!

"YANMAR TOKYO" based on the concept of "HANASAKA" to nurture the future with people

"YANMAR TOKYO" at Tokyo Station Yaesuguchi is handled by industrial machinery manufacturer Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd., and various facilities including experiential galleries and restaurants are included in the space from the first to second floors of the basement. Just a fascinating spot in line with Yanmar's "HANASAKA" concept of "believing in the potential of people and boosting the challenge."

The first thing I want to pay attention to is a large amount of cherry blossoms that are gloriously poured from the first floor of the basement into the second floor. In the event space "HANASAKA SQUARE" on the first floor of the basement, you can enjoy the open space of creative director Kanakazu Sato, including artwork that expresses the image of all people's new possibilities in full bloom for the future.

The cherry blossom petals were made of washi paper and shiny materials, and were blown by the wind, sparkling and beautiful. Please be healed by the beautiful art that changes your impression depending on where you look at the first, first and second floors.

Learn about history and charm while having fun at the first floor "Yanmar Rice Gallery"

The rice you can eat every day. The Yanmar Rice Gallery is on the first floor where you can rediscover its appeal. There is a lot of content that can be enjoyed in a game sense using the latest technology.

In the "Rice Personality Diagnosis" corner, you can know the varieties of rice that suit your personality just by answering multiple questions.

"Do you have anything to do with rice?" and while wondering, even looking at the result, certainly! And it is surprising that there are many things that are true. Since you can also see the compatibility with other rice and the characteristics of each, it also leads to encounter with varieties you do not know. There were a lot of varieties that I didn't know unexpectedly, and I was able to learn it after getting carried away. Since the QR code is displayed at the end, it is also possible to read the result on the smartphone.

The tractor, which attracts attention from the outside of the building, is the latest model used for tilling work, which is important for making rice. It is equipped with ICT technology such as straight forward assist to help manage farm work with a lot of hard work and improve the efficiency of work. The Yanmar logo made of rice straw is raised above the tractor.

In addition, the "Rice Making Knowledge" corner, which matches the problem of making rice with the solution method using dice-shaped objects, and the "Rice Cooking MAP" where you can learn how to make rice dishes and bean knowledge from around the world, only fulfilling content!

The multi-display of five sides shows a video showing how rice making has developed from more than 3,000 years ago to the near future.
I collaborated with a thatch craftsman, Ikuya Sagara, and the space designed using rice straw is somewhat nostalgic. On the other hand, the video and screen operation of each content was created to be crazy, and I was able to feel the appeal of the new experience facilities.

■ Yanmar rice gallery (Yanma Komecharari)

Opening hours: 10-19: 00
Closed: Mondays (open if Mondays are a public holiday, closed the following weekday)
Admission: Free
URL:https://www.yanmar.com/jp/komegallery/

In addition, "YANMAR CAFE", a cafe located near the entrance, sells sake ice cream and non-alcoholic amazake with a focus on the region of origin and manufacturing. An eat-in space is also provided, allowing you to take a breather and spend a special time in touch with the new charms of rice.

■ YANMAR CAFE

Opening hours: 10-17
Closed: Closed at Yanmar Rice Gallery
URL:https://www.yanmar.com/jp/komegallery/yanmarcafe/

Rice to enjoy like sake ice and wine on the first floor, there are a lot of first-time encounter!

The highlight of the first floor is still there! About 10 types of ice cream are on sale at SAKEICE Tokyo Shop, Japan's first store specializing in sake ice cream. In addition to the classic "Sake Ice", you can get a variety of products such as "Otokoyama Ice" and "Inokashira (Inokashira) Pure Rice", which are a combination of sake and ice. It is also possible to actually purchase the sake used for ice.

Of course, those who are not good at alcohol can also enjoy. This time I had rice ice "ri ole" without alcohol. Because the rice grains are in it, you can enjoy the crisp texture. It has excellent compatibility with rich vanilla ice. It was a new sense of ice.
The price is uniform, 600 yen for singles, 800 yen for doubles, and 900 yen for triples. It is nice to enjoy various flavors at once! It is said that the types of alcohol and ice will be replaced from time to time, so please check it out regularly.

■ SAKEICE Tokyo Shop

Opening hours: 11-20
Closed: No Closed
URL:https:// sakeice.jp/

A graceful space to relax with a delicious lunch on the basement floor

The basement leading to Yaetika at Tokyo Station is "HANASAKA SQUARE", a free space for everyone to use. The spacious space, with cherry blossoms and green artwork overhead, is quiet and calm enough to make you think you're at Tokyo Station.

On the other side is Bento's "Nori Ben Yaehachi". Selected rice is cooked in Hagama, and nori is made from "blue-mixed nori", a combination of "Ichiban-picked seaweed" and "blue seaweed" from Mikawa Bay. In addition, side dishes that make use of koji are increasingly adding to the taste of rice and nori.

It is crowded with businessmen at lunch every day. The rice cooked by rice professionals is delicious enough to make you want to eat it every day, and it is packed with elements that are kind to your body.

■ Nori Valve Yaehachi

Opening hours: 11-20
Closed: Unregular holidays
TEL:03-3277-6888

In addition, "HANASAKA STAND" can experience people who embody "HANASAKA" and their activities through footage and exhibits.

Meet new food on the second floor "ASTERISCO"

On the second floor, "ASTERISCO (Asterico)" is an Italian restaurant to enjoy with rice, and you can taste a menu of seasonal ingredients from all over Japan, including rice specialités that contain the taste of meat, fish and vegetables.

One of the recommended is "white egg and truffle risotto" 3300 yen. The chicken eggs that grew up eating rice are a dish that can taste refreshingly but also tangle with rich risotto, and you can feel the taste and taste of rice. * Serves in some courses of lunch and dinner

Rice dessert too! The only dessert for dinner time is recommended for "rice tiramisu" 1000 yen. The taste that can only be tasted here, using mascarpone cheese and rice shochu from Hokkaido, is attractive. A dish that allows you to enjoy the fluffy texture of the dough and the crispy texture of the rice puff with toppings. It is an adult tiramisu with the flavor of rice shochu.

■ ASTERISCO (ASTERISCO)

Opening times: Lunch 11:30-15:30 (14:30 LO), Dinner 17:30-22:30 (21:30 LO)
Closed: Unregular holidays
TEL:03-3277-6606

"YANMAR TOKYO" where you can enjoy food, experience and shopping. It is definitely a facility where you can discover new food attractions and items by going around the whole. Please try to make memories of this summer!

◾️ YANMAR TOKYO

Address: 2-1-1 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
TEL: None
Hours: By each store
Holds: Unregular holidays (depending on each store)
Access: Tokyo Station Yaesu Exit