Road Station Ikeda (Ikeda-cho Herb Center)

Road Station Ikeda (Ikeda-cho Herb Center)

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JR Ago Oiwake Station → 10 minutes by car
20 minutes from Nagano-do Azumino IC via Prefectural Road No. 51
80 units

Business Hours

9-18 o'clock (11-March to 17 o'clock)

Spot Category

Road Station, Other Experience Facilities


Soft cream 300 yen, herbs (lavender & mint), vanilla, mulberry leaves, etc.

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Dream farm

The herb garden, which was the origin of the "Herbal Town", is located in the mountains on the eastern side of Ikeda Town. From mid-June to mid-July, when the lavender blooms, 40,000 square meters of the mountain skin will be dyed purple all over. Picking flowers is 500 yen for a glass of paper. In the spring, the area of Yume no Sato will be covered with cherry blossoms as a cherry blossom town created by small birds. The shop sells original herbal products (lavender soft ice cream at the time of lavender).

Northern Alps Observatory Museum (Ikeda Municipal Museum)

The museum is built on a high ground with a view of the northern Alps stretching over 180 degrees and the Azumino rural landscape in front of Mount Ariake called Shinano Fuji. It houses and displays works by artists from Ikeda-cho and Yukari Azumino, including oil paintings by Ikutaro Okuda, Daigoro Yamashita and Takako Kojima, as well as ceramic works by Yoshiichi Shinoda. In addition, a planned exhibition with elaborate tastes is also held several times a year. There is also a tea lounge and a terrace that can be used for sketching.

Kōtoku-ji Temple

An ancient temple of the Rinzai sect, located on a high ground overlooking the townscape. Kaesan was in the year of Meiyo 9 (1500). In Kyoho 10 (1725), the main hall, which was erected by the Hayashi family, includes the Uguisu-tsuku corridor, the Yamaoka Tetsushu flat-profile, and the Owari Tokugawa family's basket. The back of the back [kuri] next to the main hall houses a basket with a car devised by the priest in the Tenpo years. In the shrine under the entrance stone steps, Enmei Jizo, which is said to save women, is celebrated. As the festival approaches in April, the stone gets wet at night due to the temperature difference between day and night. The Honson Yakushi Nyorai was by a Buddhist master, Kiyama, of Gyeongsang 4 (1599). Chubu 49 Yakushi No. 21.

Myokaku-ji Temple

The ancient temple of the Rinzai Myoshin-ji school, which is lined with the main temple and the Jōō-dō and the bell-roomon. It is said to be about 700 years ago, but was rebuilt in Kyoho 11 (1726) after it was destroyed by fire. The gardens are well-maintained, and the flowers of the four seasons add color. The main hall was rebuilt in 2018 for aging.

Hakusan Shrine

Natural wood of cypress and cedar thrives on the grounds. The four shrines (important cultural property) of Kumano, Izu, Hakusan, and Zao, which are about 1m away from the side where the bills of the first year of Kenbu (1334) remain inside the Okiya in Ishigaki (Oiya). All of them are considered to be the oldest Kamakura architecture in Nagano Prefecture, which is characterized by the roof of Ichikensha style cypress skin. The entrance with the inscription of 1439 was left behind, indicating that it was the center of the culture of Kiso Valley.

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