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A tourist spot with various facilities scattered over the vast site. At the Natural Observation Science Museum, the planetarium, which performs projections every hour every day, and displays of the Apollo spacecraft, as well as insect specimens. You can enjoy putter golf (18 holes 900 yen), cycling, and fun bicycles outdoors, as well as dog runs where you can run with Wan-chan. The restaurant boasts a wide view is also popular.

The museum is surrounded by rich nature at an altitude of 1350m at the foot of Mount Yatsugatake. The building was opened in 1980 with the donation of sculptures and paintings by Takayoshi Shimizu, an artist from Haramura. It has a range of well-built and warm masterpieces by Takayoshi Shimizu, who studied under the sculptor Bourdelle in France. The building was designed by Togo Murano, and inside, lace curtains are squeezed and hung, allowing the work to be appreciated in a relaxed, soft light. In addition, the book of the calligrapher Tsugane Kakusen, as well as Jōmon pottery and stoneware excavated from the Aku site in the village are on display. Various planned exhibitions are also held throughout the year. On a walking path around the museum, you can enjoy the mountain grass of the four seasons along with the outdoor exhibition of sculptures.

In addition to a large bath for different men and women equipped with a sauna, there is a rock-built open-air bath. Haramura Yatsugatake Onsen, which springs from 1300m below the ground, is a sodium-sulfate-chloride spring. It is effective for fatigue recovery, muscle pain and cold nature.

It stands at a corner of the site of the Yagedake Central Agricultural Practice College, a direct sale of eggs, dairy products and vegetables. Sales of agricultural leaders and things made by students who aspire to be agricultural executives. Popular is the specialty milk "Yagatake Farms Milk", which is milked by grazing dairy farmers in the beautiful natural environment at the foot of the Yagatake Mountain. Cheese with several kinds of tastes and original ice yogurt processed with milk are also popular. Eggs include "happy eggs (blue egg arokana)", "fertilized eggs", and "foot eggs". The cultivated morning-picked vegetables and flower seedlings are well received by locals and tourists alike.

It has practical and good quality living tools such as wood stoves from Japan and abroad, outdoor goods and kitchen utensils.

There are two stores, Teori Kobo and Shop (0266-75-3039). The shop is equipped with a variety of equipment such as fissure, hand-woven products and tapestries. A hand-woven classroom is also open in the workshop, and the experience course of 2500 yen, which is only for the weft to be put in, can be woven immediately even for the first time, and can bring back the finished product. For those who want to learn in earnest, there is also a classroom for 3-10 days. There is an experience discount for elementary school students (place mat 900 yen). The hand-woven experience course is for general 1000-2500 yen (place mat to table center). The experience course for elementary school students is 600-900 yen (two coasters ~ luncheon mats).

The parking area is located at an altitude of 920m and the highest point on the Chūan Expressway. By the way, the highest point of the central road is 1015m in elevation. It is located between Suwa IC and Suwa Minami IC. The "Ramen Karaitai Set", which is a set of three items: soy sauce ramen, fried chicken, and rice with increased taste with back fat, is a reasonable and affordable set meal. At the "Daily Yamazaki" convenience store, which is open 24 hours a day, you will taste a soft serve made with plenty of milk from Nagato Ranch in Shiraka Kogen. "Platto Park", which can be used all day, is attached.

It is easy to make a mistake, but because it is located in Haramura, it is correct to read it to be separated from Chuo Expressway and Hara parking area. It is located about 2.3km from Suwa Minami IC and is a PA where you can enjoy the view of Yatsugatake. The food court will send fresh seafood directly from the market and offer a variety of seafood menus unique to market brokers. We recommend a "lively market bowl" topped with five items such as tuna, salmon, and squid, and a full-sized meal with a mini-sized soba and seafood bowl. The concession stands sell "venison curry" using premium venison from Shinshu Fujimi Kogen.

Yatsugakukan in the "Small Picture Book Museum", which is familiar with Grandma Baba and is presided over by picture book writer Sachiwakiko. Encounters with amazing picture books, stories, and beautiful picture book originals are waiting. In the book corner, you can freely read more than 1000 picture books while relaxing on the sofa. In this age of the fast flow, both children and adults should stand gently, and try to spread the wings of fantasy leisurely.

A hot spring inn where you can take a day bath. The hall is fully equipped with separate male and female inner baths, as well as open-air baths, jet baths and bubble baths facing the gardens. The spring quality of the hot springs here is a sulfate spring, which is effective for neuralgia and muscle pain. The restaurant is also attached. Four times a day every day, for about 10 minutes at 10 o'clock, 16 o'clock, 17 o'clock and 18 o'clock, the color of the hot springs changes to green.