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The company was founded in the first year of the first year of the year (1864), the current head and sixth generation. It is also loved as a donated liquor by the Susaka feudal lord, and also receives international awards. The building where the house castle of the Susaka Domain was relocated is a memory of the old times. In the store, about 30 types of tasting are available.

Located in the Suzaka Art Park, it presents printmaking art, including works by Asaji Kobayashi, a printmaker from the city of Suzaka, and also exhibits representative works throughout the life of the woodblock painter, Kenichi Hiratsuka.

An art park consisting of the Suzaka Print Museum, the Ikuichi Hiratsuka Print Museum, the Folk Doll Museum of the World, and the Historic Buildings Garden. Including a craft fair in the forest that is held in mid-May every year, a 6-meter-high 30-stage decoration thousand-body chick festival (late January-mid-April, inquiry required), and a 15-stage May doll irises (mid-April-late June, inquiry required) are also popular.

The museum used the former Maki Shinshichi family, which was built in the early Meiji period. It consists of four buildings: the main house, the upper store, the Tozo, and the Nagayamon, and is a luxury building worthy of the mansion of the Australian merchant who flourished in the Edo period and in the Meiji era in the silk making business. See also the magnificent buildings along with exhibits such as Lee Dynasty's ancient folk art donated by the Japanese painter Nobutaka Oka, and various Taisho and Showa kimonos, glass products, which change their content every season. It was renovated and opened in October 2017 as the "Nobutaka Oka Memorial Exhibition Room". It displays Japanese paintings and a collection by Okao. It takes 20 minutes.

About 3000 folk dolls from more than 100 countries around the world donated by former head of the School of Culture and Fashion College Emeritus Chie Koike, a native of the city of Suzaka, and folk costumes collected by Koike along with the dolls, are on display.

The Tanaka Honke was founded in the middle of the Edo period, and was one of Kitashinano's best Australian merchants in the Suzaka clan. The books, pottery, lacquerware, costumes, and toys of the tradition are displayed in the Dozo, which conveys the image of the times of the past, and because of its abundance of mass, it is called the early modern Shōkakuin. After viewing, it is also good to enjoy a walk in the Ikeizumi-style garden. At the resting place, you can taste the mountain bird zoni 1400 yen, which is said to have been eaten by the lord lord (reservation required). Take one hour.

It displays Kasagi and food stalls related to the Gion Festival in Suzaka. In the hall on the first floor, 11 kasahords and four stalls of different designs are displayed in each town. It's quite powerful up close. The second floor also exhibits works as a place for the presentation of lifelong learning of citizens. Take 30 minutes.

A zoo made famous by its red kangaroo hatch. You can feel close to animals in a small zoo surrounded by nature. We hold daily events, contact with rabbits and guinea pigs. Capybara, ring-tailed lemurs, Bengal tigers and Humboldt penguins are popular. It is located in the Gyoryu Park, which is one of the 100 famous Sakura spots, so I want to relax with the walk around it.

It is also known as a cherry blossom spot, and was also selected as "100 Sakura Famous Places". There is also a rooting-twisting pine (city natural monument) whose roots rose to the surface and the trunk grew by twisting. There is the Suzaka City Zoo with capybaras and ring-tailed lemurs in the park, and playground equipment and rest areas are also provided, so families can enjoy the day. Suzaka Zoo entrance fee: 200 yen for adults and 70 yen for elementary and junior high school students.

Facilities located within the Suzaka Art Park, where the samurai row house and the Meiji-era Nagaya gate have been relocated and restored.