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A pie workshop in the plateau where a confectioner who meets the famous water and the bounty of nature at the foot of Mount Yatsugatake carefully folds a pie with an old-fashioned formula. Ideal for souvenirs, such as apple pie 1080 yen ~ and mountain grape pie 720 yen ~ with plenty of cinnamon-scented apples in moist puff pastry. House of bread is also adjacent.

A bread and cake shop made from selected materials. The standard is cream puff 210 yen. There is a tea room with terrace seats, where cakes can be eaten on the spot. 300 yen per piece of flower bean bread made of flower beans from around Yatsugatake is also well received.

A gallery of craft works with owl motifs such as wood carving. There are counter seats, but cafe time is recommended on deck in a green garden. Enjoy delicious sweets such as Yagatake apple pie 550 yen without taking leaves.

The museum was set up with the private goods of the late Ikuo Hirayama, a Japanese painter who was fascinated by Silk Road culture. About 10,000 collections will be released sequentially, ranging from big works on the Silk Road to fine art collected by the Hirayama and his wife over 40 years. In the planning and exhibition room, the exhibition and atelier of the works of Ikuo Hirayama are reproduced. There is a café "Caravansaray" in the hall and three full-size pottery in the Raku Park, which can be enjoyed by families.

It is also counted in the "Meisui Hyakusyo" as the southern foothills of Yatsugatake, a three-part spring water with a rich spring volume of as much as 8500 tons a day. It was derived from the fact that the six villages at the foot of the spring water were fighting during the Edo period, so the water was divided evenly in three directions. The stone of the triangular prism placed in the center of the diversion pond impresses as a symbol of the wisdom of the predecessor. In the Sanmin-ichi Spring Water House, it is an easy-to-understand commentary on how the spring water works. The produce shop offers locally grown vegetables and processed products, and the soba shop allows you to grind the gensoba grown in this famous water with a millstone, and enjoy hand-made soba noodles that have been beaten wholeheartedly.

It is one of the southern foothills of Yatsugatake, and has also been selected as the "Japanese Meisui Hundred". During the Warring States period, water fighting was not at all in the three downstream villages, it said. Therefore, a triangular stone pillar was placed in the diversion pond and the water was distributed equally. Even now, as much as 8500 tons of fresh water are generated a day and used as agricultural water. The water temperature is about 10 degrees throughout the year. Summer is chillingly pleasant.

A hot spring facility with the theme of "food and health" at the southern foot of Yatsugatake. Accommodation and experience workshop, and roadside station are attached. The bathroom, which is filled with sunlight from the courtyard, is designed in the image of Southern Europe. The hometown Shunna restaurant, Moriki, on the first floor, has been well received for its dishes made from local female staff and made from local materials. In addition, you can enjoy reasonable authentic Cantonese cuisine at the 5th floor observation restaurant in the accommodation building.

It uses domestic wheat and natural salt, and is carefully fermented with homemade yeast. The main meal bread that does not get bored even if you eat it every day. We also recommend baked goods using organic dried fruits, nuts, flat eggs, etc. British bread 680 yen, Campagne 680 yen, Batal 280 yen, curry 225 yen, pound cake 240 yen, etc.

A natural food shop selling organic pesticide-free vegetables, organic seasonings and niceties from local farmers. Many varieties of vegetables are brought in every day, and the prices are also determined by the producers. Many vegetables are lined from June to October. It is a shop set up as a part of community development in Kosawa, and serves as a place for regional exchange and information dissemination.

Self-roasted coffee shop with fresh organic beans from South America and Africa. It mainly sells beans, but you can also taste freshly brewed in the store or on the terrace. It is one of the few coffee shops in the country with the “organic JAS certification”, and has obtained certification based on JAS organic technical standards for all roasting processing and quality control, as well as raw beans. Special deals with tea beans and organic beans. Hot cup around 680 yen and coffee beans around 100g 850 yen depending on each issue. There is also a Night Cafe day.