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A stop-over hot spring in the Kakujin Lake Youth Travel Village. It uses a reddish-brown source that is said to be effective for muscle pain and fatigue recovery. It is recommended to use a rest area. Food and beverage are not allowed.

A campsite and a cottage stand in a quiet forest leading to Kakujin Lake. There is also Kanase Onsen Akayu.

A museum with a theme of electricity and washi paper. The experience of making three-dimensional washi paper light "egg" (from 3250 yen) is popular, and original washi products are also on sale. From December to March, transfer sales will be carried out at Kanose Onsen Akayu. In the summer season (from June to August), there is also a wind chime experience.

The cherry blossoms around Kakujin Dam Lake are planted in the early Showa era and bloom beautiful flowers every year. In addition, if you climb the Akasakiyama Forest Park Observation Deck "Tenjo no Hana Raft", you can see the magnificent location of the Agano River and the Kakugami Dam, which are reflected in the sunshine of early spring, and the Iiyoyo Ran Peak, which is still in the snow. You can enjoy the dainty deep red flowers of the town's flower "native tree tree".

The cherry blossoms around Kakujin Dam Lake are planted in the early Showa era and bloom beautiful flowers every year. In addition, if you climb the Akasakiyama Forest Park Observation Deck "Tenjo no Hana Raft", you can see the magnificent location of the Agano River and the Kakugami Dam, which are reflected in the sunshine of early spring, and the Iiyoyo Ran Peak, which is still in the snow. You can enjoy the dainty deep red flowers of the town's flower "native tree tree".

The snow camellia garden on the grounds of Kirinyama Onsen Yukitsubaki no Yuku Furusawa-ya. From mid-April to early May, about 100 kinds of 1000 snow camellia flower along with all kinds of cherry trees. You can also stop and take a bath at the inn, so you can enjoy it with a good hot spring.

No additive, a long-established product of natural yeast pickled miso. Miyama Senchi (Miyama-pickled), which is made of vegetables mixed with miso and moromi, is a signboard product that uses local vegetables and wild vegetables. In addition, 1 kg800 yen of Tsugawa old delicious miso made from 100 percent Niigata soybean ayakogane is also well received. Koshihikari miso of "Hokkaido soybeans" is also popular. Recently, miso using "shinosuke" and Sangohachi, a remnant of the food culture of the Aizu region, are also well received.

Founded in the first year of the Meiji era (1868), still offers an unchanging taste with old-fashioned tools and methods. The specialty homemade rice koji uses high-quality rice from Niigata, and has a high sugar content and aroma. The products are all unadded foods made with no effort, and miso and salted koji Unmai are gaining in popularity. Amazake with only koji.

It is a long-established company founded in the early Taisho era, and its home-made miso and miso pickles are popular. Selected miso 1kg 864 yen. There are 13 kinds of miso pickles, ranging from locally grown vegetables to wild plants such as bracken and Sandoo, with 432 yen each. The old-time flavors that do not use additives, such as the salt koji 540 yen, which was made with the proud pure white hegi koji, the herring koji 756 yen, and the amazake 270 yen, are also well received.

A famous brewery named after Meiho and Kirinyama. The representative stock is Kirinyama Traditional Dry, commonly known as Denshin 1.8 liters 2002 yen. The limited local sake, Hadappa's incense, which was jointly developed by this Kirinyama Sake Brewery and Aga-cho liquor store, is sold only at eight liquor stores in the town.