Along the Old Road of Asuke, a once busy Shio-no-Michi route - as vital backbone trading roads were called - sits this peculiar bookstore, built with special attention for preserving the charming aspect of the olden times. Merging bookshop with gallery and café, it sits in the corner formed by the main road and the adjacent Manrin Alley, joining other buildings in the townscape that feature the beautiful contrasting plaster and black...

It is said that the Asuke Hachimangu Shrine answers the prayers of people for healthier feet. This is because Asuke used to be a crossroads where people could rest their feet. The shrine provides amulets for healthier feet and written oracles called omikuji. The main chamber of the shrine is a national important cultural asset.

Located next to Sanshu Asuke Yashiki Museum, this restaurant serves savory mountain cooking like sansai vegetables, sweetfish, and gohei-mochi.

The hot spring at Jurakuso is one of only a few natural radon hot springs in Japan. The water will moisturize your skin, while the radon contained in it will boost your immune system. The facility’s name says “for the elderly,” but guests of any age are welcome. Come visit Jurakuso to feel the rural, at-home atmosphere and take a dip in one of the best hot springs around.

Our dishes are made with fresh, local sansai vegetables, bamboo shoots, wild sweetfish, mushrooms, mountain yam, boar, and other seasonal foods. Lean back, relax, and enjoy the taste of nature.

Take in a breathtaking view of 1,200 shikizakura cherry trees as their flowers contrast with fiery autumn leaves, painting the mountain face at Senmi Shikizakura no Sato Park in fantastic pink and red hues. The Obara area is home to other great locations where you can see shikizakura cherry blossoms—a flower which unlike most cherry blossoms, blooms in both spring and fall. Below are some ideas on courses to take around Obara for a ...

Our motto is, “Tastier, safer products.” We produce safe food products that will last in your fridge for a long time. We offer a wide range of products, such as black bean tofu, green tofu made with green soybeans, nama-age (deep-fried thick-cut tofu), gan-modoki (tofu and vegetable fritters), abura-age (deep-fried thin-cut tofu), and much more. They are all highly recommended.

Obara kabuki started in the mid-Edo Period when villagers performed the play as an offering to the local shrine. Today, it is held twice a year in May and October at the Obara Koryukan Community Hall and billed as “The Obara-za.”

Culture is spread through information, information is spread through communication, communication is written on paper, paper is produced in Aichi. Kozo is the Japanese name for the mulberry trees that seem to grow particularly well in the Obara region of Aichi Prefecture’s Toyota City. These mulberry trees have been the source of the particularly strong and versatile traditionally handcrafted washi paper produced here since at lea...

You can try your hand at pottery in the workshop. The shop also exhibits and sells a range of pottery.

Sasahira Workshop holds classes on making artistic handicrafts with lacquer or Japanese washi paper. Learn how to make accessories using the traditional technique of “maki-e” by painting on lacquer and layering on metal powder in the places you want to add color. Hypoallergenic lacquer allows participants to feel at ease with using the materials. Another hands-on experience involves making washi paper by building up layers of color a...

Japan is famous for its cherry blossom in spring and autumn leaves in fall, and that makes it difficult to choose when to come to Japan. But fear not! Aichi has the perfect solution for this dilemma.

The summer festivities of Obara area. The fireworks show in the end features approx. 200 rounds. The fire cascade "Niagara Waterfall" fireworks is particularly unmissable.