Donguri no Sato Inabu Roadside Station is a shopping hub located in the Inabu Area of Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. The onsen hot spring bath house Donguri no Yu, fresh produce and freshly-baked bread, and the Donguri Yokocho Market, offering a rich variety of local delicacies from the surrounding mountains, await visitors. With delicious food no matter the season, be sure to visit the mountain village of Inabu.

Oshikawa Waterfall is a calming spot where you can enjoy the rushing sound of water falling from a height of 8 meters combined with dynamic scenery. One of the unique features of this waterfall is the footpaths above and below the waterfall basin, allowing visitors to walk up close and view the waterfall from various angles.

This is the workshop of Sekiya Brewery, producer of fine Japanese sake. Horaisen is a local brew that is quite well known. Its “Gin,” “Sora,” and “Bi” variants of daiginjo sake are very popular. In addition, they also brew shochu vodka and liqueurs.

Catch sweetfish or play in the river. In the tent area, you can enjoy sweetfish cuisine such as salted sweetfish, sweetfish mochi sticks, and sweetfish rice and even barbeque. Open from July to the end of October.

A facility filled with a variety of gardens such as Japanese gardens and rock gardens where visitors can enjoy flowers and nature year-round. Training, classes, and advice are offered to help promote greenery in homes and workplaces as well. Four expansive lawns totaling 2.6 hectares are also a draw. The adjacent Showa Forest was created to celebrate the 50th year of Emperor Showa's reign. Barbeque sites, athletic equipment, and more...

Approximately 370 meters of walking paths lined by wisteria flowers, offering entrancing and beautiful views of the blossoms from late April to early May. A wisteria festival is held during Golden Week, when the wisteria flowers are in full bloom.

Kawaguchi Yana Fishing Weir is built along the clean Yahagi River. Enjoy fresh sweetfish cuisine and the unusual sweetfish sashimi (raw fish). Barrier-free seats are also available. The season is from June to late October.

The basic pattern of the Asuke Townscape (Important Preservation District of Historic Buildings) was formed during the Sengoku era, while the modern layout of the town developed in the early Edo period. The current townscape is lined with machiya townhouses built after the great fire of 1775 in the nurigome-zukuri style, which are coated in plaster to the eaves in order to prevent fires, and conveys the look of the town in those da...

Located atop Mt. Mayumi-yama and at 301m above sea level, Asuke Castle offers a breathtaking view of the small town of Asuke below. The castle is believed to have been constructed by the Suzuki clan, who wielded great power throughout the western Mikawa area’s mountainous region from the 15th century. The castle was abandoned in 1590 when Tokugawa Ieyasu, the famous shogun who united Japan, left the Mikawa area for the Kanto area wh...

In the Asuke area, next to Asuke Ham ZiZi Studio, there’s a popular store that sells handmade bread called Barbara House Bakery. Inside, cheerful senior citizens bake as many as 20 different kinds of bread without the use of preservatives. Barbara House is located inside Hyakunensou, a hotel which also has a restaurant, a day bath, and nursing home facilities. Either eat your treats right away in the scenic eating area overlooking th...

Korankei Gorge is famous as a location for fall foliage. The best time to see the foliage is from mid-November through late November, and there are many signature sights to see, such as a tunnel of foliage spanning from the promenade to Kojaku-ji Temple, as well as a display of illumination from the Tomoebashi Bridge. In spring, there is a lovely carpet of dogtooth violet that covers the grounds. You can also see beautiful scenery wh...

Sanshu Shishi Mori Shachu is a workshop and gallery offering a range of accessory and craft activities using a selection of the bones and hides of deer and wild boar. Create your own, one-of-a-kind accessory with deer antlers of different colors and shapes. It is said that deer are messengers of the gods, so perhaps wearing your accessory will bring you good luck!

This living folk culture museum opened in 1980. The former villa of a wealthy farming family has been reproduced here, with the rear house, main house, and a bamboo house featuring a thatched-roof with wooden construction. The Asuke Mansion reproduces handmade items that were a part of mountain life in the region, among them charcoal brazier cooking, traditional paper making, and weaving. Ten different handicrafts are demonstrated be...

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.

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 ...