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Visit a metal bowl factory and eat ramen

Ramen taxi tour plan

We willguide you!

Special price ￥21,000/taxi (Tax included)

Fare(Regular taxi that can ﬁt up to 4 people)

❸

❹

Kanda
Showroom

Sekikawa Kogyo
Co., Ltd.

Abe Welding
Co., Ltd.

Tsubame City
Migakiya-Ichibankan

Explanation on metal bowl

Pressing process tour

Welding process tour

Polishing process tour

Arrive 9:50/Depart 10:20

Arrive 10:30/Depart 10:55

Arrive 10:55/Depart 11:20

Arrive 11:25/Depart 12:00

3 daysbefore departure date※Open on weekdays only❺

Roadside Station
Tsubamesanjo
Regional Products
CenterShopping

Contact

From
Tsubame-Sanjo
StationVisit the Best Places Tour

Yahiko↑Hokuriku Expressway

Fully Enjoy Yahiko Tour
Journey to See the Rootsof the Echigo Plain※Select the tours that you like.

Tsubame
Exit★

Tsubame-Sanjo Station
Sanjo Exit

In front of the ﬁrst entrance gate, Yahiko Shrine

Yahiko Line

Meeting place
Joetsu Bullet Train Line

From
Yahiko Shrine

From
Tsubame-Sanjo
StationP Parking Meeting place↑Omotesando St.

★

Journey to See the Rootsof the Echigo Plain

Yahiko Shrine

From
Tsubame-Sanjo
StationVisit the Best Places TourIn front of the rotary, Tsubame Exit, Tsubame Sanjo Station

For more
information

From
Yahiko Shrine

Ohkouzu
Diversion Channel

From
Tsubame-Sanjo
StationFrom
Yahiko Shrine

From
Yahiko Shrine

Tsubame-Sanjo Station● Regular or jumbo taxis will be used for sightseeing
depending on the number of people booked.
● Itinerary times are approximate. They may change
depending on the weather and traﬃc conditions.
● Please apply at least 3 days before departure. If you
are staying close to Yahiko, Iwamuro or Tsubamesanjo, we
accept reservations until 18:00 the day before except
for Ramen taxi tourists.
● If a reservation is made the day before, a guide does
not accompany you.
● All prices include tax.
● Business hours may change or end on account of thedestination facilities.

Yahiko Shrine

Information

Walk

Journey to See the Rootsof the Echigo Plain

Yahiko Hot Spring

Tour to Retrace the Footsteps of Ryokan

Hotel

Tsubame Artisan Experience Tour

¥5,500sightseeing taxi

Day 2
Yahiko Hot Spring

Tsubame-Sanjo Station

Visit the Best Places Tour

¥5,000tax included)

Niigata
Wine CoastTour

For more
information

Example of using a sightseeing taxi 1 night 2 days
Niigata Wine Coast Tource foultsrandochinldrene,
P(Sarime price for ad

Arrive 12:20 Arrive 13:10/Depart 13:50 Arrive 13:55
Depart 13:00(Planed)【Notes】 ● Lunch is not included in the price. Please buy your own lunch. ● No tour conductor or guide will be on board. ● Please
note that the time may change due to traﬃc conditions on the day. ● This is a sightseeing route. You cannot change your destination or
stopover. If you wish to visit places not included in this route, there will be the normal charter fee. ● Regular work is done in factories.
Please do not touch the products or enter areas other than designated areas because it is dangerous. ● No photographs inside thefacilities. If you would like to take pictures, please check with the staﬀ in charge. ● Smoking and drinking are prohibited inside the taxi.
You are not allowed to take a tour under the inﬂuence of alcohol. ● Price includes taxi, guiding, and driver fees.

Day 1

From
Yahiko Shrine

Tsubame and Yahiko in a charteredTsubame-Sanjo Station(Tsubame Exit)❷

The characteristics of Tsubame pork back fat
ramen when delivering it to factory workers in
the city are thick noodles that stay in thestomach, salty soup right for factory workers
who do heavy work and sweat, and thecovering pork back fat to keep the soup fromcooling.

Min.
Reservation
participants Minimum of 1 person
deadline

Minimum number of participants: 2
From
Tsubame-Sanjo
StationTsubame pork back fat ramen

Lunch

Tsubame-Sanjo Station(Tsubame Exit)❶

Depart 9:40

Eat pork back fat ramen,
one of the top
5 kinds of ramen,
in a metal bowl!!

There are 5 major kinds of ramen in Niigata.
Among them, pork back fat ramen is the soul
food that has ﬁlled the stomachs of many
people working in local industries. You cantake a taxi tour to see the factory that
produces the ideal metal bowl that is light,
not too hot and keeps the soup temperature,created from the ultimate playfulness oframen-loving workers. You can taste ramen,
too.

Travel aroundMay 2023 - February 2024

Tsubame
Artisan Experience Tour

Shake St.

TojiroOpen Factory

From
Yahiko Shrine

Shimizuya Hotel ●Tour to Retrace
the Footsteps of Ryokan

Gogo-an

From
Tsubame-Sanjo
StationFrom
Yahiko Shrine

MINOYA ●Measure to prevent
COVID-19
infection

hours: 9:00-17:00
Operating company: Chuetsu Traﬃc Co., Ltd. Business
1-9-5 Kitanyugura, Sanjo City,
Niigata Prefecture

Phone: +81-(0)256-38-2021 Fax: +81-(0)256-38-8850
Planned by: Tsubame/Yahiko Wide Area Tourism Cooperation Meeting Project※ Photos and illustrations are just sample images.

Fully Enjoy
Yahiko Tour

Yahikoyama Ropeway

Niigata Wine Coast Tour CAVE D'OCCI WINERY※ Photos and illustrations are just sample images.

Why did rice growing andartisanship ﬂourish in this area?

The best of Tsubame, Yahiko, and Teradomari!

Visit the Best Places Tour

2022 marks the 100th anniversaryof the Ohkouzu Diversion Channel

Journey to See the Roots of the Echigo Plain
岩室駅

岩室駅

● Tsubame City

Minami-Yoshida
Station●Arrive 11：30/Depart 12：05

TsubameIndustrial
Materials
Museum※ Note 3

Yahiko Hot Spring
To your hotel

Arrive 13:45/Depart 14:20

Arrive 14:50/Depart 16:00

Arrive 16:30

Lunch onyour own❹

TsubameIndustrial
Materials
MuseumYahiko Hot Spring
To your hotel

Arrive 13：40/Depart 14：50

Arrive 15：20(Tsubame Exit)
Arrive 16:10

Tsubame-Sanjo
Station(Tsubame Exit)※ Note 3

Arrive12：20/Depart 13：20

Meeting
place
Time

From Tsubame-Sanjo
StationArrive 15:50 via Yahiko※ Note 1 : August 11 to 16 and November 1 to 24 (The Chrysanthemum Festival periods): No guides on these days. Enjoy walking
around on your own.
※ Note 2 : SORAIRO Kugami Roadside Station: Receive Kugami's 500 yen shopping coupon※ Note 3 : Additional charges for the experience at the Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum.

Tsubame
StationOﬃce

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Station❷Teradomari
Fish Market Street

In front of the rotary, Tsubame Exit,
Tsubame Sanjo Station 10:35

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Tsubamesanjo Regional
Products Center

Bunsui
Station●Tsubame City Bunsui Ryokan
Historical Museum

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StationTeradomari Station Ohkouzu Bridge

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Fish Market Street

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Tsubame Sanjo Station 10:35

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the rotary,
Tsubame Exit,
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Dates

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Echigo

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Min.
participants

2023

Echigo

Tour
Dates

桐原駅

❶Shinano River Ohkouzu
Museum※ Scheduled times are approximate. The route may change depending on the weather and traﬃc that day.

From
In front of the rotary,
Tsubame-Sanjo
Tsubame Exit,
StationTsubame Sanjo Station

Meet 10:35/Depart 10:40

Yahiko Shrine
From
In front of the
Yahiko Shrine
first entrance gate❶
Shinano River
Ohkouzu
Museum（With guide※Note 1）❷Teradomari
Fish Market
StreetLunch onyour own❸Nitoko
Mieru
Museum（With guide※ Note 1）

Yokota Park
(Seen fromthe bus)

Meet 10:35/Depart 10:40 Arrive 11:00/Depart 12:00 Arrive 12:20/Depart 13:30 Arrive 13:40/Depart 14:20❹
TsubameIndustrial
Materials
MuseumTsubame-Sanjo
Station(Tsubame Exit)
Arrive 16:00※ Note 2

Yahiko Hot Spring
To your hotel

Arrive 14:50/Depart 15:50

Arrive 16:20

Tsubame-Sanjo
Station(Tsubame Exit)
Arrive 16:50※ Note 1 : Depending on the reservation, a guide may not accompany the visitors at the Shinano River
Ohkouzu Museum and Nitoko Mieru Museum.
※ Note 2 : Additional charges for the experience at the Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum.(Last entry at 16:00)❷SORAIRO Kugami Roadside Station
A new roadside station where the visit itself becomes the purposeof the trip, acting as a base for trekking and cycling, BBQ, and day
camp as well as an outdoor and healing spot with hot springs❸Teradomari
Fish Market Street
One of the best spiritual sites in Niigata Prefecture.
The shrine has been called Oyahiko-sama sinceancient times and is widely loved by many people.

April

400 years of metalworking
technology development since theEdo period. The works of living
national treasures, a valuable
collection of smoking pipes, and
5,000 spoons from all over theworld are also on display.

This popular spot is also
known as the Ameyoko ﬁshversion because of its low
prices, wide selection of
products, and lively shouting.

❶Yahiko Shrine■ Calendar❹Tsubame Industrial
Materials Museum
Introduces the history of Tsubame's: Open day Tuesday - Sunday (Mondays and yearend/New Year holidays [12/22-1/4]: Closed)※ If Monday is a public holiday, we are open, but then closed on the following Tuesday.

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❶Shinano River Ohkouzu Museum
The Ohkouzu Diversion Channel is deeply related to Tsubame's industry
and continues to protect the Echigo Plain even today. A trolley that wasused 100 years ago is displayed here, and you can experience the
Ohkouzu Diversion Channel with a realistic ﬂood simulation. You can also
enjoy a 360-degree view from the observation room on the 4th ﬂoor.

■ Calendar

April: Open day❸Nitoko Mieru Museum

Panels and videos provide an easy-to-understand introduction to
the Ohkouzu Diversion Channel Renovation Project, a large-scale
project to widen the estuary of the Ohkouzu Diversion Canal.
Don't miss the Augmented Reality (AR) tablet that enables you
to see the completed image when you hold it over the map.

❹Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum

You can do metalworking here, a rare experience in Japan.
Become a Tsubame artisan and freely experience its
artisanship such as pattern hammering on a pure copper
tumbler using a hammer and sake cup production byshaping a sake cup.

Tuesday - Sunday (Mondays and yearend/New Year holidays [12/22-1/4]: Closed)※ If Monday is a public holiday, we are open, but then closed on the following Tuesday.

May

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July

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2Make the most of the historic sites
and nature of Tsubame!

A fulﬁlling journey where you can see
the history of artisanship!

Tsubame Artisan Experience Tour

Tour to Retrace the Footsteps of Ryokan

Min.
participants

Yahiko Great Torii GateY
Yahagi Station ahiko

2 people(Reservations required 3 days in advance)

Yoshida Station
Lin

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Price for one (Same price for adults and children, tax included)※ Lunch is not provided.

Kugami Roadside Station●

Minami-Yoshida Station

Meet 10:35/Depart 10:40

Yahiko Shrine
In front of thefirst entrance gate

Little present!
※ Note 1

Meet 10:10/Depart 10:20

Lunch
on
your
寺泊駅
own

Arrive 10:50/Depart 12:20 Arrive 12:30
Arrive 13:20❷分水駅
TojiroOpen
大河津橋
Factory

Arrive 13:40/Depart 14:40

Tsubame-Sanjo
Station❸High Grade
Store(Tsubame Exit)

Arrive 15:35

Yahiko Hot Spring
To your hotel

Arrive 14:55/Depart 15:25

Arrive 15:45

Tsubame-Sanjo
Station(Tsubame Exit)

Arrive 16:15❷Tojiro Open Factory
A. Pure copper tumbler hammering experience

B. Tin sake cup making experience

C. Oxidation coloring experience of a titanium spoon❶Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum【Experience】
Pure copper tumbler hammering experience

Make patterns by hammering on the surface of a purecopper tumbler and customize your own tumbler.

Tin sake cup making experience

Make your own sake cup from a round tin plate, using amallet.

A
A Experience time: about 30 minutes
B
B Experience time: 30-40 minutes

Oxidation coloring experience of a titanium spoonC
C Experience time: 3-5 minutes■ Calendar

April: Open day

Apply an electric current to titanium to create an oxide ﬁlm which colors
the titanium. The color of titanium varies depending on the voltage.

June

July

About 3,000 kitchen utensils andhigh-quality kitchen products
used by professionals as well as
Tsubame's unique metal bowls
and cutlery are displayed andsold.

❸High Grade Store- High Grade Store August

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3●

In front of the rotary, Tsubame Exit,
Tsubame Sanjo Station 10:35

Meet 10:35/Depart 10:40

Yahiko Shrine
In front of theﬁrst entrance gate
Meet 9:50/Depart 10:00❶Tsubame City
Bunsui Ryokan
Historical Museum❸Kokujo-ji/
Gogo-an/
Hongaku-in(With guide)❷ SORAIRO Kugami Roadside Station
Kugami Roadside Station￥500 shopping coupon

Arrive 10:20/Depart 11:40

Minami-Yoshida
StationTsubame
Station● Tsubame City

116

Oﬃce

459
68

Sanjo
TsubameI.C.

●❹StockBusters ●Roadside Station

Bunsui
Station●Tsubamesanjo Regional
Products Center❶Tsubame City Bunsui Ryokan Tsubame-Sanjo
StationHistorical Museum❸Kokujo-ji/
Gogo-an/
Hongaku-in

Tsubame-Sanjo
Factory Outlet(With guide)❹StockBusters

Arrive 13:05/Depart 14:25

Arrive 14:45/Depart 15:15

Lunch onyour own※ Note 1
Arrive 11:45/Depart 12:55

Arrive 11:05/Depart 11:35

Nishi-Tsubame
Station※ Scheduled times are approximate. The route may change depending on the weather and traﬃc that day.

❷ SORAIRO Kugami Roadside Station
Kugami Roadside Station￥500 shopping couponeTeradomari Station Ohkouzu Bridge

From Yahiko Shrine In front of the ﬁrst entrance gate, Yahiko Shrine 9:50

In front of the rotary,
Tsubame Exit,
Tsubame Sanjo Station

Teradomari
Fish Market Street

Lin

289

Lunch onyour own※ Note 1
Arrive 11:50/Depart 13:00❶Tsubame City
Bunsui Ryokan
Historical Museum(Tsubame Exit)
Arrive 15:30

Yahiko Hot Spring
To your hotel

Arrive 15:35

Tsubame-Sanjo
Factory Outlet

Yahiko Hot Spring
To your hotel❹StockBusters

Tsubame-Sanjo
StationArrive 13:10/Depart 13:40 Arrive 14:00/Depart 14:30●There are mountain trails along the way. Please wear clothes and shoes that are easy to walk in.

Tsubame-Sanjo
StationArrive 14:50(Tsubame Exit)
Arrive 15:20 via Yahiko●At Kokujo-ji Temple, Gogo-an and Hongaku-in,
the Hachinoko-kai volunteer guide group will show you around.

※ Note 1: SORAIRO Kugami Roadside Station: Receive Kugami's 500 yen shopping coupon

A facility for touring a cutlery factory that handles integrated
production of composite knives. The work process is open tovisitors. A wide variety of knives for cooking, business use,and household use are displayed and sold.

Tuesday - Friday (Closed on Mondays, weekends, national holidays, Obon [8/11-16], and yearend/New Year holidays [12/22-1/4]) ※ If there are events, this tour will not be held.

May

From
Yahiko Shrine●Please do not touch the products in the factory.
●You cannot take a tour under the inﬂuence of alcohol.
桐原駅※ Note 1: Additional charges for the experience at the Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum. ※ A little present is waiting for you at the Industrial Materials Museum.

From Tsubame-Sanjo
Stationiko

Aouzu Station(Admission to the museum and Kokujo-ji Temple Treasure Hall included)

Meeting
place
Time

From
Tsubame-Sanjo Station❶

Tsubame Industrial
Materials Museum

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津
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From
Yahiko Shrine

寺泊魚の市場通り

In front of the rotary,
Tsubame Exit,
Tsubame Sanjo Station￥5,000 (Free for infants, but no seats available for them)

Yah

Yoshida Station

Yahagi Stationelgate, Yahiko Shrine 10:10 ※ Scheduled times are approximate. The route may change depending on the weather and traﬃc that day.
From Yahiko Shrine In front of the ﬁrst entrance●

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StationPrice

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Regional Products Center

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Station※ Reservations can be made the day before from the hotel. No tour guides.

Yahiko GreatTorii Gate

YahikoLine❸
Kokujo-ji/Gogo-an/
Hongaku-in

Price for one (Same price for adults and children, tax included)※ Lunch is not provided.

❶Tsubame Industrial
TsubameMaterials Museum Sanjo I.C.
●

2 people(Reservations required 3 days in advance)●

Tsubame
Station459●

In front of the rotary, Tsubame Exit,
Tsubame Sanjo Station 10:35

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Kokujo-ji Temple❶Tsubame City Bunsui Ryokan Historical Museum

Relics, writings, and related materials of Ryokan when he lived in
Gogo-an and in a hut at Otogo Shrine are on display. Ryokan loved
poetry, songs, and calligraphy, was admired by people and lived in nature.
■ Calendar: Open day

Tuesday - Sunday

Gogo-an❸Kokujo-ji/Gogo-an/Hongaku-in

Kokujo-ji Temple: Founded in 709. The oldest temple in Echigo. Revered as the home of Yahiko
Shrine.
Gogo-an: A hermitage Ryokan stayed at after completing his pilgrimage and returning to Echigo. The
name Gogo-an comes from Mangen Shonin, who rebuilt the main hall of Kokujo-ji Temple,
having been supplied with ﬁve (go) cups of rice every day.
Hongaku-in: A temple where Ryokan lived temporarily before settling down in Gogo-an.

If Monday is a public holiday, we are open and then closed the following Tuesday (The Ryokan Historical Museum is closed).
On the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, except for in May and August, we are closed (Stock Busters is closed).

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26 27 28 29 30❹ Tsubame-Sanjo Factory Outlet
Stock Busters

An outlet specialty store of manufacturers in the
Tsubamesanjo area. Products that cannot be sold throughregular routes, such as old models, can be purchased at
extremely low prices.
※ Photos and illustrations are just sample images.

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Enjoy the famous winery area that spreads overNiigata Kakuda-hama Beach

Fully feel the charm of Yahiko!

Niigata Wine Coast Tour

Fully Enjoy Yahiko Tour
岩室駅

Minami-Yoshida
Station●Price for one(Same price for adults and children, tax included)※ Lunch is not provided.

￥5,000289

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Enjoy Panorama Tower

Yahiko's ￥500
shopping coupon※ Note 3※ Note 2

Lunch on your own

Arrive 11:20/Depart 12:20

Arrive 12:40/Depart 14:00

Tsubame-Sanjo
StationBunsui Ryokan Historical Museum※ Reservations can be made the day before from the hotel.

Yahiko Hot Spring
To your hotel

桐原駅❹
Hand-Hammering
Studio Seigado❺
Kominka Cafe
59FU

Arrive 15:30

Tsubame-Sanjo
Station※ Note 4

Arrive 14:05/Depart 14:35 Arrive 14:40/Depart 15:20(Tsubame Exit)

Arrive 16:00●You can take a taxi to the summit. ●We may not head for the summit of Mt. Yahiko if the weather is bad.

※ Note 1: No guides from August 11-16 and November 1-24 (Chrysanthemum Festival periods). Enjoy on your own.
※ Note 2: Sightseers will pay for the ropeway round trip (￥1,500) and the ticket (￥500) for both the climbing car and Panorama Tower.
※ Note 3: The 500-yen Yahiko shopping coupon can be used at any of the Ropeway, Seigado, 59FU, and Yahiko Hospitality Square stores.
※ Note 4: Kominka Cafe 59FU is closed irregularly. Seats cannot be reserved on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. If there are no seats, we will guide you to other cafes.

Yahiko Shrine Ichino-Torii ❷Yahiko
Kita-Yoshida Station
Hospitality Square
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Price for one(Same price for adults and children, tax included)※ Lunch is not provided.

Price

Self-guided course￥5,500 (Free for infants, but no seats available for them)※ Note 1

Optional tour to a well-known winery●

Wine Tasting &￥5,500Lunch Tour(Tax included)(Tax included)※ Minors cannot participate※ Minors and preschoolers cannot participate

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From Yahiko Shrine

In front of the ﬁrst entrance gate, Yahiko Shrine 10:00

From Yahiko
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分水駅

寺泊駅■ Self-guided course Lunch on ※ Note 1
your own

Altitude 634m. A ropeway runs from the foot of the mountainto the summit. The 100m-high Panorama Tower at the top has
an observatory that rotates 360 degrees as it rises, oﬀering amagniﬁcent view of the Sea of Japan and the Echigo Plains.

■ Calendar

April: Open day

May❹Hand-Hammering Studio Seigado

This workshop located at the foot of Mt. Yahikouses Tsubame s traditional metal hammering
techniques to create items from everyday
tableware to metal arts. Enjoy the reﬁned crafts
made with their unique coloring technology.

■ CAVE D'OCCI WINERY tour
● Wine tasting and lunch tour

Arrive 10:50/Depart 13:30

桐原駅

Via Echigo Nanaura
Seaside Line

Yahiko's ￥500
shopping coupon

Usage limited to that day & the next

※ Note 2

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A crepe with the motif of Miko
Pyon, which is Yahiko Village's
mascot character. Available at
CREPESHOP 3 o clock in the
Hospitality Square.

※ Photos and illustrations are just sample images.

Regional Products Center

分水良寛史料館

Tsubame-Sanjo
Station

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High
Grade
Store

(Tsubame Exit)
Arrive 15:40

Yahiko Hot Spring
To your hotel

Tsubame-Sanjo
StationArrive 15:50

Arrive 16:20(Tsubame Exit)❷Hospitality Square- High Grade Store -❶Niigata Wine Coast

You can hold about 3,000
cooking utensils used byprofessionals.
A large selection of metalsake cups unique to Tsubame
are also available.

Located at the foot of Mt. Kakuda, surroundedby the sea, mountains, and sand. CAVE D'OCCI
and ﬁve unique wineries gather here and makewines, using the special soil. There are also
many hot springs, restaurants, and hotels.

Salmon Meal

Miko Pyon Crepe

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StationTsubamesanjo❸High Grade Store

Recommended gourmet meals

Available in the Hospitality Square. Udon
noodles made with ﬂying ﬁsh broth from
Awashimaura Village, Niigata Prefecture, which
has exchanges with Yahiko Village, using the
Sanuki method of Kotohira Town, Kagawa
Prefecture. Pork back fat noodles are also very
popular!

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Opened in April 2018. Located almostin the center of Yahiko Hot Springs.
There are a direct sales store, foodcourt, and shops selling fruit
sandwiches, crepes, and cream sodas.
There is also a footbath and hand bathfrom the source of Yu-jinja Hot Spring.

Yahiko Hospitality Square

Fish Broth Sanuki Noodles●

Arrive 14:10/Depart 14:40 Arrive 15:00/Depart 15:30※ Note 1: The self-guided tour is expected to become crowded. Please lunch early.
※ Note 2: The ￥500 Yahiko shopping coupon can be used at any store in the Yahiko Hospitality Plaza.

A stylish cafe with a modern Japanese taste. The large
windows give a sense of openness. On sunny days you
can enjoy viewing nature while dining on the terrace.

A meal that uses fresh ﬁsh and speciallycultivated Yahiko rice produced in
Yahiko Village. Seafood rice bowls
are also popular.

Tsubame
Station大河津橋❷Yahiko
Hospitality Square❺Kominka Cafe 59FU

❷Summit of Mt. Yahiko

Aouzu Station- High Grade Store -❶Niigata Wine Coast● Wine tasting tour

Iwamuro Hot Springs
Meet 10:00/Depart 10:10 Via Uwasekigata

116❸High Grade Store※ Passengers using Iwamuro Hot Springs can board on the way at each hotel in the Iwamuro Hot Springs area (Departure 10:20).

In front of thefirst entrance gate,
Yahiko Shrine

TsubameCity Oﬃce●※● Scheduled times are approximate. The route may change depending on the weather and traﬃc that day.

In front of the rotary, Tsubame Exit,
Tsubame Sanjo Station 9:50

Meet 9:50/Depart 10:00 Via Uwasekigata

Minami-Yoshida
StationKugami Roadside Station※ Option prices
are subject tochange.

From Tsubame-Sanjo
Stationof the rotary,
From Tsubame-Sanjo In front
Tsubame Exit,
StationTsubame Sanjo Station Iwamuro Hot Springs

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The following tours are also available for an additional fee.(Reservations required)
Wine tasting tour ￥2,200oYahiko Great Torii Gate
Yoshida Station Yah
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CAVE D'OCCI WINERY tour

Ohkouzu Bridge※ Scheduled times are approximate. The route may change depending on the weather and traﬃc that day.

Usage limited to that day & the next

2 people(Reservations required 3 days in advance)

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Ropeway
In front of thefirst entrance gate

❷Round trip
to the summitof Mt. Yahikoby ropeway

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In front of the ﬁrst entrance gate,
Yahiko Shrine 9:50

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❺Kominka Cafe●
Yoshida Station
59FU
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Studio Seigado❶Niigata Wine Coast

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Yahiko Hot Spring
Hospitality Square
Yahiko Station

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April: Open day: Wine tasting tour closed

May(Closed on Sundays, public holidays, Obon [8/11-16], yearend/New Year holidays [12/22-1/4])
Monday-Saturday ※4/29-5/7: Only wine tasting & lunch tour and the self-guided course are open (wine tasting tour is closed)

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