Just bring yourself and enjoy a French chef’s special basket with a luxurious lunch in the tree shade surrounded by nature. The meal includes an appetizer, black pork sandwich, soup, dessert, and apple juice. Pick up your meal at the Matsukawa Travel Information Center between 11:00 and 14:00. You can relax in the orchard until 16:00. Please make a reservation 5 days in advance.
Enjoy the unique experience of savoring seven authentic French dishes while the sunlight gently filters through the trees. Surrounded by fruit tree branches and overlooking the Southern and Central Japan Alps, the experience begins with a guided walk through the farm and a toast with locally produced cider. All ingredients are locally sourced. Reservations are required. We are open only from April to November. You could enjoy your lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and your dinner starts 30 minutes before sunset. Please make a reservation at least 10 days in advance.
At Baishoen Matsutake Cottage, an Outdoor Plaza, you can enjoy the blessings of the mountains throughout the seasons; their popular lunch menu features handmade soba noodles made with 100 percent locally grown buckwheat flour. Enjoy mountain vegetables in the spring, BBQ and catching fish with your hands in the summer, matsutake mushroom dishes in the fall, game meat in the winter, and a full range of authentic outdoor gourmet cuisine unique to the countryside. Lunch is served from 11:00 to 13:30 (from 10:30 on Sundays). Reservations are recommended. The cuisine, which brings out the best of its ingredients, and the dining experience in nature are a delight that will satisfy everyone from children to adults.
A hidden bakery quietly nestled in an apple orchard. The aroma of butter wafts from the bakery. The large croissants are crisp on the outside and chewy and richly flavored on the inside, earning high praise. Enjoy a wide variety of breads, including crusty loaves, cream buns, and curry buns, and Danish pastries. The store is so popular that it sells out even on weekend mornings. Easily accessible, with a parking lot that can accommodate around ten cars. Just a three-minute drive from Matsukawa Exit.
ZENCHO Farm Cafe This cafe in a traditional old house on the site of the area’s only sake brewery was certified by the Agency for Cultural Affairs as serving food that has been enjoyed for over one hundred years. The specialties include hoto flat noodles, sweets, and drinks made with local ingredients.
The temple offers a Buddhist multi-course vegetarian meal that generously uses bean curd skin dishes from Kakurinbo, the sacred site of Nichicho Shonin (the founder of the Mt. Minobu revival), Minobu bean curd skin, and GI (Geographical Indication) certified Akebono soybeans as well as temple lunches that utilize local resources.
The water wasabi cultivation areas in the Izu region spread along the streams of the Amagi mountain range, with its highest peak at Mount Amagi standing at 1,406 meters. The water in this region is derived from rainwater that has percolated through layers of pumice and quartz andesite, volcanic deposits that provide an optimal balance of water volume, temperature, and nutrients for wasabi cultivation. The traditional farming method known as “tatami-ishi style wasabi fields,” which started in the Meiji era, has been recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System. As the largest producer in Shizuoka Prefecture, the region consistently wins awards such as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize and the Director-General of the Forestry Agency Prize, ensuring its status as one of the top-quality producers in Japan. The wasabi from this region is distributed almost nationwide, including the Kanto, Chubu, and Kansai regions, and is renowned for its high profile and esteemed by chefs for its exceptional quality.
The Nishiura mikan, representing the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture, is cultivated in the Nishiura, Uchiura, and Shizuura areas of Numazu City. Among them, “Jutaro Unshu” was discovered by Mr. Jutaro Yamada in Nishiura, Numazu City, in 1975 as a bud mutation of “Aoshima Unshu.” Jutaro mikan are harvested in December and then stored for about two months, which increases their sugar content and flavor, and they are shipped to markets from February to March. Jutaro mikan have gained additional fame for appearing in the popular anime “Love Live! Sunshine!!” and are also shipped in limited quantities in original design cardboard boxes featuring the main character Chika Takami.
“Obuchi Sasaba” is a tea plantation located in the Obuchi district of Fuji City, at the southern foot of Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture. Surrounded by forests and maintaining its traditional landscape, this scenic location has been featured in photographs used by the Shizuoka Prefectural Governor’s Office, Fuji Shizuoka Airport, JR Central’s promotional materials for Shizuoka Prefecture, and commercials for major beverage manufacturers, making it a scenic spot that represents Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji and tea fields. The tea from Fuji benefits from a warm climate, terrain, and soil suitable for tea cultivation. The tea grown in this favorable environment is of high quality in both taste and aroma, earning high acclaim from consumers.
In Izu City, high-quality shiitake mushrooms have traditionally been produced through log cultivation. Log-grown shiitake mushrooms are thick and rich in flavor and aroma, with dried shiitake mushrooms consistently winning awards at national evaluation contests. There is also a record stating that the artificial cultivation of log-grown shiitake mushrooms was first conducted in Japan by Seisuke Ishiwata in the Monnohara area (now the Yugashima district of Izu City) in the first year of the Kanpo era. To ensure safety and trust, these mushrooms are named “Seisuke Shiitake” after Seisuke Ishiwata, and the highest quality mushrooms are branded as “Seisuke Donko.”
