Local specialty shop / Yamada's Scarecrow

Take home the seasonal bounty of the countryside as a souvenir: A direct sales store offering Yamada's blessings and handcrafted goods.

[Features of the direct sales store]
The origin of the "Yamada no Kakashi" direct sales store is a small "village morning market" started by local farmers.
Here, it's normal for cucumbers to be crooked. It's normal for tomatoes and eggplants to be irregularly shaped. At first glance, the vegetables on display are quite different from those found in supermarkets, each with its own unique character, but in return, they are all grown with plenty of love and care by the farmers.
In addition, a wide variety of spring wild vegetables, autumn mushrooms, and matsutake mushrooms are available. These are truly "bounty of the mountains," gathered by local mountain experts who wear bear bells on their waists and push their way through the bushes.
Please come and visit our direct sales store, where you can feel the scent of the earth and the breath of the mountains.

[Features of the prepared food section]
What Yamada no Kakashi (Yamada's Scarecrow) is proud of is that it has an attached processing facility where seasonal ingredients delivered to the direct sales store can be cooked on the spot.
The standard menu includes various types of sticky rice dishes such as sweet potato, wild vegetables, and black beans, as well as rice balls made with rice from Yamada, simmered potatoes from Ushidake Plateau, and freshly fried croquettes.
In addition, they offer a wide variety of seasonal delicacies, such as bamboo shoot rice in spring, chestnut rice in autumn, ginger sushi, and pickles. For after-meal treats or snacks, gentle sweets like mugwort dumplings, ohagi (sweet rice balls), and homemade jams are also popular.

[Features of the handmade soba restaurant "Onmori-an"]
At "Onmori-an," the soba noodle restaurant located inside the shop, you can enjoy authentic handmade soba noodles made with buckwheat flour from Yamada, prepared by the owner himself. We also offer soba noodle making classes, which are open to beginners.