Kanagura Soba-making Dojo
Ojiya City is known for delicious soba noodles.At the Kanagura Soba-making Dojo established by volunteers from Koguriyama District, visitors can experience buckwheat soba making with 100% buckwheat flour and funori.Enjoy the delicious soba that you make yourself.
2666-1 Minami-Nigoro, Ojiya City (Higashiyama Residents Center)
Phone: 0258-59-2003
Higashiyama Gonin Kinetsuki-mochi
rice cake pounding by five peopl
This is held from mid-November to December every year to ensure good luck for the new year. The rice mortar is surrounded by five people who pound the mochi (rice cake) as they move clockwise around the mortar. Mochi is pounded quickly without using water to make it extra chewy and sticky.
Higashiyama Gonin Kinetsuki-mochi Preservation Society
Phone: 0258-59-2003
Mimamori-iwa Rock
A giant rock with a huge rope that is placed on the head of the bull during bullfights, which is believed to protect the residents from calamities.
2453 Koguriyama, Ojiya City(In the parking area for Ojiya Bullring)
Fukusho-ji Temple
A Soto sect temple built during the mid-Edo Period.
2399 Koguriyama, Ojiya City
Satoyama Kosodate Hiroba “Ki-no-Kon”
A base facility supporting child-rearing parents. The area in- and outside of the building is available for parents and children to enjoy nature.
2666-1 Minami-Nigoro, Ojiya City
Ojiya Furusato-no-Oka Youth Hostel
The owner rebuilt the former thatched roof farmhouse from the Meiji Period into this youth hostel.
2063 Koguriyama, Ojiya City
Farmer’s Inn Shinsuke
Proud to serve country dishes made with carp, wild and home-grown vegetables. Lunch that brings out the full enjoyment of seasonal dishes is also popular.
3736-3 Minami-nigoro, Ojiya City
Kagura Nanban Miso
Local cuisine using kagura nanban miso. Features refreshing spiciness and flavor.
Ippinkan (in Sun Plaza)
1-8-25 Jonai, Ojiya City