Facilities Promoting Regional Industry

Facilities here include Seirei Restaurant (Seirei Shokudo) where you can taste menu items made with plenty of local ingredients that can only be found here, Seirei Market (Seirei Ichiba) with rows of regional specialties largely harvested in Shitara-Town, an old Shitara school returning under the name Houraisen Sake Laboratory where you can experience making sake, and the Shitara Town Tourism Association Office.

1F Seirei Market, Seirei Restaurant
2F Japanese Sake Experience Workshop, Tourism Association Office
Opening hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Seirei Restaurant 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM)
Holidays: Open every day (temporary closures for facility maintenance)
*: Restrooms and information corner open 24 hours

Okumikawa Museum of Local History (Okumikawa Kyodokan)

Under the overarching theme of “Conveying the Life and Spirit of Okumikawa,” explore various subthemes such as Shitara’s wildlife, the land’s origins, or people’s lives and communities.

Opening hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (last admission until 4:30 PM)
Holidays: Tuesday (the following day if Tuesday is a public holiday), year-end and New Years (December 29 to January 3)
Admission fee: Adults 300 yen, elementary school students 150 yen, preschoolers free of charge

Taguchi Line Railroad Car Exhibit

An original Moha 14 wooden railroad car is on display from the former Toyohashi Railroad’s Taguchi Line, which was discontinued in 1968.

Opening hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Holidays: Tuesday (the following day if Tuesday is a public holiday), year-end and New Years (December 29 to January 3)