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At the Echigo-Matsudai Satoyama Shokudo, we invite you to enjoy fresh vegetables, "sansai" (wild mountain plants), and locally-cultivated rice while overlooking terraced rice field landscapes. The restaurant serves a unique menu inspired by local traditional recipes passed down over generations - but with a modern twist.

Dining spot Echigo Shinanogawa Bar offers cuisine that allows you to enjoy seasonal and locally-grown delicacies of Niigata from the sea, river, mountain, and field. The restaurant serves freshly-sourced local delicacies in combination with imported food with a variety of drink options. （Now, we provide the cafe menu only. ※As of the end of October, 2018)

Housed in an old thatched-roof minka (traditional Japanese house) built over 80 years ago. Visitors can enjoy home-cooked meals made by local women using seasonal produce and served on plates and bowls made by famous Japanese potters. (Limited period only)

Cafe and restaurant space located within the Hachi & Seizo Tashima Museum of Picture Book Art. The chairs and tables used in the cafe are remade of those once used at this former elementary school. The cafe serves food and original desserts only using produce from the Echigo-Tsumari region.

Open only on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 11:00-15:00 (L.O. 14:00).

Housed in the Echigo-Tsumari Kamigo Clove Theatre - previously the Kamigo Junior High School - the Clove Theatre restaurant is a "performing restaurant" where local women cook wonderful dishes for you while acting out a theatrical performance. ※ Open for a limited period. For details, please check the "Opening Hours".

Under the concept of linking urban and rural regions, TSUMARI KITCHEN opened in 2018 in Nunagawa Campus, previously an elementary school building. Dining at TSUMARI KITCHEN is restricted to visitors joining an official guided tour but as we wish for all visitors to enjoy this space, following the lunch service we have opened this space.