Uonuma no Sato (Hakkaisan Brewery)
魚沼の里
A food village built by the Hakkaisan sake brewery, featuring a snow cellar for aging sake, cafés and sweets, soba noodles, and a Hakkaisan sake shop.
Uonuma no Sato is a complex created by the Hakkaisan Brewery at the foot of Mount Hakkai in Minami-Uonuma. Its centerpiece is the Hakkaisan Snow Room, which uses about 1,000 tons of snow to keep the temperature low. Visitors can tour the cellar where sake and ingredients are stored and sample the sake. The complex also includes the Nagamori soba noodle restaurant, the Satoya confectionery shop with its tree-ring cake, a café, a rice koji drink shop and a sake vessel and goods store, all scattered across the fields and forest. Entry is free, and some facilities are closed on Wednesdays, so check with the official source. It takes about 30 minutes to drive from Echigo-Yuzawa, or about 5 minutes by taxi from Gokamachi Station on the JR line.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–17:00 (varies by shop)
Nearby sights
- Hakkaisan Ropeway
- Maiko Snow Resort
- Ishiuchi Maruyama Ski Resort
- Iwappara Ski Resort
- Daigenta Canyon & Lake
- Takahan Ryokan Kasumi Room
- Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen Town
- Yukiguni-kan Museum