Are you familiar with Lake Hamana Direct Market, an online shopping site that carefully selects delicious ingredients from the Lake Hamana region and delivers them nationwide?

This is an online shopping site that sells carefully selected seasonal and delicious ingredients, including live eels marinated in the morning, the mystical white onion, persimmons grown on trees over 20 years old, and fully ripe Mikkabi mandarins.

If you take a look at the official website of the Lake Hamana Direct Market, you’ll see a wide selection of products that are filled with the producers’ passion!

This month’s recommendation is the online shopping site “Hamanako Farmers Market” ☆

There are many attractive rides around Hamamatsu and Lake Hamana. Local railways, trains and buses. There are also ropeways and sightseeing boats. If you use the Hamamatsu Lake Hamana Marutto Pass you can ride almost anything you want! If you like vehicles, you’ll want to ride them all. While you’re there, why not try riding all the rides you can and spend the whole day riding them all? Perfect for solo travelers, families, day trips, or overnight stays. We will introduce a model itinerary where you can enjoy all the rides.

Located halfway between Tokyo and Osaka, Lake Hamana is a unique place where the cultures and flavors of the East and West collide. Another attractive feature is the convenient access, with the Shinkansen and expressways nearby. Experiencing activities unique to Lake Hamana with close friends is sure to deepen your bonds.

These two fascinating days will allow not only children but adults alike to return to their childhood. The experiences that can only be had in Hamamatsu, such as interacting with magnificent nature, exquisite gourmet food made with local ingredients, musical instruments, automobiles, and cutting-edge science, are sure to deepen the bonds between family members.

The Tenryu Hamanako Railway is a local train that runs from Kakegawa Station in Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture to Shinjohara Station in Kosai City.

This railway, which runs along the northern shore of Lake Hamana, is loved by locals as a leisurely train that allows you to enjoy the scenery.

36 buildings and facilities along the line are registered as national tangible cultural properties, and there are many other attractive spots nearby.

We will introduce a model itinerary for enjoying the Tenryu Hamanako Railway using a one-day pass.

Sakae Shokai Co., Ltd., founded in 1948, mainly deals in original eyeglass-related products such as eyeglass cases and eyeglass cloths.

One product worth noting among Sakae Shokai’s products is the floating school bag “Ukuran®.”

Based on a request from people who were saddened by the Great East Japan Earthquake to “develop a school bag that would protect children from flooding,” the company began developing the school bag with the belief that “as a company that deals with textiles, there is nothing we can’t do.”

It took about four years to complete “Ukran®.”

This month’s recommendation is Sakae Shokai Co., Ltd., located in Kamitate-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City.

Hamanako Aikane Suisan Co., Ltd. is a long-established company with its head office and factory in Magori-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, that is involved in a wide range of businesses, including eel farming and the processing and sale of eels.

In this article, we will introduce the history and commitment of Aikane, a restaurant that has been dedicated to eel.

Image source: Hamanako Aikane Fisheries Co., Ltd. Official Website

Founded in 2021, Colorful Studio Co., Ltd. operates the recycled kimono specialty store “Chuemon,” the cute clothing for adults “KEI collection,” and the handmade experience workshop on Lake Hamana “Lubera” on Lake Hamana.

Chuemon, which has a history of about 100 years in selling recycled kimonos, has started a kimono rental business and a recycled kimono remake business as its next new endeavors.

Through these projects, they hope to contribute even a little to reducing the amount of kimono waste, which is a social problem, and to encourage people to incorporate kimonos, a traditional part of Japanese culture, into their lives.

This month’s recommendation is “Chuemon,” a recycled kimono specialty store run by Colorful Studio Co., Ltd.

It is a 4-minute walk east from Sukenobu Station on the Enshu Railway, near the center of Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

“365BASE outdoor hostel” is a hotel filled with fun and exciting concepts.

The hotel’s rooms are designed with an outdoor concept and are filled with a variety of playful features, creating an exciting space for adults and children alike.

365BASE, which started as a shared house in 2015, was transformed into an outdoor-themed hotel in 2020, and has become a lodging destination visited by fans from all over the world.

There are many rooms that are rare even across the country, such as facilities that make you feel like you’re camping outdoors while indoors, large tents, and rooms where you can boulder.

Each room on the first floor has a permanent grill installed so you can have a barbecue on the terrace.

This month’s recommendation is “365BASE outdoor hostel,” where you can spend a fun time different from your everyday life.

There is Meat Restaurant Tonkii, where you can enjoy meat dishes such as pork cutlets, and Farmhouse Restaurant, where you can enjoy a buffet style meal mainly featuring local agricultural products.

These two restaurants, located in Nakagawa, Hosoe-cho, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, are run by Sanwa Livestock Ltd., a pig farming company.

Sanwa Livestock has been in the pig farming business for 56 years, and instead of using any additives such as preservatives, antibacterial agents, or colorings that are commonly used in pig feed, they feed their pigs with safe and reliable grains that they have mixed themselves.

This month’s recommendation is Sanwa Livestock Co., Ltd.

Mokuya Foods Co., Ltd. has been loved by locals for so long that when people think of udon, soba, and yakisoba noodles, they think of “Mokuya.”

It opened in 1946 (Showa 21) and this year marks its 78th anniversary.

In 2004, the company opened a directly managed store, “Mendokoro Mokuya,” across from the head office factory.

The udon served at our directly managed stores is made differently from the udon you can buy at supermarkets, and is made using the same recipe as when we first opened our store.

Because customers can enjoy the original flavor of the historic “Mokuya Udon” at a price that can only be found at a directly managed store, the store is crowded with so many fans that there are long lines every day.

Mokuya Foods’ strengths extend beyond udon noodles.

Fresh pasta accounts for 80% of their production and is sold at major pasta stores as well as at Kaldi Coffee Farm, where it is highly acclaimed for being “chewy and delicious.”

This month’s recommendation is Mokuya Foods Co., Ltd.

Lake Hamana is one of Japan’s leading eel producing areas.

Thanks to this rich natural environment and the outstanding skills of our artisans, a new eel brand called “Deshiko” was born in 2024.

This time, we will introduce in detail the background and appeal of the creation of “Deshiko”, which is characterized by its thick and soft texture, as well as how you can try “Deshiko” as soon as possible!