Yatsugatake Farm is operated directly by the Yatsugatake Center Farm Specialized Training College where young students learn about the farming industry, including practical knowledge on dairy and dairy farm management and the cultivation, processing, and sale of farm produce.
The associated shop on the farm sells vegetables and flowers raised by the students, along with processed goods from the livestock raised here in a low stress environment. The spacious grounds include grassy areas with a view of the Yatsugatake Mountains and a small corner where visitors can interact with animals such as goats.

Leading away from the Yatsugatake Center Farm Specialized Training College is a walking trail called Nojo no Komichi, or Forest Trail. Proceed along the trail with the Yatsugatake Mountains to your left and cross the weir on the small irrigation stream to reach the next destination, the Yatsugatake Shizen Bunkaen (Yatsugatake Natural Park). (The gate you pass through on the way is to prevent deer from entering the farm, so make sure to close it after yourselves.)
The Haramura area features a total of 10 similar walking trails. Located at altitudes between 1,200 and 1,600 meters, the trails are great for escaping the summer heat and for high-altitude training, and offer beautiful seasonal scenery to accompany your walk. Among them, Yatsugatake no Komichi (Yatsugatake trail) features several spots with a great view of the Yatsugatake Mountains right before your eyes.

Located within the Yatsugatake Shizen Bunkaen park, with its deciduous forests and grassy areas, is the K Coffee & Books Deli & Bar, a restaurant that offers views of the surrounding mountains while you enjoy a meal, coffee, and desserts.
Most of the items on the menu are made with local vegetables and other produce, and highland vegetables produced in Haramura are particularly available in the summer. So relax and enjoy the views from the window in the spacious restaurant, with its ample lunch menu featuring handmade pizza and pasta, while you take advantage of the in-store WiFi to check your email if you like.
The craft beer and desserts served here are particularly popular with the locals. The restaurant also serves as an antenna shop offering specialty products made locally.

This park was built at an altitude of 1,300 meters as an opportunity for visitors to interact with the nature of Yatsugatake. Given it’s beautiful views and proximity to Tokyo, just two hours by car, it is also famous as a filming location for movies and commercials. In addition to the aforementioned restaurant, the park also features lawns, a dog run, and bicycles to enjoy, as well as a space to ride Segway-Ninebot electric Gokarts.
The wildflower and wetland gardens offer a view of the local mountain flora, with flowers blooming throughout the year, including Far Eastern swamp lantern (Lysichiton camtschatcensis) and Asian fawnlily (Erythronium japonicum) in the springtime, and Embisennou (Lychnis wilfordi) and Wolf's bane (Aconitum) in the summer and fall.
The main building features a planetarium as well as an exhibit hall featuring insect specimens from around the world, including butterflies and Japanese rhinosaurus beetles.

As one of the birthplaces of Japan’s Pension style of inn, Haramura has been a destination for enriching and relaxing travel since the 1970s. The term Pension in Japan refers to a small, cozy type of accommodation in the Western style. They are essentially bed & breakfasts, but also serve dinner.
There are two distinct pension villages in the area, one of which is close to Yatsugatake Nature Park. Many guests treat their favorite pension as their own personal country home where they come to stay over and over again. There are even a small number of pensions with service available in foreign languages.

This folk museum features traditional village homes from the late Edo to early Meiji period that were dismantled and moved here and recreates the rural lifestyle from the 1950s. The grounds also feature a granary, or Kura, called Mate no Kura, which was once used to keep rice for storage. Here you can see the traditional walls finished by master plasterers, including a plaster folk art decorative technique called Kote-e. The term Mate in the name is a local term that means diligent and exacting work.
You may see within the building when it is open in summertime and join in a Saki-ori hand weaving workshop where you use torn fabric in lieu of yarn.

Canadian Farm was established in 1982 as a pioneer in organic farming and sustainable living, and under a concept of farm to table, has practiced a lifestyle in accordance with nature’s cycles since that time.
The farm’s self-built structures, reminiscent of something out of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, entertain visitors with their use of natural and recycled materials. Meanwhile, the meals served at the farm’s restaurant feature fresh vegetables cultivated with the spring waters of Yatsugatake alongside homemade smoked salmon and ham and bread baked in a stone oven. Those meals are simple, but are highly praised for offering a direct taste of the power of the land. The owner Haseyan himself is one of the appeals of the farm, attracting guests who come from throughout Japan and the world just to see him.

The Yatsugatake Echo Line is popular with both drivers and bicyclists as a route to enjoy beautiful scenery woven from the mountains and Japanese rural farmland. The route offers views of Yatsugatake, Mt. Fuji, and the Southern Alps towards Fujimi-cho, and Mount Tateshina, also known as Suwa Fuji, in the direction of Chino.
The scenery includes celery showered with irrigation water in summer, buckwheat blossoms in early September, and golden ears of rice in autumn. You can also see the Waranyo straw objects dotting the fields, which the locals build to preserve the traditional scenery of the area. These structures were traditionally built to store the straw left over after the rice harvest for use in numerous aspects of daily life.

Situated along the Echo Line is 808 Kitchen & Table, is a restaurant serving a seasonal menu of delicious vegetable and fruit dishes that make use of local produce.
Other items available include handmade fresh juices and soft ice cream from a nearby farm, making it an ideal spot for a break during your bicycle tour.
Adjacent to the restaurant is the Haramura branch of Tateshina Jiyu Nouen, or Tateshina Free Farm, which offers direct sales of fresh vegetables produced and brought here by local farmers. Numerous highland vegetables are available for purchase, such as celery from Haramura which produces the largest quantity in Japan. Other offerings include local sake, sweets, seasonal fruits, mushrooms, and herbs. There are some rare items here as well, such as barrel fermented Miso bean paste and their stick-shaped agar. Finally, return your e-bike to Yatsugatake Natural Park to bring your tour of Haramura to an end.