PLAN > Tamari-Ya Farm Stay / Rice Donut

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At TamariYa FARM STAY, we want you to feel like you’re at a warm, welcoming family home. Even if your stay is short, we hope you’ll experience the joy of rural life.

Our main focus is building family connections.

Here, we do everything together—whether it’s helping with seasonal farm work, exploring the mountains and local history, or sharing meals from a big platter. All activities, including farming, walks, sauna time, and meals, are a shared experience between guests and staff.

TamariYa is also home to RICE DONUT, a rice flour donut shop inspired by the local name “Tamari,” which means “a village of ten thousand rice fields.”

“Rice farming is at the heart of Japanese culture.”

What may seem like an ordinary village holds incredible value when you experience its seasonal flavors and traditions. Through FARM STAY and RICE DONUT, we want to share this beauty with as many people as possible.

Full farming life experience plan

This Tamari Ya’s most highly recommended plan which includes farming experiences in the fields, guided walking tours of the village, and both breakfast and dinner meals. With this plan guests can expect to fully experience everything the village has to offer including “food”, “nature” and “Japanese farming village life”.

DAY 1

14:00

Check-in and orientation

As guests arrive they are greeted by staff with the Japanese greeting, “okaerinasai” which means something similar to “welcome home”. Guests can enjoy welcome drinks and donuts while watching an original “kamishibai” traditional Japanese picture and story play introducing guests to Tamari Ya.

15:00

Stroll to enjoy the village atmospherephere

After changing into matching work clothes,
guests will take a walk towards the farming fields.

15:30

A typical day’s farm work experienceusual field work.

Guests will participate in farm work experiences that will differ depending on the season.

Example experiences may include harvesting, building of rice field ridges, sowing seeds, and more.

*Individuals with mobility issues, small children, and others may instead choose to participate in a village walking tour.
*Tours can optionally be upgraded to bicycle tours if desired.

17:00

Onsen hot spring like mist spa

Guests can experience an otherworldly, relaxing mist spa featuring far-infrared rays and 10 billion negative ions. The spa is maintained at a comfortable, comparatively low temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, so that it can be enjoyed by the entire family, including everyone from small children to elderly guests.

19:00

Gathering at the family dinner table

Guests will enjoy generous servings of simple, but delicious country cuisine made using the freshest, seasonal vegetables served with wonderful local sake and lively conversation.

DAY 2

7:00

Village history and future explanation walk and future of the village

Staff will guide guests on a stroll as they learn about enriching and full lifestyle of Japan’s “satoyama” villages (areas of mixed natural surroundings and agricultural settlements).

8:30

Rice flour donut breakfast

Guests will enjoy a breakfast focusing on donuts made using Tamari Ya’s specialty plain rice flour.

10:00

Check-out

Staff will see guests off with the Japanese greeting, “itterasshai”, meaning something similar to “you are welcome back any time”.

Breakfast and dinner plan

This is a simple stay plan which includes lodging accommodations as well as breakfast and dinner meals. Dinners feature the freshest, seasonal vegetables that can only be found in a farming village.