Easily accessible for shopping and breaks!

Roadside Station Yamato is only 5 minutes by car from the Saga Yamato Interchange on the Nagasaki Expressway. Located along National Route 263 connecting Saga City to Fukuoka City, it is a roadside station where you can take in the mountain scenery and the flowing Kase River. Easily accessible not only from Saga City but also Fukuoka City, many customers visit every morning to do some shopping, get lunch, or take a break.

Soyokazekan, where you can find outstandingly fresh vegetables

At the farmers market Soyokazekan, between 10 and 11 am every day, local farmers bring in fresh vegetables harvested from the previous evening or even that very morning. Repeat customers are already in the know, so many things tend to sell fast in the morning, meaning that products need to regularly delivered fresh.

Spinach and other leafy greens are restocked daily and radishes, green onion and cucumbers are restocked every two days ensuring you can always get fresh vegetables. Chefs from the hotels and inns of the neighboring hot spring town of Fuji regularly come to shop, confident in the variety and freshness of our produce.

Seasonal fruits are also available. Imari pears, famous in Saga, are also available until October so please come on by to try some.

Special products using Matsuume dried persimmons

The Matsuume district of Taiwa Township has been famous for making dried persimmons since the Edo Period. One by one, persimmons continue to be hung on strings and dried the old-fashioned way.

The number of producers of these dried persimmons have decreased in recent years due to climate change, now making it impossible to produce large amounts of dried persimmon. For this reason, the value of these rare and special dried persimmons increases year by year.

The highly recommended Persimmon Vinegar (864 yen) is made by aging the astringent fruits that are too ripe to make into traditionally dried persimmons. This persimmon vinegar is carefully fermented using only 100% persimmons to bring out that true persimmon flavor. When you actually taste the final product, it does not have the scent of persimmon, but a sweet and gentle taste. Since it does not overpower the taste of foods, sushi made with these persimmons are also offered at nearby sushi restaurants.

These rare dried persimmons have a limited season, but for those who want to enjoy them all-year round, we also sell frozen dried persimmons. They make the perfect souvenir for enjoying the taste of dried persimmon at any time. Single packs of dried persimmons (350 yen) and 2 to 3-piece packs (500 yen) are available.

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