🌳Old Farmhouse in the Forest Series🌳
Yamashigi Forest
A 140-year-old farmhouse stands on a sky-high site at 650 meters above sea level.
There are two buildings: Shitashigi, built in the Taisho era, and Nakashigi, built in the Meiji era.
A gentle forest breeze 🍃 flows through, making this a pleasant place to be.
Nearby you will find tea fields, bamboo groves, and orchards,
and a variety of hands-on activities let you experience mountain village life.

Capacity: 2 buildings, 15 people each, total 30 people
Facilities: Goemon bath, kamado hearth, irori sunken hearth
*The Goemon bath and kamado hearth are available only in Shitashigi.*

◎Experiences
📍Tea picking and pan-roasted tea making
The tea fields in the valley have their picking season every May.
Around that time, Yama Gakkou offers tours where you can pick tea and make pan-roasted tea.
Pan-roasted tea grown in Yamashigi Forest is also sold as Yamashigi Tea at places such as Donko-tei and Morokko House.

📍Ume picking and ume preparations
The two plum trees have long been indispensable to daily life.
In Morotsuka, households prepare ume (plums) for year-round consumption.
Learning these ume preparations is a popular part of the Yama Gakkou tours.
Ume syrup and pickled ume are both big hits.

📍Yuzu harvesting and yuzu processing
From autumn into winter, yuzu take center stage. Whether picked green or after they turn yellow,
they each serve a wonderful purpose.
This is another staple of the Yama Gakkou tours held at Yamashigi Forest.
You can harvest yuzu, make yuzu kosho, take a yuzu bath, and more…
Enjoy yuzu to the fullest with no part wasted.

*For accommodations and experiences, please contact Morotsuka Village Tourism Association in advance.*
Contact
Morotsuka Village Tourism Association (Shiitake Hall 21)
Phone number: 0982-65-0178