Shobara City is dotted with nature scenic spots such as the state-run Bihoku Hills Park, Teishaku Gorge, and Lake Shinryu, where you can enjoy Hiking, boating, and cherry blossom viewing.
Specialty products such as Hiba beef, Shobara Rice, and Kuromoji tea are also abundant, so you can enjoy the Local Flavors.
In Spring, the Cherry Blossom Festival is Held in in Ueno Park, which is crowded with many tourists.
Shobara City is an area where Nature and life are in harmony, and everyone who comes can feel peace and healing.
In a spacious Nature environment, you Enjoy time to relax and feel the four seasons.
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Today, December 8, is "Rice Day" 🍚✨
Satoyama no Yume, a branded rice from Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, won first place in the "Osaka Residents’ Most Delicious Rice Contest" and is a carefully selected rice with a taste score of 80 or higher.
By creating a branded rice, Satoyama no Yume aims to build an environment where young people can take up farming with hope, contribute to agriculture and regional development, and bring dreams and aspirations to the community. This rice packs the dreams of satoyama farmers. To promote circular agriculture by reusing bamboo that damages farmland, farmers spent years experimenting to achieve this proud flavor. They cut bamboo into powder, ferment it for use as fertilizer, and use oyster shells—Hiroshima Prefecture’s specialty—to replenish soil minerals. These practices contribute not only to great taste but also to building a sustainable society that cares for the environment.
(Rice Day falls on the 8th, 18th, and 28th of every month.)
1) [Shobara Satoyama no Yume Farm]
New crop: Shobara branded rice Satoyama no Yume
Set of 3 × 1 kg 6,800 yen (shipping and tax included)
Product here 🔽
https://ec.satoyamaselect.jp/view/item/000000000034?category_page_id=ct45...
2) [Shobara Satoyama no Yume Farm]
New crop: Shobara branded rice Satoyama no Yume Premium
Set of 3 × 1 kg 7,500 yen (shipping and tax included)
Product here 🔽
https://ec.satoyamaselect.jp/view/item/000000000005?category_page_id=ct45...
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“Hiroshima Prefecture Shobara City’s Finest from Farming Town” Winter Gifts 2025 Start! ✨
Get extra savings by adding our official LINE account as a friend
Details here🔽
https://www.shobara-info.com/special/5357...
Shop directly from producers to enjoy the flavors of Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Winter Gifts 2025 are now open for orders at Satoyama Shobara SELECT SHOP, our producer-direct online store! ⛄🎁✨
[Order Period] Until Friday, December 26, 2025
This year’s lineup includes fan-favorite products such as the “Hiba Beef Soboro and Shigure-ni Set,” made with 100% Hiba Beef—the legendary branded wagyu of Shobara—easy-to-eat “Shobara Wild Boar Gyoza” with no strong gamey taste, a “Charcoal-Smoked Assortment” that brings out the best of Shobara’s premium ingredients, Aigamo (duck) raised alongside rice in Tojo Town, and Ichiki Town’s “Shikishin Natural Yam,” all perfect companions for the winter season.
Last year’s popular winter selection, the “Bihoku Mon Gift,” returns with a newly prepared New Rice Companion Set and a Sweets Set. We also offer the “Shobara City Branded Rice Set” and the “Shobara 20th Anniversary Commemorative Sake,” among other direct-from-producer gifts filled with producers’ dedication.
These seasonal tastes make wonderful gifts for loved ones and are also perfect as gourmet deliveries to enjoy at home—please try them during this season✨
Plus, everyone who newly adds the Satoyama Shobara SELECT SHOP official LINE account as a friend will receive an exclusive friend-only coupon.
See the link for more details!
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Hiroshima Prefecture Shobara City | New Bakery News 🥖✨
Wakey Wakey Bakery, which just opened on Friday, October 17, 2025, is now featured on the Shobara Tourism Navi website!
See spot details here 🔽
https://www.shobara-info.com/spot/5379...
The shop name comes from the English word “Wakey,” meaning wake-up and used like a cheerful call to small children. It reflects the owner Rina Nagai’s personal touch—she studied abroad at a university in the State of California. Her wish is simple: to make bread that people want to eat as soon as they wake up, comforting and part of everyday life.
The breads on offer use Rina’s original recipes, refined with techniques she learned while working at a bakery in the United States to bring out each item’s flavor. The most popular items are two character breads inspired by a Shiba Inu: Shiba-san (custard) and Nikukyuu Punch (chocolate). Inspired by childhood visits to bakeries with her parents, where character breads captured her imagination, she wanted to create breads that excite children.
Basic Information
Phone TEL 080-6068-0187
Address 1-1294-8 Nakahommachi, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Parking Available 1 space near the shop (No.7)
Closed Monday; Wednesday to Thursday; Saturday to Sunday
Hours Tuesday and Friday 10:00 until sold out
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Cheese from Shobara wins Super Gold at the World Cheese Awards! 🥇 The story of Cheese Studio Nyuizu’s popular product “Yukiko.” 🧀
At the World Cheese Awards 2025, one of the world’s most prestigious cheese contests held in Bern, Switzerland from Thursday, November 13 to Saturday, November 15, the NPO Cheese Professional Association awarded Super Gold to “Yukiko” by Cheese Studio Nyuizu. ✨
You can purchase sets including “Yukiko” from Satoyama Shobara SELECT SHOP, an online direct-from-producer shop that lets you enjoy the food of Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. ⛄🧀
◎ Award-Winning Cheese Set ◎
https://ec.satoyamaselect.jp/view/item/000000000023?category......
◎ Miyoshi Wine and Cheese Set ◎
https://ec.satoyamaselect.jp/view/item/000000000227?category......
Details URL
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000024.000095826.html...
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Making soba in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture was fun to make and delicious to eat! We tried a soba-making experience at the National Bihoku Hillside Park 🥢🔥
When it comes to uniquely Japanese food, soba is a must. Served chilled on a bamboo tray in summer and in hot broth in winter, it’s enjoyed year-round. Did you know the National Bihoku Hillside Park in Shobara City offers soba-making workshops? This time, Momoka Matsumoto and Shogo Ikebuchi tried making soba for the first time! Here’s a report on the process and its highlights.
Read the article here 🔽
https://www.shobara-info.com/report/5352...
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In Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, there’s a bookstore that even sells local sake and souvenirs! 😍
A bookstore that hosts surprise events? Discover the many charms of We Higashijo Store 📚✨
Sosho Sato Main Store in Jinsekikogencho began in the Meiji era as a general shop stocking rubber boots, candles and daily necessities. The second branch, We Higashijo Store, opened in Tojo Town, Shobara City, offering books, CDs and stationery.
More than a bookstore, the store also houses a hair salon, a cosmetics section, an esthetic room and a coin laundry, making it indispensable to the local community. Recently, Tomonori Sato began carefully selecting and selling food items and local sake. The store also runs unique initiatives you won’t find elsewhere, from events to original book covers. ✨
We spoke with fourth-generation CEO Tomonori Sato about the visitor-friendly appeal of We Higashijo Store.
Read the article here🔽
https://www.shobara-info.com/report/5346...
We Higashijo Store
Address: 1348-1 Kawahigashi, Tojo Town, Shobara City
Phone: 08477-2-1188
Hours: 10:00–19:00
Closed: Open year-round
Parking: Available (30 spaces)
Honabi
Address: 2-12-10 Nishihonmachi, Shobara City
Phone: 0824-73-9366
Hours: 9:30–19:00
Note: From Friday, November 21, 2025, hours will change to 10:00–18:30.
Closed: Tuesdays
Parking: Available (shared parking)
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November is almost here 🍂✨
This time, we will introduce 6 Autumn leaves spots in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture! 🍁
Please warm up and come to 💛🎶 Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
🍁🍁🍁 Here are the 🔽🍁🍁🍁 highlights of the 6 Autumn leaves Spots
(1) Under-twined Gari of Mt. Kamikoya Ooin Ginkgo 🍁
【Address】Shinichi, Koya-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Highlights】Located in the Precincts of Tenma Shrine, it is a huge Ginkgo tree with a trunk circumference of 9.6 meters and is the first in the prefecture. It is said that in the first year of Tenpei (729), when the god of thunder was invited to this place, it was planted as a sacred tree. Gari aerial roots called milk hang down from the main trunk, and it is designated as a natural monument of the prefecture. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Access】Onomichi Matsue Automobile Koya IC / About 8 minutes by Car from Roadside Station Takano
【Best time to visit in every year】Early ~ mid-November
(2) Mt 🍁. Azuma
【Address】Moriwaki, Hiwa-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Mt. Azuma belongs to the Hiba Dogo Teishaku National Park and is Located in, about 35 km north of Shobara City in the northern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. Vacation Village Azumayama Lodge closed in 2020. Use the public toilet at the former campsite. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Best time to visit in every year】Late October ~ early November
(3) Mt. Hiba Federation 🍁
【Address】Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Saijo-cho, Aburaki~Shimane
【Highlights】Elevation 1,200 Meter class mountains are lined up, and the area around Mt. Hiba Imperial Tomb is covered with beech pure forest, which is a nationally designated natural monument. Please note that Thereare is subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Access】To Hiroshima Prefectural Forest Park Center
About 40 minutes from Shobara IC
About 40 minutes from Tojo IC
【Best time to visit every year】Late October ~ early November
(4) Dogo Mountain 🍁
【Address】Misaka, Saijo-cho, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture~Tottori
【Highlights】One of the Three Hundred Famous Mountains of Japan. It is also featured in Sumie Tanaka's "One Hundred Famous Mountains of New Hundred Famous Mountains". Thereare a 360-degree view from the summit, a stone wall of the ranch ruins, and a large pond built as a water source for Tatara ironworks. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Access】About 45 minutes by Car from Shobara IC to Tsukimigaoka
About 30 minutes by Car from Tojo IC to Tsukimigaoka
【Best time to visit in every year】Early November~
(5) Teishaku Gorge 🍁
【Address】Tojo Town, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture ~ Jinsekikogen Town, Jinseki District, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Highlights】A canyon that straddles Shobara City Tojo Town and Jinsekikogen Town. Designated as a national scenic spot (1923), one of One of the 100 most scenic spots in Japan. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Access】About 15 minutes by Car from Chugoku Expressway / Tojo IC
【Best time to visit in every year】Late October ~ early November
(6) Japanese maple group 🍁 in the market
【Address】Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
【Highlights】The "Japanese maple group in Kamiichi" is a rare group of large trees in Japan, including the largest one with a trunk circumference of 3.25 m and nine plants with a trunk circumference of more than 2 m. *Please note that it There are subject to change depending on weather conditions.
【Access】About 15 minutes by Car from Shobara IC on the Chugoku Expressway
【Best time to visit in every year】Early ~ mid-November
Click here for 🔽 information on Autumn leaves in 2025
https://www.shobara-info.com/special/4758...
Summary of the highlights here. 🔽
https://www.shobara-info.com/report/5312...
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It's almost a ✨ three-day weekend
This time, we will introduce autumn Events and traditional events held in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture! ✨
🔽🔽🔽Summary 5 selections, so please use them as a reference for your three-day outing! 🔽🔽🔽
1⃣ The 32nd Bingo Tojo "Odori"
【Date & Time】~Sunday, November 2, 2025 Noon (12:00~)
【Place】Tojo Elementary School Ground Start
【Contents】"Odori" has been held as an Events by the Odori Preservation Promotion Association since 1993 (Heisei 5). A procession consisting of a daimyō procession, a samurai parade, a mother's robe, and a hanawarabe is held every year in early November as a brave and gorgeous period picture scroll.
[Events Detail URL] https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5310...
【Here are the highlights】https://www.shobara-info.com/report/4841...
2⃣ The 18th Imperial Maple Festival
Date & Time: Sunday, November 2, 2025 10:00~15:00
【Place】Teisha Autonomy Promotion Center
【Contents】Shobara City 20th Anniversary Commemorative Project!
●Raku no Piazza
10:15 Niimi Wind Ensemble
11:15 Shobara City Merger 20th Anniversary Stage (1) Ryo Sasaki
12:15 Stage (2) Issei Minami
13:30 Kendama Performance
14:00 Throat bragging
14" 45 Lottery
* There are Thereare before and after the appearance time.
●Food Square
Frankfurters, chicken karaage, meat Udon noodles, zenzai, yakitori, french fries, grilled Soba, beef bowls, game dishes teppanyaki, vegetable tempura, fried maple, croquettes, coffee, yotsuba Workshop cookies, Local Fresh vegetable sales, Locally Produced sales, clay bell sales, shooting
[Detailed URL] https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5322...
3⃣ Autumn Beef Terrace|Teishaku Gorge Schola Highlands
Date & Time: Sunday, November 2, 2025 10:00~15:00
【Place】Spice Pavilion 2F Open Terrace
【Details】This is an Events where you can enjoy the Phantom Divine Stone Cow at a reasonable price.
Barbecue Queue Set
< set includes>
Jinseki beef, vegetables, rice bowls
[Held in at the same time! ] 】
Minna no Markets Hiroshima (product sales)
【Detailed URL】https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5317...
4⃣ Tojo Marugoto Festival
Date & Time: Monday, November 3, 2025 12:00~20:30
【Location】Tojo Station and surrounding facilities and surrounding downtown
【Contents】In addition to music events on the platform of Tojo Station, this event is filled with the charms of the Geibi Line and Tojo Town, such as projects related to art and culture that make use of the history of the In the town.
[Detailed URL] https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5341...
5⃣ The 22nd Children's Festival
Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 10:00~14:00
【Place】National Bihoku Hillside Park North Entrance Satoyama Station Shobara Furari Shobara Furari
【Contents】Bihoku Hill where children's smiles spread Everyone gathers at the Children's Festival!
In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Shobara City, a limic 🎶 concert as a stage Events!
Fun experiences, crafts, and Stamp Rally!
[Detailed URL] https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5338...
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✨🎪 Events in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, 5 Autumn Traditions 🎪✨
Held in an Events full of smiles to enjoy the blessings of autumn in its entirety this year!
Gourmet experience, stage to market,
There are a lot of of autumn rewards for the whole family to play all day long.
Please come to Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture!
1⃣ Mt. Hiba Sky Peak Hunt in Hiroshima Prefectural Forest 2025
Date: ~ Monday, November 3, 2025
【Place】Hiroshima Prefectural Forest (Reception & Start & Finish Point)
【Contents】
Implementation on the day of the event! ✨
Mountaineering Events around the top 10 points of the Hibayama Federation!
Participants will hunt for points while checking the checkpoints at the top of the mountain by themselves.
[Detailed URL🔽]
https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5176...
2⃣ Tojo Town Walking Gallery
【Date】November 1 (Sat) ~ November 5 (Wed), 2025 (Water)
【Place】Yume Highway Renaissance Certified District "Highway Tojo Road"
【Contents】
・Opening & Events
・Machinami Gallery
・Town markets
・Town Sake Festival
・National Tangible Cultural Property "Sanrakuso" Special Exhibition (Venue: Sanrakuso)
・The 32nd Bingo Tojo "Street"
[Detailed URL🔽]
https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5320...
3⃣ Autumn Lunch Buffet 2025|Vacation Village Teishaku Gorge
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025 ~ Sunday, November 9, 2025
【Place】Vacation Village Teishaku Gorge
【Details】Following the Obon period, we will Held in a lunch buffet in autumn as well!
This time, too, the breakfast buffet offers Fun Adult to children, such as Popular oven-baked pancakes, rice accompaniments, handmade sandwiches, and Original dishes.
Fun the autumn Teishaku Gorge with the Autumn leaves.
[Detailed URL🔽]
https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5324...
4⃣ Winter Illumination 2025-2026 Bihoku Illumination|National Bihoku Hillside Park
Date: November 1, 2025 (Sat) ~ January 12, 2026 (Mon)
【Place】National Bihoku Hillside Park * There is a parking fee and admission fee Car
【Contents】Have a special night in the world of light wrapped in twinkle! Continuing from last year, this year the "Mirror Borer" dream new world will be held in the Flower Square (special area).
[Detailed URL🔽]
https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5326...
5⃣ Sancha Festival|National Bihoku Hillside Park
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025
【Place】Shobara, Sangenjaya
【Details】A festival will be held to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the local family manabiba!
[Detailed URL🔽]
https://www.shobara-info.com/event/5321...
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🍁 Information on Autumn leaves in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture has been updated since October! 🍁
There are 6 Autumn leaves spots in Shobara City! ✨
In autumn, Shobara City can enjoy colorful autumn leaves. In Hiroshima Prefecture, the leaves start to change color early, so you can enjoy the Autumn leaves for a long time. This time, we will introduce six Autumn leaves spots in Shobara City.
(1) Underneath Gari of Mt. Kamikoya Ooin Ginkgo
(2) Mt. Azuma
(3) Mt. Hiba Federation
(4) Dogo Mountain
(5) Teishaku Gorge
(6) Japanese maple group in the market
Click here for 👇 features and highlights
https://www.shobara-info.com/report/5312...
Click here for 🔽 this year's Autumn leaves Information
https://www.shobara-info.com/4758...
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