Enjoy some fresh matcha green tea and wagashi desserts while looking at a serene, traditional Japanese dry garden!

This memorial hall commemorates the friendship between Kobayashi Issa, the world-renowned haiku poet, and Akimoto Sanzaemon the Fifth (pen name: Sōju), who invented Shiro Mirin. The original drawing room and Japanese dry garden of the Akimoto family residence have been refurbished to resemble how it appeared back when Kobayashi visited Nagareyama.

It is a quiet, relaxing place where visitors can develop an appreciation for original works of haiku poetry and relax on the wooden engawa porch, surrounded by nature!