Bandai Town

We recommend Bandai Mountain croquettes and soba soft serve!
We also sell seafood directly from Mutsu City in Aomori Prefecture, which has a sister partnership with Bandai Town.
We are also partnered with the toy company "Bandai."

This is natto, known as a local specialty. It can be purchased at roadside stations and other places.

This is a natural hot spring that springs up in the lush green forests of the Bandai Mountain foothills. The water quality includes simple springs and chloride springs, which are said to be effective for neuralgia and muscle pain.

Bandai Town offers a rich selection of local specialties, agricultural products, and souvenirs.  
There are also restaurants that use local ingredients, making it perfect for a break during your drive.

Hoshino Resort Nekoma Mountain is a highlight.
It connects two ski resorts, Alts Bandai and Nekoma Ski Resort, spanning the north and south of Mount Nekoma, creating one of the largest snow resorts.
It connects ski resorts and tours sightseeing spots.

Founded in 2018 as an alcohol manufacturing and sales company, it combines the Tenkyou Distillery for whiskey production and the Eikawa Sake Brewery for sake production.  
The founder is Shunsuke Koike. During his study abroad in the UK, he visited a distillery in Scotland and encountered whiskey. With Japan's population declining due to low birth rates and an aging society, how can the family business in retail survive? Also, concerns about the disappearance of his hometown...  
Can the whiskey he encountered connect to solving local issues?  
In early spring 2022, he unfortunately passed away at the young age of 28 due to a maritime accident in Shiretoko, Hokkaido.  
Connecting the founder's desire to create Scotch whiskey using the underground water from Mount Bandai, the whiskey distillery started operations in 2024. Let's trace such a story together.