Bandai Town

We recommend Bandai Mountain croquettes and soba soft serve!
We also sell fresh 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 deep green forests of the Bandai Mountain foothills. The water quality includes simple spring and chloride spring, and it is 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 using 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 north and south of Mount Nekoma, creating one of the largest snow resorts.
It connects ski resorts and takes you around sightseeing spots.

Founded in 2018 as an alcohol manufacturing and sales company, it combines whiskey production at Tenkyou Distillery and sake production at Eikawa Sake Brewery.
The founder, Shunsuke Koike, encountered whiskey during his studies in the UK when he visited a distillery in Scotland. With Japan's declining population due to low birth rates and an aging society, how to sustain the family retail business became a concern. Additionally, there were worries about the disappearance of his hometown...
Can the whiskey he encountered contribute 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.
The founder's desire to create Scotch whiskey using the underground water of Mount Bandai has been carried on, and the whiskey distillery started operations in 2024. Let's trace such a story together.