Ayase Shortbread won the Excellent Confectionery award in the 25th Kanagawa Excellent Products Exhibition, a sweets competition. This adorable shortbread uses Ayase’s famed roses and specialty pork as a motif.

Izumi-no-mori spreads around the Yamato Suigenchi, the source of the Hikichi River. The park is positioned as the natural core of Yamato City. The wooded area and waterside space form a distinctive ecosystem, making it an ideal place for observing nature.

Once you exit the ticket gate, you're already at the antique market. Approximately 300 treasure-shops await you! Shops from all over the country offer antique folk implements from the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods, as well as calligraphy, paintings, hanging scrolls, porcelain replicas, crafts, vintage fabrics, and Western antiques. The Kanagawa Yamato Antique Market is sure to satisfy everyone from beginners to collectors. Many foreign visitors also visit. The market is open from 7am to 4pm, rain or shine.

The tour includes the viewing of historic and valuable Nissan cars. There are old cars from the 1930s, like production cars, historic race cars, Nissan street motorcycles, off-road vehicles, and other vintage vehicles. The museum owns around 400 memorial vehicles, with 300 of them on display. ・No smoking in the building ・Do not take photos of the building outside ・Try not to touch the cars. (If you want to touch, please notify a staff) ・Japanese only

This dancing festival is iconic of Yamato, which is considered one of Kanto’s top three Awa Odori festivals. Dancers wearing brightly colored outfits move in time with the echoing gongs and drums. If you find yourself wanting to dance, you’re welcome to join in for the “Niwakaren”!