Cafe WaWa: A Farm Café on the Yamanobe Trail
A countryside café and small-goods shop at a working citrus farm, known for wood-fired pizza and a rest stop on the Yamanobe-no-Michi.
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Cafe WaWa sits inside Tenri Kanko Farm on the Yamanobe-no-Michi, where a walk through orchards and farmland meets a modest café and goods shop. The farm operator describes handmade pizza baked in its own wood-fired oven, coffee and juice pressed from its own mandarins. The official Nara Travel Guide also describes slow-cooked meals and homemade pizza, and notes that the orchard offers seasonal fruit picking. This page focuses on the café; picking, barbecue and rice-cake pounding are separate farm services with their own booking and seasonal conditions. The operator's current notice gives a month-based opening calendar and café service from 10:00 to 15:00, with temporary closures possible. Older blocks on the same site still show later hours, so confirm before relying on it as a meal stop.
Pause along the Yamanobe-no-Michi
The café is within Tenri Kanko Farm at 183 Sonoharacho. The Nara Prefecture tourism guide describes the Yamanobe-no-Michi as a walking route through orchards and agricultural land; the official Nara Travel Guide places the café at the farm and estimates 13 minutes by taxi from JR Nagara Station. It is a useful planned rest point on a long walk, but do not assume that every nearby service or the orchard is open whenever the café is. The farm's own seasonal calendar and temporary closure notice should guide the visit.
Try the wood-fired pizza and farm drinks
The operator says its pizza dough uses Hokkaido-grown Haruyutaka wheat and is baked in a handmade stone oven. It also offers an original coffee blend and fresh mandarin juice made from fruit picked at the farm. The official Nara Travel Guide describes slow-cooked dishes and homemade pizza as popular choices. A full current menu with prices was not available in the operator material checked, so ask what is being served and the price on the day. Fruit availability and juice offerings can vary with harvest.
Read the operator's month-based schedule
The operator's current homepage lists café hours of 10:00–15:00. It gives Thursday–Sunday opening in December through March and June through August, and Wednesday–Sunday in April, May and September through November. It warns that temporary closures occur and asks visitors to enquire. Older blocks lower on that same page still say 10:00–20:00 with Monday/Tuesday closure, while Visit Nara lists those older hours and an older JNTO pamphlet gives 10:00–16:00. Use the current month-based notice as the best published schedule, not a guarantee; call 0743-66-1663 on the day, particularly if timing a meal or arriving near closing.
Keep café visits separate from farm activities
Mandarin picking, covered barbecue and millet-rice-cake pounding are advertised by the farm, but they are not included automatically in a café visit. Picking is seasonal and may require advance reservation; the rice-cake activity is listed by the operator at ¥600 per portion with a five-portion minimum and advance booking. Current prices, availability, group requirements and cancellation terms should be confirmed directly. The farm says credit cards are not accepted and asks visitors not to bring pets. Its parking is limited, and conditional pickup may be available by arrangement rather than as public transport.
Choose a route and allow for rural access
The official Nara Travel Guide gives a 13-minute taxi ride from JR Nagara Station. Tenri Station is farther away: the farm's wider visitor guide cites differing walking estimates of about 40–50 minutes, so use a live map and plan the Yamanobe trail route carefully rather than assuming frequent bus service. A car is an option, but the operator says parking is limited and asks larger groups to share vehicles. Confirm a pickup directly if you need one; no fixed shuttle schedule is published.
What to look for
Wood-fired pizza and a rustic café setting inside a working citrus farm
A natural rest stop on the historic Yamanobe-no-Michi walking route
Operator publishes a month-based schedule and 10:00–15:00 café hours; temporary closures may occur
Photo notes
MyNara has no permission to reuse the operator's café, food, orchard or interior photographs. Ask before photographing customers, staff, the working orchard or farm equipment. Obtain permission from the operator and any identifiable makers before commercial use or reproduction.
Make a day of it
Explore guides close to this map point, then check the actual route before travelling. Distances below are straight lines, not walking distances or travel times; map points may not be entrances.
Sources & editorial status
Original MyNara draft based on the linked sources. Sources reviewed 19 October 2026. Opening arrangements, prices and offers may change; use the operator's current information before travelling.
- Tenri Kanko Farm — latest operating notice, café features, menu highlights and phone
- Tenri Kanko Farm — access and visitor rules, including no credit cards and limited parking
- Official Nara Travel Guide — café identity, address, taxi access, capacity and older schedule
- Official Nara Travel Guide — Yamanobe-no-Michi route context
- Nara Prefecture Green Tourism — seasonal mandarin-picking season and participating farms
- JNTO historical Nara guide — earlier café profile and schedule, used only to identify schedule discrepancies