Soni Kogen Farm Garden
A practical lunch stop with local vegetables, produce and Soni beer below the highland.
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Farm Garden gives a Soni Highland walk a useful beginning or end. The complex has a restaurant, farm-produce and gift shop, local beer brewery and a separate rice-bread hall; Okame-no-yu bathhouse is next door. It is a collection of facilities rather than one all-day café, so check the particular counter you need before building a bus itinerary around it.
What to eat
The operator describes the Susuki-no-yakata restaurant as using vegetables grown in Soni. It publishes a menu separately, but availability and dish prices may change; check the current menu or ask staff instead of treating an older photograph as a fixed offer. The shop also sells produce and local products.
A brewery on the grounds
Mugi-no-yakata is the home of Soni Kogen Beer. If you are driving or still walking, make the brewery a place to learn about and purchase the local product rather than assuming you can drink before travel.
The other facilities have separate schedules
Okome-no-yakata sells rice bread and advertises a pre-booked bread-making class; Okame-no-yu is a separate paid hot spring. The restaurant closes well before the bathhouse, and the bakery sells until its daily stock is gone. Check each facility's current notices, especially on Wednesdays, holidays and autumn peak days.
Fit lunch around the seasonal bus
For 1 October–30 November 2026, Mie Kotsu lists seasonal services from Nabari Station to Farm Garden, with the highland about 30 minutes farther on foot. The timetable is sparse: some runs stop at Farm Garden, while only selected runs continue to the highland. In the other direction, the listed highland returns are 14:27 and 15:27 on weekends/holidays, with one 15:27 run on weekdays; the last Farm Garden return shown is 15:30. Fares are ¥1,000 adult / ¥500 child from Nabari Station to Farm Garden, and ¥1,100 / ¥550 to the highland. This is a dated seasonal schedule, not a year-round service; check the operator's page for your actual date and plan your meal around the final bus.
What to look for
Vegetable-focused restaurant
Local produce and Soni Kogen Beer
Rice-bread hall and adjoining bathhouse
Photo notes
The restaurant and shop are working businesses. Ask staff before photographing interiors, products, other diners or brewery operations; no blanket permission has been verified.
Make a day of it
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Sources & editorial status
Original MyNara draft based on the linked sources. Sources reviewed 24 October 2026. Opening arrangements, prices and offers may change; use the operator's current information before travelling.