Konnyaku Park
SaveA konnyaku factory you tour, with a tasting buffet of about 15 dishes.
One family's five-year-old cleaned the plate of konnyaku ramen and jelly from the buffet.
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Konnyaku Park is a theme park built around one ingredient. The factory that makes konnyaku opens its tour route to visitors, and the tasting buffet is free however much you eat.
It is run by Yokoo Daily Foods, in business since March 1968. Parking is free, with room for 400 cars, and the outdoor play area has an Italian-made mini Ferris wheel, said to be the smallest in Gunma Prefecture.
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- Konnyaku Park is a theme park where you get to know konnyaku, a traditional Japanese food, through a factory tour and a free buffet.source
- It is run by Yokoo Daily Foods, a company founded in March 1968.source
- Parking is free, from the first lot right next to the park out to a seventh lot nearby.source
- The parking entrance has moved, and the park warns drivers not to turn in at the old konnyaku museum entrance by mistake.source
- The konnyaku tasting buffet is free, however much you eat.source
- The buffet runs to about 15 items, including dengaku, ajillo, and ramen, plus sweets made with konnyaku flour.source
- The factory tour looks onto three production lines: konnyaku blocks, shirataki noodles, and jelly.source
- The production lines run Monday through Friday.source
- The jelly line has days from September through February when it does not run, because output is adjusted by season.source
- Videos explain the process down to the fine workings of the machines, and panels cover the history of konnyaku along with assorted trivia.source
- You pick one of three courses for the make-your-own session.source
- The make-your-own session takes 30 minutes.source
- Sessions start every hour from 9:30 to 16:30, seven times a day, with nothing in the 12:30 slot.source
- You take home the jelly or konnyaku you make.source
- Joining a make-your-own session gets everyone in your group a fast pass for the tasting buffet, good any time that day.source
- The souvenir corner runs fill-your-own-bag deals on konnyaku and on jelly every day.source
- The play area has rides and a ball-scooping game.source
- One of them is a crane truck you operate yourself to scoop up balls.source
- There is an Italian-made mini Ferris wheel, said to be the smallest in Gunma Prefecture.source
- A small shrine holds a konnyaku ball as a good-luck charm, and people stop there to take photos.source
- The konnyaku soft-serve cafe sells a soft serve made with rich soy milk and konnyaku from fresh corms.source
- There are foot baths of four kinds, in five spots.source
- There is one nursing room.source
- There are two places to change a diaper: the baby bed in the nursing room and a fold-down table in the multipurpose restroom.source
- The nursing room is right past the entrance desk.source
- The nursing room locks, and it has a curtain as well.source
- The nursing room has two chairs and one baby bed.source
- The nursing room has no sink, according to a parent who used it.source
- Used diapers go home with you, per a notice posted in the nursing room in a January 2024 review, and there is no diaper bin.source
- The nursing room has a foot heater.source
- A nursing room is listed under restrooms in the Jalan facility information.source
- Indoors are the tasting buffet, the souvenir corner, the factory tour, the make-your-own kitchen, and the game corner.source
- Outdoors are the foods market, the soft-serve shop, the foot baths, and the playground equipment.source
- The park has its own free parking for 400 cars.source
- The official website has an English version, which covers the website and is not a record of English support on site.source
- The play area is outdoors.source
- The factory tour route starts on the second floor.source
- One visit on a public holiday recorded about a 40-minute wait for the buffet.source
- The factory tour is a 330-meter walkway you follow, looking through glass.source
- There is a 7-Eleven on the grounds, the Konnyaku Park branch.source
With kidsThe part that matters
If a factory tour sounds dry for small kids, this one comes with food: the tasting buffet of about 15 konnyaku dishes is free, however much they eat.
The tour itself is a 330-meter walkway where kids watch through glass as machines turn konnyaku, a traditional Japanese food, into blocks, noodles, and jelly.
When someone needs a break, you can step out to the foot baths, and the nursing room just past the entrance desk locks, so you can settle a baby behind a closed door.
The production lines run Monday through Friday, so come on a weekday and the kids see the machines actually moving — one family who came on a public holiday waited 40 minutes just for the buffet.
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- On a summer Sunday the queue ran outside. Three ways past it: a bus tour, a booked class, or the silk-mill combo ticket.source
- Eleven parents' reviews with photos: the nursing room is just past reception, lockable with a curtain, but has no sink.source
- A 40-minute wait on a holiday. Tables are 20 minutes and you cannot go back for seconds, so take everything at once.source
- The tour is 330m of indoor walkway behind glass, 30-60 minutes. Lines run on weekdays only; weekends are video.source
By age0-1 / 2-3 / 4-6
- Ages 0-1The factory tour is a walk of about 330 metres along a corridor with glass on one side — the same route whether you carry your baby or push a stroller. The three production lines run Monday to Friday, so on a weekday there are machines actually moving for a baby's eyes to follow.There is one nursing room, just inside the entrance reception. It locks, has a curtain, two chairs, one baby cot and a foot heater. There is no sink in it, so bring wipes. There are two diaper changing tables — the cot in the nursing room and a fold-down table in the multipurpose toilet — and used diapers go home with you, as there is no diaper bin, so bring a bag. Strollers can be borrowed (ask a staff member). The factory tour route starts on the second floor, but the building has an elevator. Outside food may not be brought in, though there is a 7-Eleven on the site. Parking is free, 400 spaces.
- Ages 2-3In the outdoor play area there is a crane vehicle a child works themselves to scoop up balls — move the lever, the ball comes up, and the result comes straight back. The Italian-made mini ferris wheel, the smallest in Gunma, runs on weekends and public holidays only, 200 yen per person per ride. There are also foot baths, four kinds in five spots.The tasting buffet is free with about 15 dishes, but seats are limited to 20 minutes and when it is busy you may not be allowed back to the food counters — so take everything for your child in one go at the start. One family waited about 40 minutes on a public holiday. Konnyaku is springy and firm: cut it small and watch as your child eats. The play area is outdoors, so on a wet or very hot day switch to the indoor half (factory tour, souvenir corner, game corner). Outside food may not be brought in.
- Ages 4-6The souvenir corner runs a stuff-the-bag deal every day, for konnyaku and for jelly — as much as you can fit, 648 yen a go — and working out how to pack it is the game. The tasting buffet has about 15 dishes, from dengaku and ahijo to ramen and sweets made with konnyaku flour, and a child this age can choose and take their own. The factory tour explains how konnyaku is made, with video and panels on its history; on a weekday, when the three lines are running, the explanation and the real thing sit side by side.The make-your-own konnyaku session is for first-graders and up, minimum two people, booked by 1 pm the day before — no same-day booking. Only those with a booking may enter the workshop kitchen, and preschoolers cannot go in even with a parent. While your child is still preschool age, build the visit out of the factory tour, the tasting buffet and the stuff-the-bag corner, which comes to about two hours. The jelly production line does not run on some days between September and February. Buffet seats are limited to 20 minutes, and one family waited about 40 minutes on a public holiday. The mini ferris wheel runs weekends and public holidays only, 200 yen per person per ride.
By weatherRain, heat, cold
- Rainy dayIndoors are the tasting buffet, the souvenir corner, the factory tour, the hands-on kitchen and the game corner; outdoors are the foods market, the soft-serve shop, the footbaths and the play equipment. The factory tour walks about 330 meters of corridor, viewing the lines through glass.
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Worth a look before you go
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On a summer Sunday the queue ran outside. Three ways past it: a bus tour, a booked class, or the silk-mill combo ticket.
Field report: enjoying Konnyaku Park without queuing — the tricks, the cheaper tickets and the souvenirs
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Eleven parents' reviews with photos: the nursing room is just past reception, lockable with a curtain, but has no sink.
Konnyaku Park's nursing room and changing tables: parents' reviews and what is there
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A 40-minute wait on a holiday. Tables are 20 minutes and you cannot go back for seconds, so take everything at once.
Konnyaku Park with a 5-year-old: the free buffet, the factory tour and the foot baths
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The tour is 330m of indoor walkway behind glass, 30-60 minutes. Lines run on weekdays only; weekends are video.
Reporting from the Konnyaku Park factory tour: the free lunch buffet, the prices and how to book
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Before you go
- On busy weekends, during Golden Week, and over the summer holidays, the nearby lots are opened one after another.source
- The make-your-own konnyaku session takes a reservation, booked by 1:00 p.m. the day before.source
- You cannot bring your own food into the building.source
- Buffet seating is limited to 20 minutes, and when it is busy you may not get back to the food counters.source
- The make-your-own session is for children in first grade of elementary school and up, booked for two or more people.source
Basics
- Fee：The hands-on classes are paid and take 30 minutes: konnyaku jelly with fruit ¥1,320 for adults (junior-high and up) and ¥880 for children (elementary school and up); konnyaku color magic ¥1,100 / ¥770; making konnyaku from the powder ¥1,430 / ¥990. Everything you make goes home with you. At the souvenir corner, 'pack all you can' with konnyaku or jelly costs ¥648 a go. Parking is free. Admission fee: not statedsource
- Hours：9:00-18:00 every day, weekday or weekend, with last admission at 17:00. The production lines run Monday to Friday, and the jelly line has days when it does not run between September and February. Closing days and short-hours days are marked on the official calendarsource
- Time to allow：2–2.5 hsource
- Booking：The hands-on konnyaku classes are booking-only — apply by 13:00 the day before. Groups arriving by bus also need to book by 13:00 the previous daysourceOfficial booking site ↗
- Note: the hands-on konnyaku classes take bookings for elementary-school age and up, two people or more, by 13:00 the day before (no same-day bookings). Only those booked may enter the kitchen — preschoolers cannot come in, even with a parentsource
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Hours and closures
- Open 9:00 to 18:00 on weekdays, weekends, and holidays alike, with last entry at 17:00.source
Getting there
- The address is 204-1 Obata, Kanra-machi, Kanra-gun, Gunma 370-2202.source
- The phone number is 0274-60-4100.source
- About a 10-minute drive from the Tomioka interchange on the Joshinetsu Expressway.source
- About a 30-minute drive from the east exit of JR Takasaki Station on the shinkansen line.source
- About a 5-minute drive from Joshu-Fukushima Station on the Joshin Dentetsu line.source
- About a 15-minute drive from Joshu-Tomioka Station on the Joshin Dentetsu line.source
- About a 10-minute drive from the Tomioka Silk Mill, a World Heritage site.source
- About a 15-minute drive from Gunma Safari Park.source
Fees
- The fruit konnyaku jelly course costs 1,320 yen for adults (junior high age and up) and 880 yen for children (elementary age and up).source
- The konnyaku color magic course costs 1,100 yen for adults and 770 yen for children, and uses white konnyaku and vegetables.source
- The make-your-own konnyaku course costs 1,430 yen for adults and 990 yen for children, and you shape konnyaku any way you like from konnyaku flour.source
- Filling your own bag costs 648 yen including tax, however much you fit in.source
- The mini Ferris wheel costs 200 yen per person per ride and runs on weekends and holidays only.source
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- jalan.net: Stroller rental, Elevator, Outside food allowed
- Official: Stroller access notes
- Official: main site
Three lines are open to view: block konnyaku, shirataki noodles and jelly. Video walks through the finer machine steps, and panels cover the history of konnyaku. The tasting buffet runs to about 15 dishes, from dengaku and ajillo to ramen and sweets made with konnyaku flour. Three hands-on courses cover jelly, color magic and konnyaku itself. Outside there is a ball-scooping crane, a mini Ferris wheel billed as Gunma's smallest, and five foot baths in four styles.
| Stroller access notesExtra info — guide only | 駐車場は無料・第一〜第7 | Parking is free, from the first parking lot next to Konnyaku Park out to the seventh nearby. Extra parking lots around the site open in turn on busy weekends, Golden Week and the summer holidays. Note the parking lot entrance has moved — it is not the old Konnyaku Museum entrance | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | konnyaku-park.com |
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| Stroller friendly | Yes | You can keep the stroller with you inside the building; the nursing room is big enough to wheel it in, though it is a tight fit | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | mamamap.jp |
| Stroller rental | Yes | Strollers and wheelchairs are lent out — ask the staff | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | jalan.net |
| Nursing space | Yes (1) | One room, just past the admission reception. It locks and has a curtain, two chairs and one baby bed; there is no sink inside | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | mamamap.jp |
| Diaper changing table | Yes (2) | Two changing spots: the baby bed in the nursing room and a fold-down table in the multipurpose restroom | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | mamamap.jp |
| Diaper disposal bin | No | Used diapers go home with you — a notice in the nursing room asks you to take them back | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | mamamap.jp |
| Family restroom | Yes | A multipurpose (wheelchair-accessible) restroom with a fold-down changing table | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | mamamap.jp |
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet | ||||
| Elevator | Yes | There is an elevator inside the building | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | jalan.net |
| English support | Not checked yet | ||||
| Outside food allowed | No | Outside food cannot be brought into the building | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | jalan.net |
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor & outdoor | Indoors: the factory-tour route, tasting buffet, souvenir corner and hands-on kitchen. Outdoors: the foot baths, playground rides, farmers' market and soft-serve shop | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | jalan.net |
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