Vintage Toy Garden opened in June 2020
Uomachi in Tambasasayama is the location of the newly opened Tambasasayama Vintage Toy Garden. It features a nostalgic environment filled with toys and electrical appliances from days gone by.
This store uses the old master brewery building of the Imamura Family in the castle area, and it displays around 30,000 toys and other items that were made from the beginning of the Showa Era (which started in 1926).
They have been used in the popular period movie series Otoko wa Tsurai yo (“It’s Tough Being a Man”), and lively music such as music from the Devilman manga series is played, so both your eyes and ears can enjoy the nostalgia.
You can also play games, including shooting, invader games, spinning tops, and Menko (a children’s game in which thick cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards).
This space allows adults to enjoy pleasures from the past and kids to enjoy something excitingly new to them.
| Hours | 10:00 to 18:00 |
| Entrance fee | Adults: 500 yen, Elementary and middle school students: 200 yen, Children below school age: Free
You can enjoy the arcade games and shooting to your heart’s content without paying any extra fees. |
| Parking | Use the Tambasasayama City West Parking Lot (53 Nishi Shinmachi, Tamba Sasayama City). |
| Parking fee | First hour free, 200 yen for second hour, 400 yen for one day
The Anzu Western Restaurant is 300 m (4 min) from the parking lot. You can enjoy the townscape as you walk. |
| Address | 15-1 Uoyamachi, Tambasasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Phone | +81-79-552-0501 |
| Closed | Monday through Thursday (Open only Friday through Sunday.)
When you’re finished enjoying everything, take time to relax in the Cafe Garden. |
After you finish playing with all the nostalgic toys, enjoy a soft drink, alcoholic drink, sandwich, or other delights in the rural atmosphere of the garden and interior cafe space.
Popcorn: 100 yen
Egg sandwich: 500 yen
Pork cutlet sandwich: 800 yen
Beef cutlet sandwich: 2,500 yen (Cooked upon order so that you can enjoy it fresh.)
Showa pudding: 450 yen
Crème brulee: 600 yen
Soft drinks: 120 yen
Sasayama cider: 300 yen (from the Homei Brewery)
Coffee: 400 yen
German white beer: 300 yen
Hard cider: 300 yen
Non-alcoholic beer: 300 yen
Journey Brewery beer: 770 yen (a local craft beer from Fukuzumi in Tamba Sasayama)
And our Mitarashi Dango (skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze) are very popular. Take away is also possible.
The Vintage Toy Garden is not just about nostalgic toys, but it is also the home of high-quality food.
The sandwiches served in the cafe are made next door at the Anzu Western Restaurant.
Our popular Mitarashi Dango (80 yen) are made at Kushiyaki Hachibe (“Grilled Skewer” Hachibe) just down the street.
There will be a tall flag flying at the entrance to the Toy Garden whenever Mitarashi Dango are available for sale.
The cash register is just inside the entrance, so you can easily purchase Mitarashi Dango and enjoy them as you walk though the Castle Area of Sasayama.
Anzu Western Restaurant
This restaurant is located right next to the Vintage Toy Garden.
It features an open kitchen that is visible from outside on the street or from inside.
It provides a complete menu with a wide range of alcoholic drinks and delicious foods.
Older guests will feel the nostalgia. Younger ones will find everything refreshingly new.
The casual dishes will give your spirit and body a chance to relax.
While you’re waiting for your food, you can enjoy the nostalgic toys around you or enjoy the current season reflected in the inner garden.
| Hours | 11:00 to 18:00 (last order: 17:30)
Note: Dinner is available after 18:00 upon reservation made at least the day before. |
| Parking | Use the Tambasasayama City West Parking Lot (53 Nishi Shinmachi, Tamba Sasayama City). |
| Parking fee | First hour free, 200 yen for second hour, 400 yen for one day
The Anzu Western Restaurant is 300 m (4 min) from the parking lot. You can enjoy the townscape as you walk. |
| Address | 15-1 Uoyamachi, Tambasasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Phone | +81-79-552-0501 |
| Closed | All Tuesdays and the second Wednesday of the month |
The chef and hostess are both from Tambasasayama. They have always “wanted to sometime have a restaurant in their home region,” which eventually lead to them opening their own place.
They felt if they could not love their own place and help it to grow, that they would not be able to create a place that customers would love, so they named the restaurant after their beloved dog, Anzu.
Popular ‘Adult’ Lunch
Among the many lunch selections,
the Adult Lunch is very popular: 1,480 yen
・Omelet filled with rice wrapped in Showa nostalgia
・Western restaurant specialty hamburger
・Breaded shrimp with homemade tartar sauce
・Small gratin
・Simple salad with local veggies
・Carefully prepared demitasse sauce
・After-lunch drinks
And many other selections for you to choose from.
Include soup and dessert for only 200 yen extra.
A Cheese Cutlet Set is also available for lunch and there are many other dishes available for lunch, including some dinner selections.
And many adults will appreciate our wide selection of wines lined up inside the restaurant.
Courses are available for dinner at night from 3,000 to 4,000 yen.
Set of three appetizers
・Soup
・Selection for main dish: Hamburger, beef cutlet, beer stew, or beef steak
・Small omelet filled with rice
・Dessert
And more:
・Nostalgic Napolitan (Japanese spaghetti dish made with ketchup): 800 yen
・Creamy crab croquette: 800 yen
・Nostalgic omelet filled with rice: 900
・Shrimp and macaroni gratin: 1,000 yen
(Select ketchup, tomato sauce, or demitasse sauce.)
・Western restaurant specialty hamburger: 1,300 yen (with demitasse sauce)
・Breaded shrimp with homemade tartar sauce: 3 shrimp for 1,280 and 5 for 1,680
・Flavored with the subtle taste of red wine. 30-year beef stew: 2,200 yen
・Recommended by the chef Beef steak: 2,500 yen
・Traditional beef cutlet: 2,500 yen
Curried rice, hayashi rice (rice with hashed beef-like or beef stroganoff-like sauce), salads, soups, and other dishes are also available.
Great espresso machine
The Anzu Western Restaurant also has a wonderful espresso machine.
The La Cimbali company, formed 100 years ago, is the origin of the espresso machines that inherit the traditions of Italian bars. A search for the best in espresso coffee in an evolution in quality processing has allowed them to remain the top brand worldwide even today.
A fine froth and deep espresso extract combine with smooth operation with a design that is both flexible and sturdy makes these machines the epitome of espresso brewing.
・Espresso: 300 yen
・Coffee: 400 yen
・Black tea: 400 yen
・Soft drinks: 300 yen
Complete menu of cafe and alcoholic drinks
・Traditional pudding a la mode: 700 yen
・Fruit parfait: 700 yen
・Chocolate parfait: 700 yen
・Cream soda: 600 yen
・Mixed fruit juice: 700 yen
・Ebisu draft beer: 500 yen
・Sasayama craft beer: 700 yen
・Ebisu bottle beer: 500 yen
・Heineken beer: 500 yen
・Heartland beer: 500 yen
・Glass of house wine: 500 yen
Come and enjoy a nostalgic experience.
Basic information
| Postal code | 〒669-2336 |
| Address | 15-1 Uoyamachi, Tambasasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Location | In front of the Yukioka Ichirobe Cake Shop |
| Phone number | +81-79-552-0501 |
| Parking lot | Use the Tambasasayama City West Parking Lot. |
| Parking fee | First hour free, 200 yen for second hour, 400 yen for one day
The Anzu Western Restaurant is 300 m (4 min) from the parking lot. You can enjoy the townscape as you walk. |
| Map | View on Google map |
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Business information
| Open hours | 10:00~18:00
Anzu Western Restaurant Note: Dinner is available after 18:00 upon reservation made at least the day before. |
| Closed | Monday through Thursday (Open only Friday through Sunday.) |