Location: Ena
Top Things to do in Ena
The 10 Best Things to Do in Ena, Japan
Ena in Japan, from Asia region, is best know for Castles. Discover best things to do in Ena with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
Restaurants in Ena
1. Iwamura Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 99 reviews
Reviewed By travelgal1953 - Lynnwood, Washington
Many people come to Iwamura as part of the Nakasendo Highway. When you do, please take time visiting the Iwamura Castle. It's a large area, and although ruins, it's beautiful and interesting. Fun to explore and imagine what it was like back when thriving. Some English explanations.
2. Ena Valley
Overall Ratings
4 based on 103 reviews
Reviewed By DYA717 - Honolulu
About 30 minute drive from the Enkayo Grand Hotel is a lookout of a small part of the Enkayo Valley. It has a souvenir shop and public toilets. Great boulders, cliffs, and a lake can be seen. The Valley is popular for viewing cherry blossoms and fall colors.
3. Michi-no-Eki Obachanichi Yamaoka
Overall Ratings
4 based on 54 reviews
Reviewed By Rebecca C
Fantastic nature experience with a giant water-wheel and friendly helpers. The lunch sets and ice cream are nutritious and budget-friendly. Lots of produce souvenir shopping!
4. Naegi Castle Remains
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 54 reviews
Reviewed By Travellerfrequent7 - Hastings, United Kingdom
This is a very pleasant walk near Nakatsugawa. I took the bus out from the city and although it was still a reasonable walk (there were signs pointing the way when I left the bust but they disappeared not long after - just ask a friendly local which way to go). I would recommend taking the bus there as the hill to the top is steep from Nakatsugawa, quite steep in fact. It is easy to walk down the hill, through the trees and make your way back to Nakatsugawa on foot alongside the fields and the river. If you want to extend the walk you can turn right at the bottom of the hill and go down to Ena and back to Nakatsugawa from there making a round trip.
5. Iwamura Historical Town
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By dis-cypher - Shaoxing, China
We came here on the way to Magome but this town was one of the highlight of our trip. We enjoyed exploring the old shops and castle area. We stayed in a great guesthouse(yanagiya)which gave us a really traditional Japanese feeling. We also ate in Tomo restaraunt where I had some of the best Sake I tried anywhere and we loved the food. I recommend takimg a short trip there if you are travelling in the area.
6. Hiroshige Museum of Art,Ena
Overall Ratings
4 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By Bonasa - Lethbridge
Although much of the information is in Japanese, if you are unfamiliar with wood block prints or the importance of Hiroshige and are passing through Ena, this museum is worth a visit. On the main floor, the Exhibitions change from time to time. When we were there, the exhibit focused on antique Noh masks, which was quite interesting. Upstairs is a history of wood block prints, a video on how to do them and, the best part, a series of stations in which you can recreate your own Hiroshige wood block prints of the postal towns of the Nakasendo. A docent was present to sort of show us how to do it. It's a lot of fun and you can take home your artwork. The gift shop is sparse, but does have some souvenirs that are difficult to find elsewhere.
7. Origawa Dam
Overall Ratings
4 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By fichy138 - Gifu, Japan
ダムの上は散歩できるし、近くのダム管理事務所では内部の展示室を無料で見学でき大変勉強になります。揺れて楽しい吊り橋を渡るとおばあちゃん市があり、大きな水車が回ってます。
8. Chicory Village
Overall Ratings
4 based on 44 reviews
This is the theme park of a western vegetable - chicory. Chicory Village has the first large-scale cultivation facility of chicory in Japan and the first chicory shochu brewery in the world. You can have a taste of chicory, then a free tour of the facility and shochu brewery every 30 minutes. You will see how chicory grows in the fully dark room and learn how chicory shochu is made. After that, please enjoy our chicory shochu between 25 and 40 degree. Also, you can enjoy more than 70 dishes and drinks in our countryside homemade restaurant during lunch time. We welcome you with healthy homemade dishes , cooked with local fresh vegetables.
Reviewed By teyinyang
Many kind of natural vegitables, therw are all awesome tastes! 8-9 And all staffs are kindly for us and explain well.
9. Michi-no-Eki Rasseimisato
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By hirobee
恵那市街地から三郷へと向かう途中の道の駅です。町おこしでそばが有名だと書かれていたこともあり立ち寄ってみましたが結構混雑していました。夏休み中の火曜日だということもあり、そば打ち体験が混雑しているのはわかるのですが、まさかレストランまで混雑しているとは読めませんでした。
お連れが短気なので、順番待ちをすることを諦めて『五平餅』を購入し、それに『お茶』を加えて軽食を摂りました。
地方の道の駅でここまで混雑していることは見たことがありませんでした。なのでぶらり気ままな一人旅の時にまた改めて訪れたいと思います。
10. Former Kimura Residence
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By かめちゃ - 浜松市
国道２５７号線から近いので時々立ち寄るのが岩村の城下町歴史地区です。その中でも駐車場から３分くらいのところにある無料開放されている建物です。去年は２回、今年は初めての訪問でした。中はほぼ昔の町屋の建物がそのまま見られます。中は広くてお庭や天正疎水も見ものです。建物の中は管理人のおばさんが案内してくれます。３階まで上がると建物の骨組みが見られて、どんな構造かが見られます。岩村に行った時にはぜひ訪ねてください。
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