Koiwai Farm Makiba-en was Preparing for Spring 3.14.2023

Koiwai Farm, which is known for its dairy products, has a tourist facility called "Makiba-en" where you can bring your dog.

At restaurants in Makiba-en, dogs are allowed only at the tables in front of the restaurants. There is also a dog park of 6,000 square meters.

Dogs cannot be brought into the animal areas or buildings, but Makiba-en is friendly for the people with dogs, where poop boxes (exclusive trash cans) are installed.

On the day Sachiki-san and I visited, the admission fee was the winter season fee. The dog park was also still closed for winter, but it was a weekday in early spring, so Makiba-en was not crowded, and we were able to take a leisurely walk while seeing at Mt. Iwate up close.

Tono Furusato Village is a World of Folk Tales 3.6.2023

"Tono Furusato Village" in Tono city, whose catchphrase is "Tono, Everlasting hometown of Japan," welcomes visitors with their dogs. The village's poster says, "Let's play with your dog" and "Awake to the nature".

Sachiki-san is just getting better at walking, so Sachiki-san and I went there with a friend before the spring tourist season started.

Enter the village through the visitor center where the reception is located. Needless to say, you can walk through the building with your dog.

Six Nanbu Magariya houses, a museum, studios, a shrine, a charcoal-burning hut, and a water mill are dotted in the village, as well as paddy fields and ponds. And the world of old tales spreads out.

There was also a cute pony and a big white horse, and Sachiki-san met a big animal for the first time.

If you go around the village once, you will walk about 1km. It seems that you can walk while enjoying seasonal events and the nature of the mountain village in each season.

You walk through the visitor center again on your way back. There is a dog paw washing area before entering the visitor center.