Ayabe Gunze Square

"Ayabe Gunze Square" consists of three facilities: "Ayabe Specialty Products Hall," "Gunze Museum," and "Ayabe Rose Garden." It is a charming tourist spot where you can relax and enjoy yourself at your own pace while experiencing the townscape that conveys Ayabe's traditional culture and history, as well as its abundant nature. At "Ayabe Specialty Products Hall," you can find fresh vegetables grown in Ayabe, local specialties, and handicrafts. At "Rice Tea Shop Manayui," you can enjoy gluten-free brown rice flour crepes and brown rice ice cream, made with carefully selected ingredients, mainly rice (rice flour) grown in Ayabe and the highest quality matcha from Ayabe. The "Gunze Museum" is an exhibition facility that opened in 1996 to commemorate the company's 100th anniversary, by renovating a silk cocoon warehouse that was used during the Taisho era. It showcases the history of Gunze through three exhibition halls. Ayabe Rose Garden is a rose garden maintained by local volunteers, with 1,200 rose bushes of 170 varieties planted there. Rose festivals are held in spring and autumn, filling the garden with a vibrant fragrance and colors.