Open all year (including the New Year Holiday)
| 1st Apr-15th Oct | 16th Oct-31st Mar | |
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| Information Desk | 8:00-17:00 | 8:30-17:30 |
| Local Produce and Products Hall | 8:00-19:00 | 8:30-17:30 |
| Ryoshi Seafood Shop | 10:00-18:00 | |
| Restaurant Kazaguruma |
11:00-17:00 Last order is 15mins before the restaurant closes |
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| Parking | Space for 161 small vehicles (cars), 14 large vehicles and 3 spaces for disabled persons |
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| No. of Toilets | Outside toilet (available for use 24 hours a day) Male toilets 4 large (western style), 8 small and 1 disabled toilet Female toilets 8 western style, 1 disabled toilet |
| Indoor toilet (only open during business hours) Male toilets 2 large (1 Western style, 1 Japanese style), 5 small, 1 disabled toilet Female toilets 3 Western style, 1 Japanese style, 1 disabled toilet |
Viewing Deck
The flow of the Sarugaishi River which reflects the changing scenes of the four seasons, Tono’s mountains that look over the river and the winds that envelope you give people a sense of the eternal tales of the area.
Free Rest Hall
In this rest hall connected to the viewing deck, there’s a smoking corner, a TV and a tatami area where you can stretch out and relax.
Restaurant Front Deck
There’s a deck in front of the family restaurant Kazaguruma.
The staff here provide visitors with various sightseeing information along with road, event, green tourism and weather information. They also offer a ticket agency facility. The Samukaze Group create and provide tourist information and information about restaurants, cafés and bars in the area.
This is a novel wind turbine where the blades are spinning cylinders with spiral fins. The Spiral Magnus Wind Turbine is a next-generation turbine for generating electrical power from the wind and is found in 3 places in Japan; Ogata in Akita Prefecture, in Aichi Prefecture and here.
The Tono Kaze no Oka area, known as Samukaze (cold wind), is a very windy place. These winds are used to power the facilities here including lighting, heating and air conditioning. The power generated here is 19kw (enough to power about 9 average homes). This wind turbine whose safety and efficiency was verified in a wind tunnel test by NASA is the symbol of Tono Kaze no Oka.
