About Honey forest candle

♦Touch the mystery of honeybee and let's try making handmake cantdle.
Japan's very first studio of honey candle located in the base of mount Asahi.
The raw material is 100% of beehive, giving deep red colored flame and slight sweet scent.
Making candle and bee's behaviour observation require prior reservation.
Making candle is as easy as clay model, then learn about bee and purchase handmade candles.



Details Honey forest candle



Address:825-3 Tachigi, Asahi town, Nishimurayama county, Yamagata
Telephone:0237-67-3260
Opening hour:9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) Need inquiry for weekdays
Reservation:Needed
Closed:irregular
Fee:1,500 yen (candle making)
Parking:(free) 7 cars

Access to Honey forest candle

Access:45 minutes from Yamagata highway Sagae IC via R287 toward Asahi shizenkan.


Sightseeing in Yamagata
Spring:Cherry blossoms are at their best from April.
Summer:Hot. Visiting hamlet is recommended.
Fall:Beauty of the leaves when turned in autum. Imoni festivals everywhere!
Winter:Freezing cold with snow, and the trees will be coverd with them and ice.
Snow:Cold, but not as delicous as shaved ice.


Gotta eat them!
Cherries:70% of cherries in Japan are produced in Yamagata Prefecture.
La France pears:The queen of the fruits is also Yamagata's best production.
Yonezawa Beef:As known as "Matsuzaka" of the west, and "Yonezawa" of the east.
Imoni:One of the local dishes of Yamagata which beef soup and taro roots are boiled and seasoned together.
Soba:Buckwheat noodles.
Cold ramen:Yamagata is the birthplace for cold ramen; the chinese noodle.


About Yamagata info. About Yamagata info.
Yamagata info is the web site to introduce Yamagata Prefecture of Japan, mainly about the tourist attractions and hot springs which may help those who are planning on a trip to Yamagata.
The place where beautiful Japanese nature and unique culture still remain.


Map of Yamagata Japan.
Map of Yamagata Japan.


The hot spring and tourist information in this site may be changed or incorrectly posted.
To use the hot spring and tourist information, please confirm with the local institutions.