An Art Museum Where Parents and Children Can Spend the Day Together

There are lots of interesting classrooms inside the school building. There’s also Hachi Café, Kusamura’s Room, and a shop selling products. Outside, a mother goat and her kid live there. On nice days, you can look for rare aquatic creatures in the outdoor biotope area.

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There's also a wide variety of events and workshops

We also offer workshops that parents and children can attend together. In addition, we hold events tied to the village’s seasonal celebrations, such as the Autumn Festival and the Autumn Harvest Festival.

Fall 2026 Special Exhibition: “An Exhibition of Books That Even Nobuo Onishi and Tashima Seizo Are Surprised By”

"Aura of Life" Workshop — Let's Listen to the Voices of the Creatures in Our Hachi — [Japanese Honeybee Workshop]

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Hachi Café

This café is located inside the “Hachi & Tashima Seizo Museum of Picture Book Art,” where the entire building of a former school has been transformed into a three-dimensional picture book. Here, you can enjoy ice cream made with kinoto berries harvested in the Hachi hamlet and original blend coffee while taking in the views surrounded by mountains. They also serve “Special Vegetable Curry,” a Hachi Café-style take on the curry featured in the picture book *The School Will Never Be Empty*!

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The Art Museum with Goats

A goat named “Shizuka”—the same name as the goat that appears in Tashima Seizo’s picture book—and her kid live at the art museum.

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