Tamiya Drive-in: A History of Over 250 Years

Valuable documents from the Meiji 6th year（1873）

On February 28, 1873, during their journey to the Tomioka Silk Mill, which is now a World Heritage Site, the author wrote in their diary, "I will never forget how delicious the famous Chikara-mochi was." (Quoted from "Tomioka Nikki(Diary)" by Ei Wada, published by Chikuma Bunko.)

Selling Kumanotaira Station

After selling Four Teahouses at Hayashiyama, our shop started selling Chikaramochi at Kumanotaira Station in March 1889, when the railway opened between Yokokawa and Karuizawa from Haneishiyama YonkenChaya. In 1962, with the abolition of the Abt railway and the closure of Kumanotaira Station, the company moved to Sakamoto, where it remains today.