It is a "must see" place if you do like Hokkaido milk and related products. Situated in a forest like. road side convenient place is a big plus for tourists. Not a big factory that gonna cost you a day but only few hours to relax in, learn something interesting, taste cheeses and ice creams and of course, the souvenirs. Staffs were all friedly and helpful (good news for tourists) but the only pity is, you need to pay cash for the ice creams.
Great environment that show case the cheese making with a pizza restaurant and soft serve hut next to it. Cheese making workshops are available too. Pizza restaurant usually has a long queue and recommended to order their 5 cheese signature if you're into cheesy pizza else will be too overpowering. The crust is chewy and tend to be on the moist side. If you prefer your crust to be crispy then this may not be for you.
Calling this a “cheese factory” is a stretch. We arrived with modest expectations, knowing it wasn’t a real factory tour, and somehow it still managed to disappoint.
The entire experience amounts to a gift shop with two forgettable cheeses to sample, a collection of random snacks, a walk through of displays and a lot of wondering if we’re missing something. We weren’t. The cheese-making and ice cream-making activities were fully booked, which might be the only interesting things here. The lone saving grace is the cheese soft serve, which is delicious. Unfortunately, one great ice cream cone doesn’t justify the detour.
If your idea of a cheese factory is buying souvenirs and eating ice cream, you’ll be thrilled. If you’re expecting anything remotely resembling a cheese factory, save yourself the time and keep driving.
We joined the cheese-making workshop and it was a really fun experience. We even got to bring back some mascarpone cheese, which they recommended pairing with salted chips or ice cream.
Other than the workshop, there isn’t much to see or do in the area. That said, the pizza at the restaurant is a must-try. The dough was excellent, especially if you prefer a thinner crust. We got the cheese pizza and it was very flavourful with the perfect thin crust! A pleasant surprise for a spot at a cheese factor 😋🧀🍕
It’s a popular place, so expect to wait about 20 to 30 minutes for your food. There were also quite a number of families there.
After the pizza, we also tried the soft serve and gelato. They even had an asparagus-flavoured gelato, which we tried out of curiosity. It tasted exactly how you would imagine 🤭😆
The soft serve itself was excellent though, very creamy and milky!
Pizza was amazing here, I specifically loved the double cheese one, the onion one was not so great (too much onion that is not cooked enough). It's 10:30-16:00, we were there at 10:10 and the line was already around 10 people. There was almost no line at 11, but the wait was around 40 min
Ice cream was of great quality but tasted too unusual for my liking (not enough flavor), but I think it's just me and other people will probably enjoy it more. There are also different unusual flavours (asparagus, cheese, corn).
There are three types of workshops (butter, cheese, ice cream), recommend booking them in advance, we booked cheese for four people on site for the next day (today was fully booked)
Overall I would not drive here from a different city, but if you are already around, it’s an amazing place to stop by
