What other travelers are saying about Konnyaku Park
Great place for kids who and families who love noodles, tofu, desserts from gelatin. They offer free meals all you can eat for 20mins. You can also buy candies, foods, drinks, desserts, wine and others. There is also a pretty nice fresh fruit and vegetable markets.
Konnyaku Park is a popular food theme park located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to konnyaku (konjac) products. This unique attraction in Kanra-machi offers free factory tours, konnyaku-making workshops, and a variety of konnyaku-based foods and experiences for visitors of all ages.
Yes, Konnyaku Park offers free admission to most areas including factory tours, konnyaku tasting, and the main facilities. However, some special workshops like konnyaku-making classes and certain premium experiences may require small fees ranging from 500-1000 yen per person.
Konnyaku Park is open daily from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (last entry at 5:30 PM) with no regular holidays except New Year period. The best time to visit is on weekdays to avoid crowds, and morning hours are recommended for factory tours when production is most active.
From Tokyo, take the JR Takasaki Line to Takasaki Station, then transfer to JR Joshin-Densha Line to Kanra Station (total 2 hours). By car, drive via Kanetsu Expressway to Fujioka IC, then 15 minutes local roads. Free parking is available with spaces for 300+ cars and tour buses.
Konnyaku Park offers free factory tours showing konnyaku production, hands-on konnyaku-making workshops, free tastings of various konnyaku products, a gift shop with exclusive konnyaku snacks, foot baths, and seasonal events. The park also features Instagram-worthy colorful konnyaku displays and kid-friendly activities.
The Gunma area is where they grow the most of the roots in Japan that are turned into konyakku, a slightly tasteless paste which can be shaped into a lot of forms. It is very popular because it essentially has zero calories.
But it is extremely popular and the lines can be murder on public holidays. We got there at 9 which is opening time, and had to stand in line 2.5 hours for the buffet.
The big draw is the free buffet of konyakku products, but there is also a gift shop and you can visit the factory.
Personal recommendation: try the liver konyakku and the fruits jellies.
Charge (seniors/adults/children): 0
Typical period of stay: 1-2 hours
Wheelchair accessible: Yes
Family friendly: Yes
Smoking allowed: No
Allergy alternatives: No
Vegetarian alternatives: All of it.
English menu/information: No
Staff speaks English: No
Separate mens & ladies toilets: Yes
Clean & fresh toilets: Yes
Washiki or sit-down toilet: Sit-down
Free wi-fi: Yes
Free (and ample) parking: Yes
Takes credit cards or cash-only: Cards and cash.
This is an interesting place to visit if you’re in the area. I’m not a big konnyaku fan, but it’s completely free to tour the factory and partake of the buffet.
My friend and I visited on a Saturday so the factory was out of action, but you could still walk around the tour area and see the machinery and read the information.
The buffet was interesting if not entirely to my tastes. Suffice it to say that the desserts selection was better than the savoury.
There’s a big store area with all conceivable types of konnyaku product available to buy. There is also a convenience store on site and a small supermarket. There are free foot baths too, but you’ll need your own towel.
Free entry and free buffet!
It is just konnyaku everything
We saw how it is made. Amazed at how a small looking potato thing becomes what we eat…
I got the konnyaku fruit jelly because that’s nice. Don’t really feel like eating konnyaku now.
