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A small shop and benches beside the pasture

Highland Milk StandSample

Soft-serve and a milk café, made with milk from the farm next door.

This is a sample page. Highland Milk Stand is a fictional place, and its name, prices and hours are all made up for this sample.

How to enjoy it

The Highland Milk Stand uses milk from the farm next door. Try the soft-serve plain first to taste the milk itself. On a sunny day, eat it on the benches outside, watching the cows.

Contents

What to see and do here

A white soft-serve cone

Farm soft-serve

A light soft-serve that lets the milk speak for itself. Seasonal fruit sauces are also on offer.

How to enjoy it

Even in summer the highland breeze keeps it from melting fast. Expect a queue after lunch on weekends; mornings are quieter.

Price
  • Soft-serve¥450
  • With seasonal fruit sauce¥600
Hours
9:30–17:00 (10:00–16:00 in winter)
Booking
Not needed

Café seats with the pasture through the window

Milk café

An indoor café with hot milk drinks, yogurt and cheese-toast snacks.

How to enjoy it

On cold days, try warm milk with a little honey. The window seats look over the pasture.

Price
  • Hot milk¥550
  • Drinking yogurt¥500
  • Cheese toast¥800
Hours
10:00–16:30 (last order 16:00)
Booking
Not needed

A path along the edge of the pasture

Pasture walk

A 15-minute loop around the edge of the pasture from behind the shop. In grazing season the cows are close by.

How to enjoy it

Please don’t touch or feed the cows. On clear days you can see the Yatsugatake peaks from the highest point of the path.

Price
  • PathFree
Duration
About 15 min per loop
Session times
9:30–16:30
Dates
Late April to November (closed in snow)
Booking
Not needed

Hours

Shop9:30–17:00(10:00–16:00 in winter)

Milk café10:00–16:30(last order 16:00)

Closed

Open daily (closed Tuesdays in Jan and Feb)

NotesMay close on days of heavy snow

Contact

0551-00-8007

Calls 10:00–16:00

Farm soft-serve9:30〜17:00
Milk café10:00〜16:30
Pasture walk9:30〜16:30

Location and access

Address
Takane, Hokuto, Yamanashi (sample address)
Phone
0551-00-8007
Nearest expressway exit
Nagasaka IC (Chuo Expressway)
By car from the exit
about 15 min
Nearest station
Kiyosato Station (JR Koumi Line)
By car from the station
about 10 min
Parking
Yes (free, 40 cars)
Shuttle
None
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Payment

CashAccepted

Credit cardsVISA, Mastercard, JCB

E-moneyTransit IC cards

QR code paymentPayPay

Facilities and services

Languages
Japanese; English menu only
English menu and guidance
Available
Wi-Fi
None
Children
Welcome
Group size
Up to 20 (café)
Seats
Café 20 seats, plus outdoor benches
Accessibility
Shop and café step-free (gravel path)
Accessible toilet
Available
Dietary needs
Mostly dairy
On rainy days
Shop and café are indoors; the path gets muddy in rain

Tours that include this place

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Tip

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