Honcho is an old Japanese pickled vegetable house established since 1908. Widely and highly reputed for the authentic taste produced by the traditional recipe for preserving vegetables in hontaru, huge wooden containers. Detailed demonstrations of the process of making the pickles are given.

1-7-7 Oyama, Tsuruoka City TEL 0235-33-2023 [Open hours] 8.30 – 16.30 (Bookings are essential) [Entry fees/￥] Free [Access] From the Tsuruoka Station, 20 minutes by bus on the Yunohama route to the Shonai Bank Oyama Branch stop, then 10 minutes on foot