Koka Mochi Kobo

10 minutes from the Koka-Tsuchiyama Interchange on the Shin-Meishin Expressway via Prefectural Route 127. This agricultural cooperative makes and sells mochi rice cakes using Shiga Habutae glutinous rice, a local specialty product grown using soil containing heavy clay from the ancient Lake Biwa. The Yomogi An Mochi, the shop's most popular product, is a rice cake made with Japanese mugwort and filled with fragrant sweet bean paste. Other popular products include chewy taiyaki bean jam-filled pancakes made with rice flour; and breakfast taiyaki filled with a wiener, cheese, and eggs. In the Mochimochi House light meal area, customers can enjoy dishes made with fresh mochi rice cakes and rice flour.