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- Roadside Station Mokkulu Shinshiro
Eat up this "Japanese sword!" At Mokkulu Shinshiro, there's a traditional Japanese food that's just like a Japanese sword. The name of that food is the giant gohei-mochi. Gohei-mochi is rice put on a wooden stick, slathered with sauce, and baked to ready-to-eat perfection. The average size is approximately 120 grams, but this giant gohei-mochi is a whopping 1,600 grams. You can take on the cha...
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- Roadside Station Tsugu Kogen Green Park
A roadside station is a multipurpose parking area with places to eat and shops selling local specialty produce, free public restrooms, and more. The vegetables you should definitely buy here if you can find them are tomatoes. The Tsugu area where this facility is located produces famously delicious tomatoes. In a questionnaire which asked foreign visitors to Japan which vegetable they felt was ...
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- Roadside Station Agri Station Nagura
Cherry blossoms have a very important meaning to Japanese people. If you visit here, you will understand their meaning. Pink cherry blossoms line the Nagura River for as far as 2 kilometers. People wait for a beautiful spring day like this impatiently, welcome it, and try to take in as much as possible of their fleeting beauty. If, by chance you can visit this place at this time of the year, th...
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- Sekiya Brewery Co., Ltd.
Have you ever come across the best cup of drink—Japanese sake? Japanese sake is manufactured from brewed ground rice. Ranging from sweet to dry tasting, with a well-rounded scent and flower-like fragrance, a variety of flavors is brought forth in this flawlessly perfect drink. Established in 1864, the popular Sekiya Brewery Co., Ltd. brews sake using the pure water that gushes forth from this l...
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- Yagumoen in Kiyosaki
When summer arrives, you should play in the Samusa River flowing nearby! Here, there's a fishing weir called a "yana" where you can catch sweetfish with your bare hands. Eat the freshly caught fish salt-grilled or fried. It'll taste like no other! In winter, you can eat specialty udon noodles made with boar meat.
Better yet, you can also try kinuhime salmon here, which was created using Japan... -
- Roadside Station Toyone Green Port Miyajima
Blessed with trees and abundant clear water, Toyone Village is raising sturgeon. The luxury food caviar is made from sturgeon's roe! Caviar has not been harvested yet, but the sturgeon, which has been eaten by royalty and nobility, is given the brand name "Royal Fish" and raised with great care. At Toyone Green Port Miyajima, you can try food made with this Royal Fish. The dishes made with stur...
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- Bäckerei Minden German Bakery
The only bakery in Toyone Village. Despite its remote location in the mountains, the bakery is surprisingly visited by many customers who travel long distances to get there. But you will understand why, once you have a bite of their bread. The bakery is run by a couple who moved to Toyone from Nagoya. Their German bread is so authentic that even German people love and approve of it. You can ful...
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- Shimizukan
One step outside and you can see a sky full of stars. Shimizukan is one of the few ryokan in Japan that serve halal food to cater to Muslim guests. The hostess speaks English, so if you want to know more about the charms of Okumikawa, feel free to ask her. She knows good places to eat river fish cuisine, try your hands at making the specialty gohei-mochi, and see fireflies. Here, you will get t...
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- Roadside Station Shitara
A new Roadside Station opened in Shitara Town on Thursday, May 13, 2021!
At this comprehensive facility you can get close to the region’s history and culture through a wooden railroad car display from the former Toyohashi Railway Taguchi Line, a place where you can experience Japanese sake brewing, or the Okumikawa Local Museum. At the shopping center you can also buy vegetables straight from ... -
- Tsukude Tezukuri Mura Rest Stop
Tsukude Tezukuri Mura Rest Stop stands atop the 550-meter-high Tsukude Highlands.
Tezukuri Mura's fundamental concept is Agricultural, Natural, and Hands-on. Experience Shinshiro City's agriculture and forestry industries as well as its lush nature, simplicity you won't find in the city, and a true sense of serenity.
And Tsukude's fresh alpine vegetables as well as processed foods are ever ... -
- Horai Mikawa Sangoku Rest Stop
Find local specialties, souvenirs, direct-from-farm vegetables, and more from the Horai area at this roadside rest stop.
Walnut sauce-smothered Sangoku Gohei Mochi—grilled rice cakes on a stick—with the shape of cute, circular mitarashi dango rice cakes are a must-try! The area is also famous for its plums, and you can try udon or soba noodles with the plums beaten and mixed in or lemonade u... -
- Toei-cho Kanko Machizukuri Association
A donut bakery and local guidance office join the town of Toei's tourism association in this tourist hub. You can even rent electric assist bikes and take part in a guided tour around the area among other perks. Nothing beats a trek around the town as you dine on fluffy, chewy donuts using soy pulp.
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