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 the farm or enjoy a meal.
- Facilities Promoting Regional Industry
- Facilities include Seirei Shokudo, a restaurant where you can taste menu items made with plenty of local ingredients that can only be found here; Seirei Ichiba, a market with rows of regional specialties largely harvested in Shitara Town; an old Shitara school returning under the name Houraisen Sake Laboratory where you can experience making sake; and the Shitara Town Tourism Association Office.
1F Seirei Market, Seirei Restaurant
2F Japanese Sake Experience Workshop, Tourism Association Office
Business Hours: 9:00-17:00 (Seirei Restaurant 11:00-14:00 [Last order 13:30])
Holidays: Open every day (Temporary closures for facility maintenance)
※ Restrooms and information corner open 24 hours
- Okumikawa Local Museum
- Under the overarching theme of “Conveying the Life and Spirit of Okumikawa,” explore various subthemes such as Shitara’s wildlife, the land’s origins, or people’s lives and communities.
Business Hours: 9:00-17:00 (Last admission until 16:30)
Holidays: Tuesday (the following day if Tuesday is a public holiday), New Year's holidays (December 29-January 3)
Admission fee: Adults 300 yen, elementary school students 150 yen, preschoolers free of charge
- Taguchi Line Railroad Car Exhibit
- An original Moha 14 wooden railroad car is on display from the former Toyohashi Railroad’s Taguchi Line, which was discontinued in 1968.
Business Hours: 9:00-17:00
Holidays: Tuesdays (the following day if Tuesday is a public holiday), New Year's holidays (December 29-January 3)
Data
- Address
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〒441-2302
Nakada 17-7, Kiyosaki, Shitara Town
- Holding Time
- 9:00-17:00 (Okumikawa Local Museum reception until 16:30)
※ Seirei Restaurant 11:00-14:00 (Last order 13:30)
- Restroom
- Available
- Fee
- [Okumikawa Local Museum]
Adults 300 yen, elementary school students 150 yen, preschoolers free of charge
- Holidays
- Open every day
※ Okumikawa Local Museum, Taguchi Line Railroad Car Exhibit closed Tuesdays (the following day if Tuesday is a public holiday), New Year's holidays (December 29-January 3)
- Phone Number
- 0536-63-0120 (Roadside Station Shitara Representative)
0536-62-0527 (Shitara Town Industry Division)
- Neighboring Facilities
- Yagumoen in Kiyosaki
Mosaic Art HASHIMOTO and Kamomilla
- Parking
- Small-sized vehicle: 40 parking spaces / Large-sized vehicle: 4 parking spaces
- Related Web Sites
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Roadside Station Shitara
Access
Get directions on Google Maps
By Public Transport
- From JR Hon-Nagashino Station, take the bus and get off at Tanai. It's a 5-minute walk from there.
By Car
- - Approx. 60 min. from the Tomei Expressway Toyokawa I.C. by car
- Approx. 30 min. from the Shin-Tomei Expressway Shinshiro I.C. by car
