# Michi-no-Eki Chokai

> A Route 7 stop in Yuza, at the foot of Mt Chokai, best known for its fish counter. Buy a grilled fish, add a rice set in the canteen, and you have lunch. Summer brings wild rock oysters from nearby Fukura.

- Prefecture: Yamagata
- Type: Michi no eki
- Address: Yuza, Yamagata, Japan
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–18:00
- Closed: Closed on 1 January.
- Hours note: From November to February it closes at 17:00. The farm produce and fresh fish counters close at 17:00, and at 16:30 from November to February. The canteen and fish counter can sell out; check before a special trip.
- Parking and toilets: free, open 24 hours
- Official site: http://www.chokai-flat.com/

On the coast road between Sakata and Akita, Michi-no-Eki Chokai (everyone calls it Furatto) is where Yuza sells its fish. The station sits at the foot of Mt Chokai, close to the Sea of Japan, and it has a produce market, a fish market and a canteen under one roof.

Go to the fish counter first. Genki na Hama-ten grills fish at the counter, and the grilled silver flounder is the one people come back for. You can carry what you buy to the Furatto canteen and add a rice set, which makes a very local set meal. The canteen also has its own set meals and rice bowls. Wild iwagaki rock oysters from Fukura are a summer thing; in autumn and winter look at what the boats brought in instead.

The station is on Route 7, about five minutes from Yuza-Chokai IC via Route 345, and about 20 minutes south of Kisakata IC. It is open every day except 1 January, with an earlier close from November to February.

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Source: Michi-no-Eki Chokai — Japan Voyage