Michi-no-Eki Donguri-no-Sato Inabu

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A mountain stop on Route 153 in Inabu, the far northeast corner of Toyota city. People queue for the bread baked with local Mine Asahi rice flour, and the Donguri-no-Yu hot spring next door turns a snack break into an afternoon.

Inabu is a long way from the car factories that the name Toyota brings to mind. This old post town on the road to Iida in Nagano sits in cool hills where Aichi has been breeding rice for decades, and the local Mine Asahi variety shows up everywhere at the station.

The Donguri Yokocho market sells vegetables from Inabu farms, bags of Mine Asahi and, most of all, bread made with its rice flour. Expect a line on weekends. Gohei-mochi, grilled rice cakes on a stick, come with a choice of leek-miso or walnut-soy glaze made on site. For a sit-down meal there is the Donguri-tei restaurant and a handmade soba shop.

Donguri-no-Yu, the hot spring next door, has natural spring water in baths on two floors and an open-air bath facing the hills. It is closed on Thursdays, as is the market in winter. The Donguri Kobo workshop next door runs crafts and gohei-mochi making, which suits families with young children.

Location

Prefecture: Aichi

Address: Toyota, Aichi, Japan

Opening hours: Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00 / Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00

Closed: The Donguri Yokocho market is open every day from April to November and closed on Thursdays from December to March (the next day if Thursday is a public holiday).

Hours note: The hot spring closes on Thursdays (the next day after a public holiday). The market opens daily from April to November and closes on Thursdays from December to March. Shops close earlier on weekdays than at weekends.

Parking and toilets: Free, open 24 hours

Hours and fees checked against the official site on 9 October 2026.

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