# Michi-no-Eki Takachiho

> On Route 218 in the middle of Takachiho town, this station is easy to spot by its huge kagura-mask monument. Stop for Takachiho beef and local crafts, then pick up maps for the gorge and shrines a few minutes away.

- Prefecture: Miyazaki
- Type: Michi no eki
- Address: Takachiho, Miyazaki, Japan
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun 08:30–17:00
- Hours note: The shop is open 8:30 to 17:00 and the restaurant 10:30 to 16:00. Hours can change, and the restaurant may close early when food runs out, so call ahead if a meal matters.
- Parking and toilets: free, open 24 hours
- Official site: https://takachiho-kanko.info/shopping/26/
- Hours and fees checked against the official site: 2026-10-09

You cannot miss Michi-no-Eki Takachiho. Two enormous faces, Ame-no-Uzume and Tajikarao from the Takachiho yokagura night dances, look out over the car park beside the Shinto Takachiho Ohashi bridge on Route 218. The station opened in 2003 and is the practical base for a town built around the myth of the hidden sun goddess.

The shop sells local vegetables and processed foods, tea and wood and bamboo crafts, including kagura masks. In the restaurant, chicken nanban and a Takachiho beef bowl are the dishes people order most, and the prefecture also points to dago-jiru, a local dumpling soup. The tourist information corner has pamphlets and event details.

Takachiho Gorge is about five minutes away by car, and Takachiho Shrine, with its nightly kagura performance, is also close. Both are separate sites with their own parking and fees. Restaurant hours vary between sources and it may close early when ingredients run out, so eat early if this is your lunch stop.

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Source: [Michi-no-Eki Takachiho — Japan Voyage](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-takachiho)
Last updated: 2026-10-13