Michi-no-Eki Toju-no-Sato Adogawa

Michi-no-eki

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Shiga

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Michi-no-eki

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About This Destination

The obvious break on Route 161 up the west side of Lake Biwa. Adogawa has made the ribs of folding fans for centuries, and the station sells fans next to jam and sweets made from Adberry, the local name for boysenberry.

Toju-no-Sato Adogawa opened in June 2006 on Route 161, the main road up the west shore of Lake Biwa toward Makino and Fukui. It is roughly 50 minutes from Kyoto-Higashi IC and a walk of 10 to 15 minutes from JR Adogawa Station. The Takashima Michikusa Ichiba market sells morning vegetables and local products, and visitors often find funazushi, the strong fermented crucian carp of Lake Biwa.

Two things are specific to this corner of Takashima. Adogawa's fan-rib workshops have supplied the parts of folding fans for around 300 years, and the station sells finished fans and Takashima chijimi crepe cloth. Adberry, a boysenberry grown here, turns up in jams and sweets. Nakae Toju, the early Edo Confucian scholar the area is proud of, taught at Toju Shoin, about ten minutes' walk north.

Adogawa Kitchen opens at 9:00 and does breakfast, which is unusual for a roadside station, then rice and koji dishes, soba and udon. Adogawa Grill opens at 11:00. The station closes on the second Wednesday of most months, but the Lawson convenience store on site runs 24 hours if you arrive early or late.

Location

Prefecture: Shiga

Address: Takashima, Shiga, Japan

Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–18:00

Closed: 1 January and the second Wednesday of the month (no closing day in April, August or November).

Hours note: The station is closed on 1 January and on the second Wednesday of the month (no closing day in April, August or November). The restaurants keep their own hours; the on-site Lawson is open 24 hours.

Parking and toilets: Free, open 24 hours

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Food Options: Adogawa Kitchen serves breakfast from 9:00, then koji dishes, soba and udon; Adogawa Grill opens at 11:00. Adberry jam and sweets are sold in the shop.

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