# Michi-no-Eki Tomiura Biwa Club

> Chiba’s first roadside station, on Route 127 near Tomiura IC, built around the Boso loquat. Order the loquat soft serve, browse the jams and jellies, and come in May or June if you want to pick the fruit yourself.

- Prefecture: Chiba
- Type: Michi no eki
- Address: Minamiboso, Chiba, Japan
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:15–17:00
- Hours note: The shop opens 9:15 to 17:00 daily, but the restaurant and cafe close on a few days a year. Fruit picking needs a booking and depends on the season.
- Parking and toilets: free, open 24 hours
- Official site: https://www.biwakurabu.jp/

Tomiura grows most of the Boso loquats, a fruit that has been presented to the imperial household every year since 1909. Biwa Club turns that one crop into a whole stop. It opened as Chiba’s first roadside station and won a national michi-no-eki award in 2000. The green-roofed building faces Route 127, a few minutes from the end of the Futtsu-Tateyama Road.

The loquat soft serve is made each morning in the operator’s own factory and is the thing to order. The shop stocks loquat jam, jelly, manju and candy, plus loquat-leaf products. The cafe adds loquat curry and drinks, with terrace seats facing the flower fields.

Fresh loquats are only in season from late spring to early summer, and picking runs from about mid-May to mid-June with booking. Strawberry picking fills the gap from January to Golden Week. The cafe was closed for renovation into early 2026, so confirm its status before you go.

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Source: Michi-no-Eki Tomiura Biwa Club — Japan Voyage