Michi-no-Eki Miki
Tools, blades and local food in Miki
Michi-no-Eki Miki turns a break on Route 175 into an introduction to the city’s toolmaking tradit...
Michi-no-Eki Nanairo Nanae
Apple sweets in the town where Japan first grew Western apples
A 2018 roadside station on Route 5 just north of Hakodate, about ten minutes by car from Shin-Hak...
Michi-no-Eki Narusawa
Highland vegetables with Mount Fuji behind the car park
On Route 139 at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, about ten minutes from Kawaguchiko IC. The farm ...
Michi-no-Eki Ogo
Soba and farm shopping in rural northern Kobe
Ogo is a small roadside station in Kobe’s northern farming district, beside the Miki-Sanda prefec...
Michi-no-Eki Okuhida Onsengo Kamitakara
Wasabi, char and a riverside campground in Okuhida
A small Route 471 station beside the Takahara River, on the way into the Okuhida hot spring villa...
Michi-no-Eki Shichijo Melon Dome
Melons under melon-shaped roofs in Kikuchi
Three green melon-shaped domes on Route 325 in Kikuchi, filled with local melons, melon sweets an...
Michi-no-Eki Shichinohe
Nagaimo, tomatoes and votive art by the Shinkansen
A Route 4 station a five-minute walk from Shichinohe-Towada Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen. It ...
Michi-no-Eki Susami
Shrimp, crabs and a sea view on the Kii coast
Right off the Susami-minami exit of the Kisei Expressway, this Route 42 station has a seafood res...
Michi-no-Eki Toju-no-Sato Adogawa
Folding fans and boysenberries on Lake Biwa's west shore
The obvious break on Route 161 up the west side of Lake Biwa. Adogawa has made the ribs of foldin...
Michi-no-Eki Tomiura Biwa Club
Loquat soft serve in the heart of Boso loquat country
Chiba’s first roadside station, on Route 127 near Tomiura IC, built around the Boso loquat. Order...
Michi-no-Eki Utsunomiya Romantic Mura
A farm park with a hot spring and brewery outside Utsunomiya
A 46-hectare farm park on Route 293, about five minutes from the Utsunomiya interchange. Come for...
Michi-no-Eki Yoshiumi Ikiiki-kan
Grill your own seafood under the Kurushima bridges
At the southern tip of Oshima on the Shimanami Kaido, this station sits right under the Kurushima...
Michi-no-Eki Yuiyui Kunigami
Last stop for supplies before the Yanbaru forest
The only roadside station in Kunigami, the northernmost village on Okinawa Island, on Route 58 ne...
Misumi West Port
A Meiji Harbour Left Almost as Built: 756 m of Stone Quay at the Mouth of Amakusa
A harbour designed by the Dutch engineer Rouwenhorst Mulder and opened in 1887, with a 756 m ston...
Mount Yake
Mount Yake: A Day Hike up the Live Volcano That Made Taisho Pond
The active volcano on the Nagano and Gifu border above Kamikochi, climbed as a day hike to its 2,...