Drive-in Spots in Japan

Area

Japan
- Japan
- Hokkaido / Tohoku
  
  Hokkaido
  
  Aomori
  
  Iwate
  
  Miyagi
  
  Akita
  
  Yamagata
  
  Fukushima
- Kanto
  
  Ibaraki
  
  Tochigi
  
  Gunma
  
  Saitama
  
  Chiba
  
  Tokyo
  
  Kanagawa
- Koshinetsu / Hokuriku
  
  Niigata
  
  Toyama
  
  Ishikawa
  
  Fukui
  
  Yamanashi
  
  Nagano
- Tokai
  
  Gifu
  
  Shizuoka
  
  Aichi
  
  Mie
- Kinki
  
  Shiga
  
  Kyoto
  
  Osaka
  
  Hyogo
  
  Nara
  
  Wakayama
- Chugoku
  
  Tottori
  
  Shimane
  
  Okayama
  
  Hiroshima
  
  Yamaguchi
- Shikoku
  
  Tokushima
  
  Kagawa
  
  Ehime
  
  Kochi
- Kyushu / Okinawa
  
  Fukuoka
  
  Saga
  
  Nagasaki
  
  Kumamoto
  
  Oita
  
  Miyazaki
  
  Kagoshima
  
  Okinawa

Category

Transportation

Service Area

Drive-in

Nishinoya Akasaka Store

2.5

4 Reviews

Transportation

Okayama Pref. Akaiwashi Nishikarube 1116-2

This drive-in area is located along Prefectural Road 27 in Nishikarube, Akaiwa City. Besides a restaurant and banquet hall offering menu items such as seasonal courses, special chanpon (hearty noodle dish with pork, seafood and vegetables) and the Okayama specialty of demiglace pork cutlet rice bowls, there is a shopping center with Okayama specialty products such as seasonal fruits, and the “Pan no Yakata” that sells freshly baked bread.

建物は大きいですが、大部分は団体向けの宴会場です。団体でない方が食事するスペースは、土産屋が隣接しており、横を団体がうろうろしており、落ち着いて食事することはできないかも。お値段・味はまぁまぁです。
Restaurant Ootakien

3.5

2 Reviews

Transportation

Gifu Pref. Gujoushi Hachimanchouyoshino 208

This drive-in restaurant is on National Route 156, about seven minutes from the Gujo-Hachiman Interchange on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway. The building features Italian, Chinese, and Japanese restaurants. They have Chitora and Aioi seated dining areas, and their Yoshino tatami mat banquet hall for groups is the largest in Gujo City, accommodating about 450 guests. They serve dishes like steak grilled on a magnolia leaf, their Manpuku Japanese style set meal with large portions of Gujo keichan chicken and a kishimen noodle hot pot, and their Nagara River Japanese style set meal with an assortment of high quality grilled salted sweetfish, an earthenware mixed grill, and sashimi.

バスツアーで郡上八幡には、２度来ているが、今回、ホテル郡上八幡ないのレストラン大滝苑で、初めて食事する。団体用の食事ですが、山の幸が満載の料理でした。
Oginoya Suwa Store

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Nagano Pref. Suwashi Okitamachi 4-39

"This drive-in is located approximately one minute by car from the Suwa Interchange of the Chuo Expressway. It is famous for giving you the chance to eat ""Toge no Kamameshi"" (flavored rice with seasoned mushrooms and chicken) freshly made in the adjacent manufacturing factory. The souvenir corner and local cuisine such as oyaki (flat baked bun with red bean paste or vegetable filling) and wine soft-serve ice cream are popular, and it is used by people visiting Lake Suwa and Mt. Kirigamine as a rest area."
Hita Tenryosui no Sato Genki no Eki

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Oita Hita-shi Nakano Shima 635-1

This service area is a five-minute drive from Hita Station and the Hita Interchange and is located on a sandbank surrounded by the Mikuma River to the north and south. The station has a market which sells fresh, local foods, and information is provided on exactly who made them. There's also a restaurant which serves original pizzas, soft-serve ice cream, and double-sided yakisoba fried noodles; as well as a buffet with private dining areas for small and large groups. The station's market sells fresh ingredients and prepared foods, and is divided into various areas such as a produce area and seafood area; it also has an abundant selection of local alcoholic beverages, making this a great place to visit when looking for souvenirs.
Kyaraen Shokujidokoro

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Gunma Pref. Numatashi Tonemachiokkai 976

This drive-in is located in Numata City, Gunma Prefecture, on National Route 120, which is also known as Japan Romantic Road. The shop uses apples grown in Numata, Tone District for 100% of its products, and welcomes customers with a selection of over 1,500 items, including freshly store-baked apple pies, Karinto Manju and Kyarabuki Tsukudani. The cafeteria is popular for its B-grade gourmet sauce cutlet rice bowl, and also for menu items such as its Maitake tempura udon, which has a large serving of Maitake mushroom laid on top.
Wakasa Kaiyu Bazaar Chidorien

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Fukui Mikata-gun Mihamacho Sakajiri 43-3-1

With a full view of Wakasa Bay, Chidorien offers you a meal and a view of the ocean that changes its expression according to the season. It is a drive-in with a souvenir shop offering a full selection of Wakasa gifts, and a Wakasa natural hot spring in “Chidorino-ashiyu (footbath).” The restaurant has a view and popular items like the seafood buffet, which includes all-you-can-eat fresh bounty of the sea and all-you-can-drink Wakasa beer.
Shosenkyo Sawarabi

2.5

2 Reviews

Transportation

Yamanashi Pref. Koufushi Hirasemachi 3221

This restaurant founded in 1971 offers hoto noodle making classes and is the manufacturer of the Mori to Suisho no Shizuku brand of mineral water. It has made the list of top 100 food-related facilities on the Ryoko Shimbun's (Travel News & Information) annual Professionals Select the Best 100 Sightseeing, Food, and Souvenir Facilities list for the last 25 years running. Visitors can try hand-making a variety of noodles including Koshu's famous hoto noodles, ozara noodles, a regional dish of Yamanashi, or rustically-flavored soba noodles.

建物も古いけど、サービスも？板の間に座布団で、低いテーブルには、二箇所ガスコンロがあり、炭火焼は、このガスコンロで鍋の底に穴の空いた物に、木炭を詰め下から炙ります。もう一つのコンロでも鍋が火にかけてあり、野菜を出汁で煮て、豚をシャブシャブ的にまず食べてから、最終的に（ほうとう）にします。炭火焼は、何かの肉串（赤みの濃い肉、鹿？）ネギ、ピーマン、イワナ、エビで、魚系は温めるだけで食べれる様に...
Drive-in Hanazono Hydrangea Garden

5.0

1 Reviews

Transportation

Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Hanazono Kuki 364-26

This rest stop is located along the Koya-Ryujin Skyline at an altitude of 1040 meters. The rest stop features a garden planted with more than 3,500 hydrangeas and a photogenic background of coniferous trees and mountain ranges. The best time to view the hydrangeas is from mid-July to early August, which is later than in the lowlands. The rest stop has much to offer in terms of seasonal scenery including the one thousand rhododendrons that bloom in the spring and the red fall foliage. Fall visitors can also see one of the Top 100 Sunsets of Wakayama Prefecture. The rest stop's restaurant serves characteristic local dishes such as seasonal wild plants, amago-meshi (rice cooked with red-spotted masu trout), and matsutake mushroom dishes, a seasonal exclusive. The rest stop also sells local specialties such as Japanese umbrella-pine and yakiyogomi (toasted mugwort dumplings).

本来梅雨時の花であるアジサイが、当地では真夏に見頃を迎えますアマチュアカメラマンや家族連れが多く訪れていましたまた５月にはシャクナゲも見応えがあります
Minshuku Minato

4.0

1 Reviews

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Nagano Pref. Okayashi Minato 5-14-7

This drive-in minshuku lodge is near Lake Suwa in Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture. They operate a domed boat where you can fish for Japanese pond smelt between October to March. They also have other fishing plans where they provide you with all the equipment you need. Its parking lot can accommodate large buses too, making it popular with visitors sightseeing around Lake Suwa.

12月下旬、ドーム船でのワカサギ釣り体験で訪れました。釣り道具など一式貸してくれるので、手ぶらでワカサギ釣りができる手軽感が最高です！
Drive-in Matsubarako

4.0

1 Reviews

Transportation

Nagano Pref. Minamisakugunkoumimachi Toyosato 2512-1

A rest stop facing National Route 141 which has long been a favored place to take a break for drivers in the area. The rest stop has a Nagano souvenir shop and a shop selling Nozawana coleseed green pickles produced in the adjoining in-house factory, and many tourists come here seeking souvenirs. The rest stop's restaurant serves a wide selection of dishes including donburi rice bowls, shoyu (soy sauce) ramen, and Shinshu soba noodles.

昨今は道の駅に押されドライブインの肩身もせまくなりました。さて、内容としてはそのまんま昔ながらのドライブインと言った感じ。地場の名産として野沢菜はやはりうまかった。
Tabi No Eki Fukiware No Taki Fukiware Kankou Drive-In

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Gunma Pref. Numatashi Tonemachiokkai 975

This drive-in is located near Fukiware Falls, a nationally designated Natural Monument, which is located along National Route 120, off the Kan-etsu Expressway Numata Interchange. The drive-in sells food and souvenirs, and also has free parking. The restaurant's Maitake Kamameshi and Maitake Gohan dishes, made with the local specialty Maitake mushrooms are very popular. There is also a direct sales center for Oigami Maitake Farm, which has plenty of fresh Maitake mushrooms for sale. The drive-in is fully-stocked with local signature products, such as The Emperor's Kuriyokan, Highland scarlet runner beans and Joshu's local sake, among others.
Tamaya Drive-In

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Gunma Pref. Annakashi Matsuidamachisakamoto 1011-1

This drive-in is located on Usui Pass (Entrance C4), the old National Route 18, which connects Gunma Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture. Its specialty confectionary, Sadamitsu no Chikara Mochi was the reward for young samurai when they ran the Ansei Toashi, which is said to be Japan's oldest marathon. Even now, it is handmade with the same recipe used 1,200 years ago. In addition to Koshi An which can be bought to take away, customers can also eat Karami Mochi, Goma Mochi and Kinako Mochi in the shop here. There are also magazines, photographs and videos etc. of the Abt system railroad for customers to view.
Machi-no-Eki Yusuhara

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Kouchi Pref. Takaokagunyusuharachou Yusuhara 1196-1

This “bussankan” (a shop that promotes local products) is located on the side of National Route 440 in Yusuhara, Yusuhara Town, Takaoka County. It is located inside the same building as Marché Yusuhara, an annex of the Kumo-no-Ue-no Hotel in Tarogawa, Yusuhara Town. It offers fresh local produce, processed products including Takatori Kimchi, which was created with help from Korea, local handicrafts, and more.
Roadside Station Sakurajima Sakurajima Bussankan

4.0

5 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sakurajimakamizuchou 1427

A large rest stop, one of the largest in Kagoshima. The facility’s distinctive sign is decorated with a large Sakurajima daikon radish statue. The first floor of the facility is a market where visitors can purchase shochu liquor and other Sakurajima specialty products. In the second-floor restaurant, you can enjoy a meal along with a view of the magnificent, mountainous landscape of Sakurajima. Visitors can also view the volcano from the facility’s observatory, and there’s even a space for taking a commemorative photo.

ツアーバスで立ち寄りました。巨大な桜島大根のオブジェが2か所あるので記念写真の撮影には良いと思います。ちょっと寂れた雰囲気ですが、昭和な感じのドライブインで心が和みます。12月の桜島小ミカンの季節だったのですが、店の中で集配を行っています。1箱2500円くらいなので2箱東京へ送りました。ネットでもなかなか手に入らないのと、現地で味の確認もできるので安心です。とても甘くておいしかったです。贈答用とは...
Gold House Meguro No. 2

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Fukushima Pref. Yamagunkitashiobaramura Hibara Kenzohma 1093-37

A drive-in located in Kitashiobara Village, Yama County, Fukushima Prefecture. Located in the Kengamine area, this large establishment sells souvenirs from the Mt. Bandai and Aizu region. Particularly popular are the Funka Miso, a spicy condiment made with broad bean chili paste and chili peppers; and the lightly sweet Bandai-san Funka Manju steamed buns. The drive-in also has a restaurant where you can enjoy soba noodles and Japanese-style barbecue as well as an all-you-can-eat course.
Shonai Obakonosato, Komagi

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Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Hie Komagihara 88-1

This is a tourist spot across from the Komagihara Sports Park in Hie-Komagihara, Tsuruoka City. This multiuse facility has shops selling fresh local produce and souvenir, a restaurant with a banquet hall serving regional dishes, and natural hot springs spa comprised of a large indoor bath, an outdoor bath and a sauna. The viking-appetite plan (limited to weekdays) is very popular. One ticket includes an unlimited buffet at the restaurant and admission to the spa.
Komenokonotaki Drive-In

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Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Kaminagawa Higashiyama 11-1

Komenokonotaki Drive-In is located along the Rokujurigoe Highway in Kaminagawa Higashiyama in the city of Tsuruoka. There is a souvenir corner that sells famous sweets and local sake, a restaurant that serves ramen, soba, and other noodle dishes and light meals, and gelato. One of the most popular items is the curry buffet made with local Shonai vegetables and local Hitomebore rice. The dessert section offers an all-you-can-eat sundae bar, with vanilla or green tea Haagen-Dazs ice cream and your preferred topping.
Yamase Dofukan Local Product Center

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Iwate Pref. Kujishi Nakamachi 2-5-1

This product center is located in Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture. Together with the tourism exchange center Kaze no Yakata, it also operates as Roadside Station Kuji. There are local specialty vegetables, local sake and processed goods for sale, in addition to a cafe space where you can eat a snack. Many drivers and tourists visit because it is in the central area of the city.
Gandoko Rest House

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Iwate Prefecture Morioka city Yabugawa Toyama 24-12

This rest house is located near Lake Gando in Tamayama Ward of Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. Famous as a good spot for wakasagi fishing, dome ship fishing is available from November and ice fishing from around January. In addition, the facility includes a restaurant that will cook any wakasagi you catch for free. It is a popular spot where people who love fishing come from afar.
Meotoiwa (Wedded Rocks) Tourism

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Niigata Sado-shi Takose 1267-5

This tourist rest stop is located near Meotoiwa Rock, one of Sado's most picturesque sites. The onsite restaurant serves up a wide variety of cuisine that makes good use of fresh Sado seafood, as well as beautiful views of the Nanaura Coast. Visitors can also tour the nearby Salt Factory Sado Kaza Shiogama, a producer of Sado's famous traditional salt, and even try making salt themselves. The Tansu Museum located at the rest stop exhibits a number of valuable examples of the Japanese art of cabinetry, including funa-dansu (sea chests) and ogi-dansu (cabinets from Ogi on Sado) used to load kitamaebune (merchant ships in the Edo period), as well as Hachiman-dansu (Hachiman-style cabinets) which originated in the mid-Edo period.