Drive-in Spots in Japan

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Japan
- Japan
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  Hiroshima
  
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- Shikoku
  
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  Kagawa
  
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  Kochi
- Kyushu / Okinawa
  
  Fukuoka
  
  Saga
  
  Nagasaki
  
  Kumamoto
  
  Oita
  
  Miyazaki
  
  Kagoshima
  
  Okinawa

Category

Transportation

Service Area

Fukuroi Tourist Center

3.5

7 Reviews

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Shizuoka Pref. Fukuroishi Horikoshi 538-1

This tourist rest stop is located in Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Its restaurant offers group meals and lunch boxes for bus tour groups while its gift shop offers Shizuoka souvenirs. They offer a variety of set meals centered on seafood and riced steamed in bamboo steamers, such as their Suruga-zen and Fukuroi Domannaka-gozen set meals, as well as their famous fisherman's katsuomeshi-gozen (seafood bonito rice platter) set meals. They also offer a substantial selection of Shokado-gozen bento boxes for tourists, as well as lunch box catering services aimed at local residents.

店内の食事会場でクラウンメロン８分の１カットを試食。とても甘くてみずみずしさがありました。せめてハーフサイズのメロンが食べたかったです。お土産コーナーでは、静岡のいろいろなお土産が並んでいて、買い物をするのに迷うくらいです。隣の施設では、実際にクラウンメロンが販売されていました。
Hori Drive-in

4.0

4 Reviews

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Fukushima Kawanuma-gun Aizubangemachi Furumachikawajiri 446

"This restaurant is located about a five-minute drive from Aizu-Bange Station. You can enjoy fresh horse sashimi at a reasonable price at this shop with a signboard saying ""basashi"" (horse sashimi) along National Route 49. Aizu-Bange Town, which has many historic cultural heritage sites, is said to have had a horse auction site when it flourished as a post town. It is possible to eat fresh horse sashimi everywhere in town. The lean meat is high in protein and low in fat, making it an ideal diet food. The restaurant also offers a wide variety of other menu items such as fried shrimp and hamburger steak set meals."

実家の弟夫婦から馬刺しが届きます。都心で探しても、馬刺しは熊本ばかりで会津はほとんどない（と思ってます）。そんな中、年末の会津の馬刺しは懐かしくもありお酒のつまみに最高です。
Chirihama Rest House

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Ishikawa Pref. Hakuishi Chirihamamachi TA 4-1

"A rest stop situated at the entrance/exit of the Chirihama Nagisa Driveway. The rest stop's restaurant serves set meals which come with a renowned kaimeshi shellfish rice, seafood rice bowls, and barbecue dishes made with fresh seafood. For souvenirs, the rest stop's ""Hamaguri Senbei,"" crackers made by pressing and frying common orient clams; and painstakingly crafted ""Ika Dango"" dumplings made with fish and squid from the sea off Noto, are particularly popular. The rest stop also operates a campground from May to September. In addition, the rest stop offers rental bicycles including beach cruisers which can be used to ride along the nearby Chirihama beach."
Gotenba Kameya

3.5

14 Reviews

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Shizuoka Pref. Gotembashi Nihashi 740-1

This drive-in restaurant is located next to Exit 1 of Gotemba Interchange . on the Tomei Expressway. They offer a diverse menu including items such as set meals that include Mikuriya soba noodles, a local specialty, as well as sakura shrimp kakiage (tempura fritter) set meal, supplies of which are limited. The restaurant, which also accepts large groups and is equipped with parking spaces for full-sized busses, is visited by many tourists.

This restaurant was obviously geared towards providing food for large groups, as testified by the number of buses parked outside and the number of tour groups (mainly Chinese) eating at the tables...
Nishinoya Mimasaka Store

3.0

14 Reviews

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Okayama Pref. Mimasakashi Nyuta 145-1

This restaurant is located along the Izumo Highway in Nyuta, Mimasaka City. Besides restaurants and a parlor offering local cuisine such as the Okayama specialty of matsuri-zushi (scattered sushi), special chanpon (hearty noodle dish with pork, seafood and vegetables), set meals, rice bowls, noodle dishes, seasonal courses and hot pots, there is also a souvenir corner that sells Okayama specialty products.

岡山美作の西の屋美作店さんへ訪問。昼食でカツ丼を食べました。なかなか美味しかったです。また、行きたいです。
Exchange Centre Hakundai

4.0

4 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Sadoshi Nakaoki Party B 3534 - 158

This roadside attraction is found along the Osado Skyline road. It opened as a tea house in the mountain pass serving local specialties. Amongst the local Sado products you'll find persimmon butter, fig jam, and grape liquors. In the restaurant one of the most recommended menu items is the black-pork curry which uses pork from local Berkshire pigs. The back deck of the restaurant stands almost 850 meters high, giving you a great view of Ryotsu Bay, the Kuninaka Plain, and Ogi Peninsula. They are closed from mid-November to mid-April due to snow.

佐渡観光で訪問しました。展望デッキからは佐渡が一望出来ます。料金は無料です。駐車場も無料です。16時頃に行きましたが、ちょっと霞が掛かっていました。早い時間帯の方が良いのかも知れません。登山姿の人たちが何組も居ました。施設内には佐渡の特産品が色々と販売されています。お土産選びにも最適なスポットです。
Shimokita Meisan Center

3.0

12 Reviews

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Aomori Pref. Mutsushi Omagari 2-13-33

A local specialty products facility located inside the Taigyo Mutsu Integrated Wholesale Market, ensuring that the foods you buy here are as fresh as can be. The facility also displays dramatic nebuta floats used in the Nebuta Festival year-round and also plays traditional nebuta music, ensuring even those visiting when the festival is not being held can come in contact with this unique aspect of local culture. Here you can buy renowned local specialty products such as tuna from Oma, Japanese scallops from Mutsu Bay, and fresh squid from the Tsugaru Strait; in addition to other local delicacies, sweets, and folk crafts. The facility's 600 seat restaurant is also popular.

すごく広い駐車場の割には、なんか、何にもないなーというイメージでした。入口にあるねぶたをバックに写真を撮って帰りました。
Makinoto Pass Rest house

4.0

3 Reviews

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Oita Pref. Kusugunkokonoemachi Yutsubo

A rest house standing on the Yamanami Highway along the Makinoto Pass in Kokonoe Town, Kusu County. Situated at the start of a trail leading up the Kuju Mountains, the house sells souvenirs, mountain climbing gear, and emergency supplies and also has a shop serving light meals and drinks. The house makes a great place to take a break when mountain climbing or going on a scenic drive through the area.

久住山登山後の至福の一杯はホットミルク、ジャージー牛でした。売店の横の休憩スペースでゆったりと。下ってきたのが10:00頃、駐車場は満車で車が溢れてましたが、此処は貸切状態でした。山頂付近の紅葉は終わってましたが駐車場場近辺から上は今が盛りでした。
Drive-in Hikichibashi

4.0

8 Reviews

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Kochi Agawa-gun Niyodogawacho Hikichi 62

A drive-in restaurant on National Route 33 that connects Matsuyama and Kochi. They serve oden hot pots, soba noodles, and meal sets in a rural teahouse with an old-fashioned ambiance. Originally, this area was a rest stop for rickshaw pullers and travelers. The teahouse began selling rice cakes and sweets at the end of the Meiji period. Their oden hot pots eaten with sweet miso and grilled amego salmon skewers are famous, and their Japanese mugwort manju buns—a local favorite—often sell out quickly. Since its founding over 80 years ago, the shop's been a favorite of locals and travelers alike.

5年前、たまたま立ち寄って、購入したヨモギ入り焼き餅が美味しくて、再訪。やっぱり美味しい。安い！のんびりした雰囲気のドライブイン。ホッとできる場所です。
Komuroyama Sightseeing Lift

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Shizuoka Pref. Itoushi Kawana 1428

This rest house in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture is located in the foothills of Mt. Komuro at an altitude of 321 meters. It offers shops, a diner, and other facilities such as a pet-friendly aerial lift to the mountain's peak. Visitors can enjoy items such as their set meals featuring the local delicacy chinchin-age, a type of fried seafood meatballs. The rest house is visited by locals and tourists alike.
Oginoya (Yokokawa Store)

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Gunma Pref. Annakashi Matsuidamachiyokokawa 297-1

This drive-in is located along National Route 18, near the JR Shin'etsu Main Line's Yokokawa Station, approximately five minutes by car from the Joshin'etsu Expressway Matsuida-Myogi Interchange. It is managed by Oginoya, a company founded in 1958 that has been providing Yokokawa Station's lunchbox meals since its founding and is loved across the nation as the maker of Toge Kamameshi. The premises include not only Kamameshi shops, but also coffee shops and sweets corners, restaurants and convenience stores. It is the ideal place to recover from the exhaustion of traveling.
Drive-in Miboroko

3.5

3 Reviews

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Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Shoukawachounakano 262

This drive-in is located 10 minutes from the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway’s Shokawa Interchange. It is closest to two large cherry trees, Shokawa-zakura, that are said to be more than 500 years old and are Gifu Prefecture-designated Natural Monuments. You can see all of Lake Miboro, and there is also an auto camping ground where you can enjoy experiencing nature while forest bathing at the lakeside. Eat dishes such as cold soba buckwheat noodles using soba flour from Shokawa, Hida’s local cuisine “hoba miso” (miso grilled on magnolia leaves), and their popular sukiyaki set menu, using Hida’s luxurious Hida beef. In addition to meals, they also offer drinks and souvenirs.

御母衣湖の奥に入った方にある、レストランとお土産屋が一緒になっているドライブインです。周りはキャンプ場やコテージがあり、特に夏場は人気の様です。大型レストランで、お昼に朴葉味噌のセットを頂きました。お土産屋には、地元の特産物などが売っていました。ドライブインに行く途中、桜並木がたくさんあり、とても綺麗でした。
Hitachi Minami Drive-in

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Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Owadachou 2173

This roadside rest area can be reached by taking the Hitachi-minami Ota Interchange on the Joban Expressway, heading towards Hitachi, taking a right at the Owada intersection on National Route 6, and traveling a further 500 meters. Owned and operated by local marine products company Tobikan Suisan, the facility carries an abundance of fresh seafood literally just brought in at Kuji Fishing Port and other fishing ports in Ibaraki Prefecture. The facility's restaurant serves vaunted, fresh seafood; a deep fried, breaded shrimp combo meal made with huge shrimp; and, from December to February, goosefish hotpot. A variety of events are also held here, such as a monthly tuna butchering show.
Nishinoya Kikkatoge Store

3.5

6 Reviews

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Okayama Pref. Akaiwashi Niborihigashi 1077

This drive-in area is located along National Route 484 in Niborihigashi, Akaiwa City. The restaurant offers a menu that includes the Okayama specialty of matsuri-zushi (scattered sushi), nishin soba (buckwheat noodles in hot soup with a salty-sweet dried herring), and offal curry. In addition, there is also a souvenir center, pottery location where you can experience making shigaraki Japanese pottery, short golf course, and ground golf course.

スイーツや食事、ファストフード、工芸品も含むお土産などなんでも揃っているドライブインです。飲食店の席数が多いので、大型の観光バスも立ち寄ります。卵かけごはんは350円で食べられます。
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."
Okutadami Terminal

3.5

5 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Uonumashi Yunotanimogawa 1317-8

This tourist rest stop located at the base of Okutadami Dam serves as a hub for sightseeing in the Okutadami and Oze area and also offers local specialties and other products. The onsite restaurant has a close-up view of Okutadami Dam, which was the setting of the movie Whiteout. The terminal is popular for its great views of beautiful autumn foliage in the fall and of fresh greenery and Okutadami's natural splendor in the summer. Our recommended souvenirs are the terminal's Okutadami no Tsukudani (a simmered seafood preserve) and its original Ao Nanban Misokko Kyuri pickled cucumbers.

長いシルバーラインのトンネルを出ると突然広がる秘境のダム。そこにある食事とお土産のお店です。ダムカレー850円は話の種に。地元の田舎料理のワッパ飯の山菜ごはんが美味しいです。チャーハンのように炒めたごはんと山菜の佃煮、けんちん汁で1200円です。岩魚の塩焼きも美味でした。ダムを見ながら食事ができます。
Nishinoya Yunogo Store

3.5

5 Reviews

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Okayama Pref. Mimasakashi Otani 2449-1

This drive-in area is located along National Route 374 in Otani, Mimasaka City. Besides restaurants and a banquet hall offering the Okayama specialty of matsuri-zushi (scattered sushi), cheap offal udon noodles and seasonal courses, there is a souvenir corner selling Okayama specialty products, a standing udon noodle corner, and the “Tsukemono no Yakata” with about 200 varieties of pickles. In addition, there is the adjoining natural hot spring facility with water flowing directly from the source “Nishi no Yu Onsen.”

バスツアーのランチで。ボリュームたっぷりですが炭水化物が多いです。フルーツ食べ放題もついていたのですがなかなか出てこなくてやきもきしました。フルーツは先に一皿配られてから、追加は取りに行くスタイルでした
Izu Kogen Tabi no Eki Granpal Port

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Shizuoka Pref. Itoushi Futo 1090

This roadside facility is in Futo, Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture and features a shop, restaurant, tourism center, and more. The shop has special Izu-produced goods and local produce, and you can enjoy seafood rice bowls, “Futo croquettes,” sweets, and more in the food area. Seafood barbecues and metal drum grilling are popular, too. You can gather transport and tourism info here and take advantage of the free footbath and dog play area as well.
Drive-in Aratake

2.0

5 Reviews

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Mie Pref. Wataraiguntaikichou Takihara 121

Located right outside the Kisei Expressway Omiyaodai Interchange, this is the direct sales store of Ekiben no Aratake, which opened in 1895. You can enjoy select Matsusaka beef delivered from the main Matsusaka store or Kuroge-wagyu with the long-enjoyed taste of Aratake. They have various menu items, including Ekiben no Aratake's signature Ekiben Nigiwaiju using the meat from the Ganso Tokusen Gyuniku Bento (founder's select beef lunch box), and their Ekiben Gozen arranging their Tokusen Gyuniku Bento (select beef lunch box), widely famous throughout Japan with its secret sauce and soft beef, in a Shokado-style. Their braised Matsusaka-raised Kuroge-wagyu with ginger, seasoned and simmered ground meat, and soft-serve ice cream on sale in the shop are also popular.

駅弁を買いたくて訪問しました。建物は、廃墟、店員態度最悪、金になるものは何でも売る、駅弁もぼったくり内容。早く閉店したほうがいいと思います。松阪牛にしがみついた内容の、同じような種類のみ、創意工夫なし、女社長だけでの売りはもはや、ダメ。廃墟マニア向けの現役？店舗。二度とあら竹の弁当は買いません。
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.