Service Area Spots in Chiba Area

  • Roadside Station Shonan
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    3.5
    111 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Kashiwashi Minowashinden 59-2
    This roadside station is located near Tega ohashi Bridge, and has a direct sales agricultural area that sells agricultural products such as vegetables freshly harvested that day and eggs, processed goods and prepared dishes. The adjoining restaurants utilize local ingredients to offer Chinese cuisine, pasta, freshly-baked bread, cakes and sweets like soft-serve ice cream. Bicycle rentals are available on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays, and they can be returned at any of seven rental bicycle stations around Teganuma.

    手賀沼遊歩道の道中にあります。わざわざ訪れるにはには小さいけれど、散歩やサイクリングの途中に立ち寄るには最適です。 The shop is not so big. It is located on the walking course of Teganuma. You can see beautiful scenery on sunny day.

  • Roadside Station Mizu no sato Sawara
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    4.0
    121 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Katorishi Sawara B. 3981-2
    This roadside station on the Tone-Suigo Line sells specialty products and local produce. Their food court offers a variety of items including set meals and ramen noodles made with local ingredients, as well as soba and udon noodles, stone oven baked pizza, and other Western fare. There is also a marina with landings for sightseeing boats and canoes. They rent bicycles, and you can observe water birds and more in the natural area downstream from the facility.

    Japanese michi-no-eki are always great places to stop - a cross between a local produce market and a service station. We stopped for a while in the Sawara michi no eki on the way back from Choshi...

  • Roadside Station Hakko-no-sato Kozaki
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    4.0
    53 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Katorigunkouzakimachi Matsuzaki 855
    Kozaki is known for fermentation. In Kozaki, blessed with abundant water and fertile land, the Japanese hometown flavor still thrives. At this roadside station (rest area), the popular cafe restaurant, serves local fresh vegetables and fermented products. It is famous for Miso Malt Yakidon rice bowl that received the Jalan travel magazine Road-1 Jalan Award. Besides a restaurant serving cuisine with the fermentation catalyzing koji, Oryzae, the roadside station offers selected fermented goods from around the nation at the Fermentation Market.

    Very interesting places to visit. Its low-key comfortable and relaxing. A tour staff a really nice and did a great job.

  • Roadside Station Wadaura W ao!
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    4.0
    80 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Wadachounigaura 243
    This roadside station sells local specialty processed whale products, fresh vegetables, fresh flowers, crafts and prepared dishes. The adjoining restaurant offers menu items such as the Wadahama Tokusei Kujira-don with whale sashimi and fried dishes, and a set meal with seasonal local fish sashimi. In addition, the takeout corner sells soft-serve ice cream using Miyoshi-mura milk and Boso honey, croquettes with whale meat, and meat buns.

    ドライブ途中の食事で寄りました。 レストランでクジラ料理が食べれます。 クジラのフライが美味しそうでした。 でもここの唐揚げ定食がとても美味しい! 大ぶりな唐揚げは揚げ色は薄いがしっかりと味がついていてジューシー。 久しぶりに美味しい唐揚げを食べました。

  • Roadside Station Furari Tomiyama
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    4.0
    59 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Nibu 2211
    This roadside station has a large fish market directly operated by the local fishery cooperative and a fresh fish processing facility that processes fish you buy. It sells local items such as fresh agricultural products delivered each morning, specialty goods and sweets. Besides the adjoining seafood restaurant directly operated by the local fishery cooperative, snack corner, shop for prepared dishes and regional exchange plaza, the roadside station also has agricultural experiences and fruit picking.

    イワシ団子が170円と安くて美味しいです。鋸南富山インターから近く、朝早くから賑わっています。南房総三山を巡るベースにちょうどお勧めです。 Its really useful area. You can use Wi-Fi. You can have coffee, and some delicious food. Sardine dumpling is really good.

  • Roadside Station Fureai Park Kimitsu
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    3.5
    63 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Kimitsushi Sasa 1766-3
    This Roadside Station is on Prefectural Route 24. In addition to selling local products such as fresh produce grown by regional farmers and sake brewed with Kimitsu's renowned water, they also offer light meals. Its Katakura Dam Memorial Hall has displays on the construction of the dam, its features, and information about the topography and geology of the area.

    I like to try local Sake and buy them for my mother as survenir. They have a good collection of local sake and they sell in small bottles like 200 ml. for about 500 yen. It is a good size for...

  • Roadside Station Kirari Asahi
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    4.0
    46 Reviews
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    Asahi, Chiba Prefecture 5238
    This roadside station sells fresh local agricultural products, and processed goods such as whole dried sardines that boast the highest production value in Japan, bacon and sausages. It also sells prepared dishes such as bento lunch boxes and souvenirs. There is a buffet-style restaurant utilizing specialty products, gelato shop, and shops selling smoothies and taiyaki-style (cakes filled with bean paste or other fillings) snacks called Asapi-yaki, and also an open grassy area with composite playground equipment outside.

    とても大きな道の駅で、千葉県らしい多くの品があり、とても賑わってました。 ピーナッツ煎餅(少し甘くてピーナッツが沢山入っている)を買いました。

  • Roadside Station Kurimoto Benikomachi no Sato
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    4.0
    40 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Katorishi Sawa 1372-1
    "This roadside station is located along Prefectural Route 44. In the direct sales area, it sells specialty products such as ""beni komachi"" sweet potatoes, grapes, pears and strawberries, fresh vegetables and processed livestock products. It also has Ajidokoro Ippuku that offers set meals and noodle dishes utilizing local ingredients such as grilled Boso pork over rice, and the Exchange House that sells products from all over Japan. You can also enjoy fishing for rainbow trout and crayfish in Satoyama Park, which is on the premises."

    釣りをしてみたい子供達を連れて道の駅へ。ニジマス釣り出来ます。釣ったら買い取りですが、その場処理してくれるので、時間ある方はその場で焼くことも可能です。竹筒から空気を送って1時間ほどしたら美味しいニジマスの塩焼きの完成です。クーラーボックスと氷や保冷剤あれば持ち帰れます。釣れないなら釣り方のコツも教えてくれます。私は子供4人でしたが竿を1本借りて1人づつ釣らせてました。食いつきは良いので上手くやれ...

  • Roadside Station Takeyura no Sato Otaki
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    4.0
    24 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Isumigunotakimachi Ishigami 855
    "This roadside station is located along the Otaki Highway, and sells fresh local agricultural products including log-cultivated mushrooms and wild boar meat, processed goods, local sake and ice cream. The adjoining cafeteria offers menu items such as set meals using Otaki-grown rice including the ""Takeyura Gozen"" with Otaki-grown bamboo shoots and wild boar meat cooked with egg. It also sells bento lunch boxes with the local specialty of ""matsuri-zushi"" (sushi made for special occasions)."

    ジビエなどの食事、各種お土産、野菜なども売っていました。 とても広々としており、きれいな道の駅。 勝浦から市原舞鶴インターチェンジにつながる大多喜街道沿いにあります。 ソフトクリームが濃厚でとても美味しい。

  • Roadside Station Miyoshimura Hinanosato
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Kawata 82-2
    This is a roadside rest area located along the Prefectural Route 88 in Kawata, Minamiboso City. It includes a store that sells dairy products from Miyoshi, thought to be Japan’s first dairy farm, fresh fruits and vegetables, and local sake. There is also a countryside style restaurant offering dishes made with locally grown produce and food stalls that offer light meals. Additionally, there is a soft serve ice cream stand that serves a different flavor ice cream every month and visitors can take a tour in the annexed facility “milk studio” on the site. Farming experiences on local farms in the area are also available.

    春から初夏にかけては建物の至るところにつばめ巣が出来てとても癒されます。野菜も季節の物が安くてよいです。

  • Road Station Orai Hasunuma
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
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    4826 of Hasunuma H in Sanbu city, Chiba Prefecture
    Road Station Orai Hasunuma, located along Haniwa Road connecting Narita Airport with the Kujukuri-hama Beach, is a fun roadside area with souvenir shopping and direct sales of fresh-harvested produce. Restaurant Hasumi serves dishes with local specialty ingredients and is loved for its home-style taste.

    オライ蓮沼の道の駅にあります。 寒くて暖かいものが欲しくて入りました。 蔓延防止対策中との事で、座席を減らして営業されていました。 いわし丼800円を頼みました。 店内でいわしの天ぷらを揚げているのが見えました。 柔らかいご飯に甘い汁がたっぷり。そしてボリューム感のある、かりんとうのような甘いいわしの天ぷら。 私の口には合いませんでした。 いつも道の駅で買う、安いお弁当のいわし丼の方がずっと...

  • Roadside Station Hota Elementary School
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    Chiba Pref. Awagunkyonanmachi Hota 724
    In 2014, Kyonan Municipal Hota Elementary School closed and was renovated and reborn as Hota Elementary School Community Center and Roadside Station in December 2015. Its Satoyama Shokudo is a restaurant that features the products of the area's fields and oceans, and the school's former gymnasium is now the site of a farmers' market, Kyonan Raku Ichi, which sells locally grown vegetables and flowers, and many other items that can serve as originalsouvenirs from the area. Also, on the school grounds are a lodging facility, Manabi no Yado, which preserves traces of the old school, and a hot spring facility, Sato no Oyu.
  • Roadside Station Kamogawa Ocean Park
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    2.0
    1 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Kamogawashi Emitayuzaki 22
    This roadside station is located along the Sotobo-Kuroshio Line. It sells Kamogawa Sea World goods, processed seafood goods such as Boshu Hijiki seaweed, Kujira no Tare whale meat sauce and dried fish, and agricultural products such as fresh vegetables and the Nagasamai brand of rice. Besides restaurants that offer set meals and rice bowls using Nagasamai and local seafood, there is also an adjoining foot bath using water from Kamogawa Onsen Nagisa no Yu, an artificial tide pool and dog park outside.

    車椅子の人、ベビカーでは入口の橋渡れません。別のルートなさそうです。改修は極めて困難でしょうが。バリアフリー化は時代の要望です。

  • Roadside Station Chikura Shiokaze Okoku
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Chikurachousenda 1051
    The shops and restaurants at Roadside Station Chikura Shiokaze Okoku rest area sell popular unique souvenirs and novelty items typical of the southern Boso Peninsula and the town of Chikura. Visiting motorists can buy fresh fish caught in the nearby waters, unique processed seafood, and local souvenirs. One of the many restaurants affords diners views of the Pacific, while another shop serves “hegisoba,” a noodle dish made with the funori plant, and another is famous for its sazae (a kind of turban shell) croquettes.
  • Roadside Station Tomiura Biwa Club
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Tomiurachouaoki 123-1
    Winner of the highest award in the National Highway Michinoeki Roadside Station Grandprix in 2000, the Tomiura Roadside Station rest area offers travelers strawberry and loquat picking activities, experience courses, and a cafe with light meals at open terrace. One of the many enjoyable activities is rape seed blossom picking from mid-February through mid-March. The cafe and shops are overflowing with loquat goods.
  • Roadside Station Rosemary Park
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Shirako 1501
    This roadside station is located along the Boso Flower Line. It sells agricultural products freshly harvested locally directly, and Biwa Roll Cake and Biwa Cream Cake using renowned biwa (loquats). It also sells approximately 50 kinds of soy sauce manufactured in the prefecture with free tasting available. In addition, inside the park, there is the Shakespeare Theater made in the image of a medieval British theater.
  • Roadside Station Otsu no sato
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Tomiurachouotsu 320
    This roadside station cultivates various kinds of flowers such as poppies, snapdragons and carnations, and fruits such as blueberries and biwa (loquats) inside a greenhouse. You can experience picking flowers and fruits depending on the season (request fruit picking at Roadside Station Tomiura Biwa Club). In addition, there are adjoining shops that sell specialty products such as flowers and Boso biwa processed goods and a cafe.

    春にカーネーション祭りがあるのでその時に行くと、いろいろな種類の花が見られます。花の摘み取りやお菓子の販売などもありました。

  • Roadside Station Nambo Paradise
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    Chiba Pref. Tateyamashi Fujiwara 1497
    This roadside station is on the Heisaura Coast facing the bay of the same name is a fun spot for the whole family. It is adjacent to Aloha Garden Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture's largest botanical garden, which is designed to be reminiscent of Hawaii. Surrounded by palm trees, the facility has a tropical feel, and its restaurant mainly serves Hawaiian cuisine. The hot spring facility Tateyama Onsen Senri no Kaze is also on the premises. Accommodation is also available, so you can use it as a base for visiting the beach, too.
  • Roadside Station Tako Ajisai-kan
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    Chiba Pref. Katoriguntakomachi Tako 1069-1
    This roadside station is located at the intersection of National Route 296 and Prefecture Route 74. It sells specialty goods such as Tako rice and mountain yam, and fresh local produce. The adjoining restaurants offer set meals using Genkibuta pork, rice balls with Tako rice, specialty products, and various menu items utilizing fresh vegetables. In addition, you can enjoy views of the nature along the Kuriyama River and fields from the observation lounge.
  • Roadside Station Shirahama Nojimazaki Farmers Concierge
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    Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Shirahamachoutakiguchi 9240
    "This roadside station located in Takiguchi, Shirahama-machi, Minamiboso City is the southernmost one on the Boso Peninsula, and has bathroom facilities and the ""Hana no Johokan"" (flower information center). You can use it as a place to rest when visiting tourist attractions in the Shirahama area such as the Nojimazaki Lighthouse."

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The Boso Peninsula forms the main body of Chiba prefecture, and this is where you'll find its endless warm water beaches and jagged mountains. Further inland, Narita - most famous as the home of Narita Airport - is a secret haven of tradition and history in the form of centuries-old Shinshoji Temple and quaint wooden Edo buildings. Chiba prefecture is also home to both Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.

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