Spots in Toba Area

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TOBA-FOOD

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tobashi Arashimachou 194-10

This souvenir ship and restaurant is located in Arashima Town of Toba City, Mie Prefecture near the entrance of the popular driving way “Pearl Road.” Inside, you’ll find plain wooden table sets and Shima and Toba souvenirs lined up. In addition to sweets and marine products, there’re also original items such as the popular “homemade pickled olive oil oysters” and “Seman-Doman” talisman. Their rich bowls, pasta, and other dishes use plenty of seafood and fresh young sardines from the sea nearby. Pets are allowed at the outside seating.
Yokichiya

3.5

19 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Mie Pref. Tobashi Uramurachou 1414-15

This seafood restaurant with a focus on oysters is in Uramuracho, Toba City, Mie Prefecture. They offer all-you-can-eat oysters baked in their own steel drum from November to March. Grown in a short one-year period, the rich environment means they taste great with little astringency. In other seasons they offer fare such as rock oyster and assorted fried seafood set meals, seafood rice bowls and wild conger eel rice bowls, rice with Uramura caught octopus, and more.

目当てのお店が混んでいたので、急遽こちらのお店に。焼き牡蠣食べ放題ではなく単品で色々食べたいと思い入ったのですが…なんだか食べ放題以外のお客は隅の席で食べてって感じで。女将さん？の態度も横柄で気分悪かったですね。牡蠣フライは作り置きで、牡蠣も小さく固くなってしまっていて美味しくなかったです。もう行くことは無いですね。
Shima-no-kuni Ichinomiya Isawa-jinja Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Mie Toba Arashimacho 1020

Listed as one of the grand shrines in the Heian period Engi-shiki registry, this Shinto shrine is also known as “Kaburako Daimyojin” and “Shima Daimyojin.” Once the highest ranking shrine of Shima Province, this renowned shrine is still visited by great numbers of worshippers today. Dedicated to the Three Goddesses of Toba, the shrine is believed to grant luck in finding love and marriage.
Totomi

4.0

16 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Mie Pref. Tobashi Katakamichou 833 Inside the station of the shade

This seafood restaurant is directly managed by the fishing cooperative in Shiosai-no-Eki located in Katakami Town, Toba City, Mie Prefecture. They focus on using seasonal ingredients unique to Ise-Shima, and serve dishes with voluminous portions using fresh seafood taken from each fishing port. The popular menu is the gorgeous Kumiai-cho Teishoku set meal that looks like a dish served in a ryokan (Japanese inn). One can enjoy all at once local tastes that include Ise-ebi spiny lobster, a sashimi assortment, nitsuke (fish boiled in soy sauce) made with local fish, and flame-broiled shellfish. The inside of the shop has the atmosphere of a simple yet traditional cafeteria, and is easy to use either by groups large or small.

ととみ定食をいただきました。半数近くが頼んでいたように思います。新鮮な刺身はボリュームがあり、大満足。揚げ物も美味しかったです。次回は、隣の席の年配のご夫婦が食べていた伊勢海老御膳をいただきたいと思いました。どれもかなりのボリュームです。駐車場も停めやすく、待ち時間はありますが、隣りの物産店で時間もつぶせます。また、ぜひ伺いたいと思いました。
Toba Sea-Folk Museum

Leisure / Hobbies

Mie Toba Uramuracho Oyoshi 1731-68

You’ll find this museum in Uramura Town, Toba City, Mie Prefecture. It collects, stores, and exhibits materials that focus on people’s relationship with the sea. You’ll find over 60,000 items that cover everything from ships to woman divers, fishing gear, and documents related to fishing methods. 6,879 of these items have been designated National Important Tangible Cultural Properties. The repository that houses 80 wooden boats is especially amazing. It was designed by Hiroshi Naito and won the Prize of AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan), and it was chosen as one of the Top 100 Public Building Designs as well. The facility offers crafting experiences, wildlife observation, and a range of other activities.
Saimyoji Temple

4.0

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Toba Adakocho 191

This Buddhist temple stands on Prefectural Route 47 in Adako-cho, Toba City. Records state it was built by Hojo Tokiyori, fifth regent of the Kamakura shogunate, and the temple is known for its strong ties to Kamakura. In recent years, the temple holds interesting programs, such as the Tera de Cafe program (advance reservation required), in which you can enjoy a cup of tea while chatting with the head priest.

観光地ではありませんので、行く必要はないと思います。隣の畔蛸神社は入れますが、このお寺は入ることができません。でも、口コミではお抹茶体験もできると書いてありますので、タイミングが悪かったのかもしれません。
Kaitaro

5.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Mie Pref. Tobashi Arashimachou Kiba 23

Kaitaro is a restaurant that is directly managed by the long-standing local seafood wholesaler of the same name, and guests here can enjoy the seasonal tastes of the sea throughout the year. The ingredients are bought from local ama divers and fisherman who harvested the marine products themselves, and all of the items on the menu that make the most of the seafood’s natural flavor are outstanding. Of those, the Ryoshi-no-Gokai-don and Hamayaki Ryori are very popular.

パールロードのお店は、ほとんど営業してなかったんですが、営業してくれてました。ホームページで気になっていた、海鮮丼を食べに立ち寄りました。こんにちはと声をかけると、「お好きな席にどうぞ〜」「ご注文は紙に書いてくださいね〜」なるほど、メニューの近くに紙とペンが。メニューは他の口コミサイトの写真より値上がりしてました。（泣...
Ise-Shima Souvenir Center Osho (Toba Main Shop)

3.5

10 Reviews

Shopping

Mie Pref. Tobashi Matsuochou 15-1

This production wholesale direct shop is where you can find souvenirs from Ise, Shima and Toba centered on the seafood of Ise Shima. Its landmark is a large hydrofoil boat located next to Osho intersection of National Route 167. Inside the shop, there are many different fresh seafood items in a tank, dried fish and processed marine products, and you can purchase whatever you like after sampling them. Their toroaji and torosaba, horse mackerel and chub mackerel, that have been dried overnight are popular. At the adjoining Osho Seafood, you can taste lobster and abalone made with the unique local cooking method in the tatami bamboo mat room made from a renovated ship.

帰れマンデーでも登場し、クチコミも中々でしたので遅めの昼食に立ち寄りました。待ち時間が45分程と言われたので隣接されたおみやげ売り場でおみやげを物色して待っていました。おみやげ売り場は後に寄った伊勢の道の駅の方が断然良いです。おみやげを会計後店内で呼び出されて入店。オススメされた海鮮丼を注文しました。程なく運ばれて来た海鮮丼は、私が数分前に吟味したメニューの物とは違って見えました（笑）海鮮の内容は...
Ama Hut Hachiman

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tobashi Ousatsuchou 819

At Amagoya Hachimankamado & Asari Beach, you can enjoy the luxuriant natural scenery and fresh seafood while learning about the real lifestyles and culture of Ama skin divers directly from veteran divers. Free shuttle bus service from Toba Station to the diver’s hut started in April of 2017 for those who have reserved one of the various sessions available.
Minato Syokudo

4.0

12 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Mie Pref. Tobashi Arashimachou 1434-5

At this restaurant in Arashima Town, Toba City, Mie Prefecture, you can taste food made for the local fishermen using the freshest seafood. The owner of the restaurant, Mr. Sakurai, helped out in the family ryokan from a young age and also has experience as a fisherman. Seasonal delights caught from all the fishing ports around Toba are bought direct from fishermen and prepared at the restaurant. The restaurant’s menu centers on hearty and homely dishes such as seafood rice bowl, Japanese spiny lobster croquettes, deep-fried prawns, and mekabu (thick wakame seaweed leaves) croquettes, etc. As well as seating at tables and on tatami mats where you can stretch your legs and relax, they also have seating at the counter which is convenient for those eating alone.

鳥羽に泊まる時には、お勧めです！地産地消、地元の食材がリーズナブルに頂けます！伊勢エビは、4000円からですが、6000円程度がお勧め、生牡蠣も950円で 4つで大きいて美味しいですよ！
Yoroizaki Lighthouse

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tobashi Kuzakichou 254-2

This limestone lighthouse was built on the edge of Kuzaki. The “oyashio” and “kuroshio” currents meet in the surrounding area, making for treacherous waters, so this lighthouse was built to protect fishing vessels. The interior is not accessible, but visitors can view the sea from the structure. Right nearby is a rocky stretch called “Yoroizaki,” from which it gets its name. Legend has it that the name “Yoroizaki” was chosen when Yamahito no Mikoto, seeking the place where Amaterasu was enshrined, visited Kuzaki and removed his yoroi (meaning armor) on the promontory.
Toba Bay Cruise and Dolphin Island

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tobashi Toba 1-2383-51 Toba Marine Terminal

This pleasure boat is operated by Shima Marine Leisure Co., Ltd. in Toba City, Mie Prefecture. It sets out from Toba Marine Terminal, providing a leisurely, roughly 50-minute cruise that takes in the scenery of Toba Bay including the area's famous Mitsushima Islands. Along the way you stop at Dolphin Island with its sea lion and dolphin shows. You can also experience feeding and petting the animals. Boats arriving from Pearl Island and Toba Aquarium make fitting it into your itinerary a breeze.
Hakkai

5.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Mie Pref. Tobashi Uramurachou 1204-3

This seafood restaurant is in the vicinity of Onoura Ohashi Bridge in Uramura-cho, Toba City, Mie Prefecture. In autumn and winter, they feature dishes made with Uramura's famous oysters. In particular, their all-you-can-eat oyster plan is popular. It includes fried oysters, oysters and rice, and miso soup. Their fried oyster set meals and oyster rice bowls (fall and winter only) also come recommended. In spring and summer, they offer a seafood barbecue and a seafood rice bowl with locally net-harvested fresh fish. Rock oysters are available only in summer. They accept pets on their wooden terrace with a view of the ocean.

店内愛犬同伴可能な鳥羽市の牡蠣料理専門店・海鮮料理店。冬であれば美味しい地元の牡蠣を愛犬同伴で食べることができます。海の食堂はっかいは、三重県鳥羽市浦村にある牡蠣料理専門店・海鮮料理店です。この辺りは浦村牡蠣という養殖の牡蠣が多く採れることで知られており、周辺には多くの牡蠣専門店や牡蠣小屋、海鮮料理店がパールロード沿いに点在しています。愛犬同伴の際は、入り口近くの店内席およびインナー...
Tenbinya Main Shop

4.0

35 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Mie Pref. Tobashi Toba 1-4-61

This seafood Japanese restaurant uses local ingredients from Toba. The fresh seafood used is hauled into the local port. Their popular menu item is the filling seafood rice bowl with six kinds of ingredients with added sea urchin and salmon roe. The ama no kamameshi flavored rice dish filled with clams, shrimp and octopus can be enjoyed as a course meal or taken home as a bento lunch box. The restaurant has approximately 180 different items on the menu rich with regional dishes, including Ise udon noodles and tekone sushi, Ise's traditional chirashi scattered sushi. Because they have private rooms and a banquet hall, the restaurant can also be used for meetings, events and memorial services.

It’s very nice restaurant and we went there two nights. It’s fully occupied, with local people and foreigners. Wagyu and BBQ is delicious. Highly recommend.
Hikotaki Daimyojin Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tobashi Kouchichou

This Shinto shrine’s principal object of worship is a figure of a white snack considered one of the Three Goddesses of Toba. The Shrine is popularly known as “Hikotaki-san.” A lovely river flows alongside the approach to the shrine and continues on into its grounds. Past the torii gate lie the upper reaches of the clear stream, and an elegant sacred rope hangs over its waters. The shrine is believed to grant benefits such as alleviating women’s ailments and safe childbirth.
Tomariyu

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Mie Pref. Tobashi Toba 1 Inside Sadahama Park

A 12-person footbath where you can soothe your tired feet while gazing at the ships and gulls traveling over the waters of Toba Bay. Fed by a chloride spring, the footbath’s waters are said to alleviate nerve pain, muscle pain, and stiff shoulders; travelers find it works wonders washing away the tiredness of a busy vacation schedule. Feel free to stop by the nearby Toba Marche, which sells convenient towels among other items. A two minute walk from Toba Station on the JR lines and the Kintetsu Toba Line.
Toba Marche Buffet Restaurant

Gourmet / Alcohol

Mie Toba Toba 1-2383-42

Toba Marche is a direct sales shop offering locally-produced agricultural products and seafood caught in Toba. The adjoining local cuisine buffet restaurant offers a monthly changing menu of healthy and invigorating local dishes. Opening at 11:00 am for lunchtime only, its best to arrive before the restaurant opens if possible. The restaurant also accepts on-site reservations only from 11:00 am to 11:15 am. A two minute walk from Toba Station on the JR lines and the Kintetsu Toba Line.
Ajikura

Gourmet / Alcohol

Mie Pref. Tobashi Uramurachou 222

A restaurant housed inside a remodeled old Japanese home, Ajikura is an oyster bar where you can enjoy delicious oysters year-round. In winter, Ajikura offers famed Toba Pacific oysters, in winter, rich Iwagaki oysters. Ajikura stocks its oysters from long-standing oyster dealers and farms, ensuring you can feel comfortable enjoying your oysters even raw. Iwagaki oysters are served from spring to summer, but ordering top class Mie brand Adako Iwagaki oysters requires a reservation made at least three days in advance.
Toshijima Island

Travel / Tourism

Mie Prefecture Toba City

This is the largest of the outlying islands of Toba City, and a popular activity is walking tours that take visitors around historic sites such as the kubizuka (a burial mound for a severed head) and dozuka (a mound for the severed torso) of Yoshitaka Kuki, the lord of Toba Castle who committed seppuku (suicide by ritual disembowelment to avoid a disgraceful execution) after suffering defeat in the Battle of Sekigahara, as well as offering a view of the work in the fishing port. There are also many other sites to see such as the original tree cultivar for Yamato Tachibana (a type of citrus tachibana), which is a prefectural Natural Monument, and a beech tree that looks just like a dragon. Every year on the old calendar the Hachiman Festival is held from January 17-19, and the Oiyare-fune at the end of August is also interesting to see.
Sugashima Island

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tobashi Sugashimachou

Of the four inhabited islands in Toba City, Sugashima Island is the second largest with Mt. Oyama in the center with an altitude of 236.6 meters, as well as a series of other 200-meter-level mountains such as Mt. Sakaden and Mt. Boshi. From around January to February one can see beautiful scenery with the crimson leaves of Japanese box trees near the summit of Mt. Oyama. Sugashima is a simple, beautiful island that is blessed with fishing grounds and is referred to as the “Island of Wind” as it has a culture of drying various things there. It is approximately 18 minutes on foot from Toba Marine Terminal of Sadahama Port.

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Mie Areas

Spread across the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, Mie prefecture boasts hundreds of kilometers of pretty coastline comprising the oyster-rich Toba city and Shima National Park all the way down to Kumano, a city that marks the beginning of part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, which runs into neighboring Wakayama prefecture. However, Mie is best known for the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine inland, one of the oldest and largest shrines in the country.