Spots in Hokusei Area

  • Natural Buffet “SORA-TABEYO”
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    4.0
    57 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Suzukashi Inouchou 7992 Suzuka Circuit Hotel S - PLAZA 1 F
    This buffet restaurant is located in the Suzuka Circuit Hotel, which is attached to Japan's first international racing track, Suzuka Circuit. Using carefully selected local ingredients from Mie Prefecture, chefs skilled in Japanese, Western, and Chinese cuisines prepare a variety of dishes and sweets that make the most of the flavors of the ingredients.

    地元のシラス卵かけご飯や、オムレツなど美味しいものが沢山。 ついつい食べ過ぎてしまう朝ご飯です。 鈴鹿にいらしたら、朝ご飯は是非ここでw

  • Umi no Sachi Uocho
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    4.5
    19 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Suzukashi Kitawakamatsuchou 362
    This restaurant is 30 minutes by car from Suzuka Interchange on the Higashi-Meihan Expressway, or 25 minutes on foot from Kintetsu Ise-Wakamatsu Station. They're on the coastal Shiohama-Kaido Road, and they'll pick you up and drop you off even if you're alone. They specialize in cuisine featuring katsu-anago, or fresh conger eel, a local favorite. Their menu has all sorts of dishes made with conger eel, including raw sashimi, and they serve both a la carte and course meals. Their Anago Ten-Don rice bowl with two-pieces of conger tempura so big that they stick out of the bowl is popular. Their full course lets you enjoy conger eel in multiple ways, including as tempura and sushi, thin-sliced with a mild flavor like puffer fish, and sliced thick and broiled kabayaki style.

    鈴鹿にある穴子料理のお店です。予約しておけば個室に通してもらえます。 今回はアナゴミクスを注文しました。 穴子天丼、穴子にぎり、刺身が入って3千円とお値打ちでした。どれも抜群のおいしさで、特に穴子天丼はふくふくとして美味しくいただけました。

  • Tawarazushi
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Kuwanashi Edomachi 7
    This sushi shop close to JR and Kintetsu Kuwana Station features clams on its menu. Founded over 130 years ago, its steamed sushi and nigiri sushi made with local Kuwana clams raised in a perfect environment with a blend of sea and fresh water are local favorites. This especially goes for their original steamed sushi, with clams marinated in their secret house sauce and broiled, laid on sushi rice, and set on thin sliced omelet before being steamed together. The clams' savoriness transfers to the rice and really whets the appetite. They've appeared widely in the media, and reservations are recommended.

    桑名市は蛤が有名みたいで、雛祭に蛤のお吸い物飲まれへんかったのもあって、俵寿司さんの焼き蛤の蒸し寿司を食べました。錦糸卵に乗った蛤、味も良いし、肉厚で蛤食べたわ-って気がしました。

  • Tontekiya Chan (Yokkaichi Shop)
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    4.0
    32 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Yokkaichishi Yasujima 1-2-20
    This shop near Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station has great tonteki (pork steak), a local Yokkaichi favorite. It's their most popular dish, with a thick cut of soft, odorless, corn-fed pork loin roasted with garlic and lard, then smothered with their house sauce and served with a heaping side of cabbage. You can request extra sauce and garlic when ordering. Their ramen noodles are of medium thickness, chewy and glossy, and go great with their broth made from long-simmered pork and lots of back fat. Their juicy gyoza dumplings are available for takeout.

    夕食で利用しました。四日市駅からの距離は、意外と近い感じがしました。お肉はちょっと固めで、歯ごたえ感じます。キャベツの盛りも最初から山もり。キャベツと肉とソース絡めて食べると箸がすすみます。おかわりのキャベツでおなかいっぱいになりました。客層は若い人が多めでした。

  • Shiratama-ya
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Kameyamashi Sekichounakamachi 407
    Shiratama-ya is a simple, old-style Japanese confectionary. Its most famous product is Shiratama, the source of the shop's name, an uncooked confection made from pureed bean paste wrapped in finely milled rice flour. A charming feature of this sweet is the three-colored center, red, yellow, and green, meant to represent the four seasons. The shop's Manju, associated with the Edo period figure, Seki no Koman, who avenged her father's death when she was only 18, are another popular product. Pieces of peach, chestnut, and plum fruit are wrapped inside a yellow paste dough made with egg yolk. The shop also carries Daifuku (glutinous rice stuffed with a filling) and unbaked sweets that are inspired by seasonal flowers. These sweets are sold by the piece, and customers can enjoy their favorites with a cup of green tea inside the store.

    関宿にある菓子店で正式名は「前田屋製菓」の関店。看板商品は暖簾にも記されている関宿名物「志ら玉」(1個100円)で、江戸時代から旅人に親しまれてきた。上新粉の生地の中にこしあんが入っている大福のようなもので、上面に赤、緑、黄の三色の彩りが添えられている。素朴な味わいだが古い町並みの雰囲気に合っており、関宿散策のお供にピッタリなものとなっている。

  • Aizuya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Kameyamashi Sekichoushinjo 1771-1
    Jizo-in Temple is known as Sekijuku, the 47th of the famous 53 stations on the old Tokaido Road. Aizuya stands near the gate of the station and serves dishes such as Sansai Okowa (very flavorful, traditional Japanese rice dish using sweet rice, along with domestic chicken, shiitake mushrooms and other wild vegetables) and Kaido Soba (soba noodles in the delicious soup stock extracted from high quality Hidaka-Kombu and shredded bonito with four kinds of soy sauce). The restaurant's Sansai Okowa made with both sticky rice and ordinary table rice, has an especially pleasing texture, and its other ingredients include chicken raised in Mie Prefecture and shiitake mushrooms from the Karatogawa River in Shiga Prefecture, dried on natural wood. Aizuya also boasts an extensive menu of sweets, such as Anmitsu (a pudding-like dish based on agar jelly) and rolled cakes. In the area are more than 200 machiya houses built from the Edo period (1603-1868) to the Meiji period (1868-1912), so Aizuya is a perfect place to stop off while walking around and seeing the sights.
  • Kuwana Chojiya
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Kuwanashi Kotobukichou 3-56-1
    This long-established restaurant that has been in operation for over 170 years is located nearby JR Nishi-Kuwana Station, and offers Kuwana's specialty of grilled clams and Japanese cuisine. It has a chic atmosphere with counter seats, horigotatsu (dug out) seats, tatami mat seating, and authentic Japanese style rooms on the second floor. Lunch is served from 11:00 and dinner is from 17:00, and you can taste their lunchtime set meals centered on clams and their dinner menu centered on their Teoke Gozen course meal and Hakkaku Tenshin (dim sum) without a reservation. There is also special fully-private dining rooms that can be used to enjoy Japanese cuisine using luxurious seasonal ingredients for special occasions or anniversaries.

    前から一度訪れたかったお店、炭火の焼きハマグリはプリプリでとても美味しかったです。はまぐり雑炊か、時雨煮のお茶漬けを選ぶ事ができます。私は雑炊、主人は時雨茶漬けにして両方味わいました。

  • The Funatsuya
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    4.0
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Kuwanashi Sembachou 30
    This restaurant is located a five-minute drive from the East Exit of JR Kuwana Station. Renovated from the Ryotei Ryokan Funatsuya that opened in 1875 in Kuwana-juku, one of the post towns in the 53 Stations of the Tokaido, they offer authentic Italian and kaiseki tea ceremony cuisine with an inherited ryotei (high-class Japanese style restaurant) taste. You can eat in the bright and open Garden Room with a spacious and retro modern atmosphere for lunch during weekdays. Dinner is served in a tasteful private room, and it is recommended for spending special days such as anniversaries while tasting a course of local Kuwana clams and Italian cuisine using vegetables direct from contract farmers and seasonal seafood.

    家族三人で訪れました。デザートバイキングでしたが何点かご飯、カレー、肉類、サラダ、スープとあり、十分お腹一杯になりました。

  • Marusa Suisan (Kuwana Store)
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    3.5
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Kuwanashi Tayu 158-1
    Marusa Seafood is located a five-minute drive from Kuwana Station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line. It serves Japanese cuisine made with fresh ingredients sent directly from the places where they are produced. Customers can relax in tatami rooms with recessed floors for easy seating, and the table seating area has a casual atmosphere. There is plenty of seating of both kinds for banquets and family groups, and groups of up to 40 persons can rent the entire restaurant. The cuisine is centered on fresh fish, including such standard dishes as Sashimi and Broiled Fish, but there is also a large selection of Tempura and Donburi. The lunchtime menu of prix fixe Sashimi and simmered dishes is recommended.

    日曜日のランチに行きました。 日曜日ということで、予約は満席、11:30の開店と同時に来店。 エントランスは段差があり、車椅子では玄関までたどり着けません。 魚屋さんのプロディースのお店なので刺身は新鮮で、丼物もバラエティにとんでいて 美味しかったです。 けれど、お店の作りがバリヤフリーになってないので障害者(車椅子使用者)には厳しい条件のお店でした。 まず、玄関を入ると土禁で靴を脱がなくてはなら...

  • Gyoza no Shinmikaku (Yokkaichi Main Store)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Pref. Yokkaichishi Kubota 2-10-1
    This specialty gyoza pot sticker shop that has been in operation for over 50 years is located near the Kintetsu Yunoyama Line's Nakagawara Station. There is only counter seating in the store, and it bustles with regular customers and visitors from afar. Their fresh gyoza is not made in advance, and is to be enjoyed with a special sauce. The vegetables used for the dumplings such as cabbage, garlic chives and onions are taken from different localities depending on the season from freshness. The shop specialty since it opened is using the finest ingredients for a texture that is crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. They are highly recommended as souvenirs.
  • Yokkaichi Fureai Bokujo
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Yokkaichishi Suizawachou 1538
    Yokkaichi Fureai Bokujo is located in the foothills of Mt. Gozaisho on the edge of the Suzuka Mountains. Visitors enjoy the experience of interacting with animals, feeding them, milking them, and making butter. Milking and butter-making experiences are available by reservation except from December through March, but visitors are welcome to feed the animals throughout the year. In the Small Animal Area, visitors can interact directly with goats, sheep, and miniature pigs, and if the dairy staff is not too busy, there are special events during which visitors can interact with guinea pigs. The store on the premises sells fresh milk, yogurt, and ice cream of the highest quality.
  • Hokusei Central Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Mie Pref. Yokkaichishi Nishimurachou 1080
    Hokusei Central Park is located a 20-minute drive from the Yokkaichi East Interchange. It is a park for sports and recreation that straddles the city of Yokkaichi, the town of Komono, and the city of Inabe. Its grassy expanse covers four times the area of Nagoya Dome. There are forested trails for walking and exploration, and visitors can borrow equipment free of charge, so even those who arrive empty-handed can have a good time. There are also baseball diamonds and tennis courts that visitors can reserve for a fee. It is a favorite spot for viewing blossoms, not only the Kobukuzakura cherry trees, which bloom around October, but also Yoshino cherries, weeping cherries, and mountain cherries, with their unusual yellow blossoms.
  • Ishigaki-ike Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Mie Pref. Suzukashi Sakurajimachou 7
    Ishigaki-ike Park is a multi-purpose park located a seven-minute walk from Tamagaki Station on the JR Kansai Main Line. It includes a baseball diamond, a running track, a public swimming pool, and other exercise facilities, along with an athletic field and a garden of hygrophytic plants. Alongside the running track are Usuzumi cherry trees, a natural treasure, and during blossom season, the park is crowded with people eager to take pictures. Ishigaki Pond, the feature that gives the park its name, has a walking path around it that becomes a pink tunnel of blossoms when the cherry blossoms are at their height, so the park is an ideal place for viewing blossoms. On the island in the middle of the pond is an artificial tree for wild birds, and visitors can observe wild birds and ducks flying back and forth.
  • Forest Adventure Yunoyama
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Mie Mie-gun Komonocho Komono 4958
  • Confiture H
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Mie Mie-gun Komonocho Komono 4800-1
  • Yokkaichi Port (Kasumigahara District)
    Transportation
    Mie Yokkaichi-shi Kasumi
  • Yokkaichi Port (Yokkaichi District)
    Transportation
    Mie Yokkaichi Chitosecho
  • Inabe Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Mie Inabe Inabecho Sohara
    This park sprawls among red pine-covered hills. Enwrapped in a still atmosphere, the 7.3-hectare park has open squares and fields, a water fountain, and a five-story pagoda which serves as a symbol of the facility. Inabe Pond in the center divides the park into north and south halves. A gently undulating forest walking path follows the pond, and visitors can enjoy a relaxing hike while taking in the area's abundant natural beauty. From the park's wooden pagoda, visitors can get a sweeping view of the mountains of Suzuka and the townscape of the Hokusei-cho district sprawling at their feet.
  • Daian Trout Lake
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Mie Inabe Daiancho Monzen 2356
    "This trout fishing ground is a 10-minute drive from Sangi Railway Daian Station. Dedicated to being ""a fishing ground where customers can enjoy the easiest to catch fish in Japan at the lowest price in Japan,"" here you can have fun fishing at low cost. Mainly medium and large-sized fish swim in the fishing ground's huge pond, which is equal in size to two baseball fields. The pond is primarily filled with rainbow trout, white trout, and brown trout, and depending on the season you can also catch Japanese huchen and char here. The fishing ground's docks also usually don't get very crowded, enabling customers to cast their lures and flies with abandon."
  • Kameyama-shi Sogo Hoken Fukushi Center, Shiratori no Yu
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Mie Kameyama-shi Hawakacho 545
    This hot spring bathhouse is located in Hawaka-cho, Kameyama City. Bathhouse facilities include indoor and outdoor baths filled with the waters of a natural hot spring. This salt spring/hydrogen carbonate spring is said to treat such ailments as cuts, abnormally dry skin, bruises, sprains, muscle soreness, joint pain, and nerve pain.

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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.

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