The Michi-no-Eki (roadside rest area) Towa is adjacent to the Towa interchange on the Kamaishi Expressway.
It boasts a farm product workshop where you can try your hand at making juice or jam, Otameshi Kobo, and the Ajidokoro Towa restaurant with 100% buckwheat soba noodles and special local pork breed hakkinton on the menu. Nextdoor is Towa Onsen, with a large hot bath, an outdoor bath, carbonate spring and a Finnish sauna.
Enjoy rare plant species and the four seasons in a Belgian-designed European garden.
Opening hours
Towa Onsen: 10:00-22:00 (until 21:00 from Nov. to Apr.)
Restaurant: 11:00-21:00
Ajidokoro Towa: 11:00-15:00
Otameshi Kobo: 9:00-16:00
Regular closing days
Towa Onsen: First Wed. of the month (second Wed. in Jan. and May)
Ajidokoro Towa: Open all year round
Otameshi Kobo: Wednesdays, Year-end and New Year’s period
VENUE DETAILS
- Address
- Ahyo, Towa-cho, Hanamaki City, Iwate Pref.
岩手県花巻市東和町安俵 - Tel
- 0198-42-3006
- Inquiries
- Michi-no-Eki (roadside rest area) Towa
- Access 1
- 9 minutes by local train from Shin-hanamaki Station, then 13 minutes' walk from Tsuchizawa Station
- Access 2
- 1 minute drive from Towa IC (Interchange)
- URL
- http://www.thr.mlit.go.jp/road/koutsu/Michi-no-Eki/iwate/iw23.html