Roadside Station Shukuya
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The building with a massive thatched roof is a landmark.
Let's enjoy the fresh aroma of mugwort grass dumplings!
Obi is located about 15 minutes from the castle town of Obi in the direction of Miyakonojo. Lake Nichinan Dam is surrounded by beautiful Obi cedars, and the imposing thatched roof can be seen by the lake. Inside the house are a variety of local delicacies such as popular grass dumplings, terraced rice, handmade soba noodles, wild vegetables, wasabi miso, and more. The restaurant is operated by a company funded by local residents to provide cash income to aging farmers, and the workers are mainly housewives of local farmers. The restaurant offers simple, hearty country cooking. In the surrounding area, there is the Sakamoto Tanada, selected as one of the 100 best terraced rice paddies in Japan, as well as the Sakeya Campsite, Obuse Waterfall, and Otani Stone Bridge, making it a place where visitors can fully enjoy nature to the fullest.
Roadside Station Sakatani Basic Information
| Location | 1840-4 Oaza-Sakatani, Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture |
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| Phone number | 0987-26-1051 |
| Business Hours | 8:30-17:00 *Close at 15:00 on December 31 Restaurant 11:00-14:00 |
| Access | 50 minutes from Miyakonojo IC of Miyazaki Expressway |
| Official HP | https://michinoeki-sakatani.com/ |
Map of Roadside Station Sakatani
Roadside Station Sakaya Gourmet Information
Here's what to eat Tanada Soba
Soba made from buckwheat flour produced in Kushima City, without using any binding agent. The color of the buckwheat is a little too white to be called "country buckwheat," but the buckwheat is chewy and slightly thick. The ingredients on top of the buckwheat noodles are also spectacularly plentiful, including seasonal vegetable tempura, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, kamaboko, and slow-cooked chicken meat. The chicken is exquisitely tender and melts in your mouth, and the sweet chicken broth is a perfect match. A la carte 800 yen, set (pictured) 980 yen (tax included).
Buy this one, grass dumplings.
A long-selling hit product handmade daily at the roadside station. At its peak, 1,500 to 2,000 pieces are sold per day. In the remote mountains above the Nichinan Dam, only tender spring sprouts of mugwort are gathered, made into a paste, and stored for a year. When you bite into a rice cake kneaded with this paste, its fresh aroma fills your mouth. The anchovies are also moderately sweet and contain no additives. 390 yen for a package of 3, 650 yen for a package of 5 (tax included)
Around Roadside Station Sakatani
Sakamoto Terraced Fields
If you want to have fun in the area
Komatsu, the highest peak in Nichinan City. Komatsu, the highest peak in Nichinan City. The impressive scale of the terraced rice fields, totaling approximately 7.2 hectares, and the beautiful appearance of the rectangular rice fields neatly lined up on a stairway, is quite impressive. The fields are filled with clear water drawn in from Komatsuyama in early summer, covered with green in summer, and golden in autumn when the ears of rice are harvested and illuminated by the setting sun. In early spring, the Sakamoto Tanada Festival is held, when the paths along the rice paddies are fantastically illuminated by torches.
YouTube Video
Community Radio Tenjin - "Let's Go Floating" presented by Team Float Co! Let's listen to the station manager's talk on "Hallelujah! Let's listen to the station chief's talk on "Let's go!" Station chief guest: Kazumi Nobe, Roadside Station Sakaya (Ms. Nobe's talk will start around 11:50)
