Roadside Station Ebino

Exhilarating view of the Kirishima mountain range
Locally produced and consumed buffets are popular

Just off the Ebino IC of the Kyushu Expressway. Behind you is a panoramic view of the Ebino Plateau and the Kirishima Mountain Range. The product hall offers a wide variety of specialty products, processed foods, and sweets of Miyazaki Prefecture, including Ebino vegetables picked in the morning, seasonal fruits such as kumquats and mangoes, and brand-name Miyazaki beef. The buffet restaurant with a wide variety of items and a great view is also very popular.

Map of Roadside Station Ebino

Roadside Station Ebino Gourmet Information

Miyazaki beef, a local product

Miyazaki Beef" is a Japanese black cattle breed produced and raised in Miyazaki Prefecture, and its name is given to cattle with a meat quality grade of 4 or higher. Miyazaki Beef has twice won the top prize in Japan at the National Wagyu Beef Proficiency Promotion Meet, which is called the Olympics of Wagyu. The finely marbled meat has a rich sweet flavor and is melt-in-your-mouth tender. The meat can be purchased at the meat corner in the product hall, and is also sold at the station's online store.

Let's eat this! Viking

In addition to the morning vegetables from the direct-sale market, the menu features a variety of dishes made with carefully selected ingredients, such as hot spring eggs made from eggs from the local Higashi Chicken Farm, curry with Miyazaki beef, and handmade soba noodles made from Ebino buckwheat flour. Each dish has its own fans, and there are even regulars who come to the restaurant just for the sake of it. From the seating area, one can see the Kirishima mountain range soaring over the countryside. Adults: 1,650 yen; elementary school students: 1,100 yen; toddlers: 550 yen; children under 2: free. (*Rates will be revised in March 2023.)

Around Roadside Station Ebino

Ebino Highlands

If you want to have fun in the area

The plateau is located in the northern part of Kirishima-Yaku National Park, the first national park in Japan to be designated as a national park. From spring to early summer, visitors can see the natural treasure nokaido, which grows wild only here in the world, and Miyama-kirishima, which represents Kirishima, and enjoy the autumn leaves in fall. The area is also dotted with volcanic lakes such as Fudoike Pond, Rokkannon Pond, and Shiromuri-ike Pond, and is popular as a trailhead for climbing Mt.

deity of rice fields and harvests

If you want to have fun in the area

When walking in the countryside, one sometimes comes across simple stone statues with a handmade feel. These are "tanokansas" found in the southern part of Miyazaki Prefecture and the Satsuma region. The god of rice fields, who literally brings good harvests, has been worshipped by local people since the Edo period (1603-1868). The deity is classified by its shape into priestly, Jizo, natural stone, and farmer's types, but the farmer's type is most commonly seen in Ebino. The humorous expression on their faces as they hold a rice scoop in their hands is heartwarming. Not only those enshrined in shrines, but also some of them are left bare on the roadside, but all of them are neatly surrounded and flowers offered to them never cease. The fact that they are still loved by the people is evident.