Roadside Station Kashima

The back of the station, full of original products, is
The only tideland sports venue in the country

It stands against the Ariake Sea and is the site of the "Gatalympics" held every May. In addition to the Gatalympics, from spring to fall, the museum accepts small groups of visitors to experience tidal flats, including mini-Gatalympics and tanajibu (tanagibu) experiences. The product hall offers a variety of original processed goods such as nori dressing, oysters and red clams pickled in oil, etc. The oyster hut will open in mid-November. At the oyster hut, visitors can enjoy oyster grilling from mid-November to mid-March, and BBQ from mid-November to the end of the oyster season.

Map of Roadside Station Kashima

Roadside Station Kashima Gourmet Information

Ariake Nori (laver), a local specialty

The Ariake Sea is said to have the largest tidal range in Japan. The Ariake Sea has the most favorable conditions for seaweed cultivation, and the coastal areas of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, and Kumamoto produce 40% of the nation's seaweed. Of these, Saga's laver competes for first and second place in the nation. Ariake laver and its processed products are available at "Roadside Station Kashima" and "Roadside Station Tara," both with the Ariake Sea in the background.

Buy it now! Glue dressing

An original product of Michi no Eki. It is made with a generous amount of laver, which is the most picked laver of Ariake laver, a specialty of Ariake, combined with the juice of local radish from the Nanaura district. The product boasts a refreshing flavor of the sea and radish. It can be used not only in salads, but also in a wide range of other dishes such as shabu-shabu sauce, marinades, carpaccio, and yakisoba. 840 yen.

Around Roadside Station Kashima

Tidal Flat Experience

I'm proud of this one too.

The mud flat behind the roadside station is open during low tide from April to the end of October. Visitors can enjoy the Mini Gatalympics for groups, mud flat experience for individuals, mutsugake experience for catching mutsugoro, a rare fish in the Ariake Sea, using a traditional fishing method, and suubokaki experience for catching warasuboi, another rare fish. In addition, visitors can experience tanajibu, a traditional net fishing method to catch small fish from tanajibu, a hut on the sea, throughout the year.

Things to do nearby: Kashima Yutoku Inari

If you want to have fun in the area

One of the three major Inari shrines in Japan. The magnificent beauty of the all-lacquered, highly colored tower gate and the main shrine is nicknamed "Chinsei-Nikko" (meaning "the sun shining in the west"). Three million people visit the shrine annually to pray for prosperous business, family fortune, and traffic safety. In spring, the cherry trees lining the approach to the temple are in full bloom and the Yutoku-monzen Spring Festival is held. In addition, wisteria, azalea, oleander, hagi, cosmos, maple, and other seasonal flowers can be enjoyed on the temple grounds.

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: Mr. Masahito Fuji, Roadside Station Kashima (Mr. Fuji's talk will start around 8:45)