Kyushu "Roadside Station" Soft Ice Cream/Ice Cream Best 10/Miyazaki/Kagoshima

Kyushu "Roadside Station" Soft Ice Cream/Ice Cream Best Ten/Miyazaki/Kagoshima

In the hot summer, it's roadside soft serve ice cream!
The Japanese archipelago is hit by a heat wave every year. This is the time to enjoy soft ice cream at a roadside station! Try the delicious, cold soft-serve ice cream and ice cream made with local ingredients! Some of the items are eligible for discount coupons that can be used in the official Kyushu-Okinawa Roadside Stations Stamp Book, so if you have a stamp book, be sure to check it out!

Roadside Station Tano

Yaki-imo soft 300 yen

This is a station exclusive soft drink made of Kanyuso milk soft drink and baked sweet potato paste. Kanyuso" is a high-grade ancient cheese that was eaten by aristocrats in the Nara and Heian periods for its health and beauty benefits. It is made by boiling down freshly squeezed milk from farms in the prefecture to one-tenth its original volume, and is rich in nutrients and has a gentle, natural sweetness. To this, sweet potatoes from Tano Town are baked and then kneaded into a paste. This one-step process enhances the flavor of the sweet potato even more. The natural sweetness of only milk with just a hint of baked sweet potato flavor is very popular. No additives are used at all.

Roadside Station Tsuno

Tomato soft serve ice cream 330 yen

The Onuzu area, which includes the towns of Miyakono and Kawanami, is a major producer of tomatoes. The station's original soft-serve ice cream is made from a paste of fresh tomatoes grown in Ozuzu. It has a refreshing tomato-like flavor, with the taste of tomatoes following afterwards. The salty topping of twisted fried tomatoes adds a nice accent to the sweetness of the ice cream. In fact, the twisted fried tomatoes are also an original snack of the station. During the tomato harvest season, fresh mini-tomatoes are added to the topping. The volume of the dish is very generous and satisfying!

Roadside Station Takaoka

Ichiriyama green tea soft serve ice cream 350 yen
Stamp book coupon included

Ilshan tea is a green tea produced in the Ilshan area of Takaoka Town. Because the tea leaves are steamed for a short time, the tea is known for its clear green color and rich aroma. The green tea powder is added to milk soft serve ice cream made from 100% raw milk from Ishikawa Farm in the same town. The rich, thick milk soft serve is combined with the bitterness of the green tea for a refreshing taste. A mix with milk (350 yen) is also available. Milk soft serve ice cream (300 yen) is also very popular. Don't miss out on this item as it is eligible for the Kyushu-Okinawa Roadside Station Official Stamp Book coupon!

Roadside Station Yuparu-no Jiri

Burdock soft serve ice cream 320 yen

The station's original soft-serve ice cream is named "burdock soft-serve ice cream" using burdocks, a specialty of Nojiri-cho. The color and smell are exactly like burdock root. It also tastes like burdock, but strangely enough, it tastes like chocolate for a moment. Perhaps it is the rich and lingering taste that makes it so, or perhaps it is the magic of the taste buds. This is still a beauty and health food, because burdock is rich in fiber and has an intestinal regulating effect. The taste is unique to this region, and it is also because it is a roadside station. There is also a mix with vanilla.

Roadside Station Kushima

Yakaimo soft serve ice cream 450 yen
Blue sky jelly soft serve ice cream 550 yen

The Umiyama Shokudo station restaurant offers milk soft serve ice cream with sweet potato paste kneaded into it. It is rich in sweet potato flavor and is accented with sweet potato karinto sticks. Also, a new soft serve ice cream this summer is the "Blue Sky Jelly Soft Serve. This parfait-style ice cream is made with apricot jelly, blue Hawaiian syrup jelly, and milk soft serve. The soft serve ice cream is topped with white and pink heart marshmallows. The soft-serve ice cream is topped with white and pink heart marshmallows and garnished with grapefruit, creating a tropical mood. It is a must-try dessert after a meal of fresh yellowtail. Please note that this is not sold at the take-out store, but is available only at Umiyama Shokudo.

Roadside Station Hyuga

Hebesu soft serve ice cream 380 yen

The base milk soft serve is the familiar sweet milk soft serve to Miyazaki residents (for more details, please see the baked sweet potato soft serve at Michi no Eki Tano). (For more details, please refer to the baked sweet potato soft serve at Michi no Eki Tano.) This sweet milk soft serve is topped with "hebesu" puree. Like amanyuso, "hebesu" is also unfamiliar to people from other prefectures. In fact, it is a citrus fruit that is a specialty of Hyuga City. It was discovered by "Heibei-san" at the end of the Edo period (1603-1867), hence the name "Hebesu," or "Heibei vinegar. The sweet and sour taste of hebesu accompanies the unique, rich and deep sweet milk-soy milk soft, giving it a refreshing taste.

Roadside Station Sakurajima

Small tangerine soft serve ice cream 250 yen
Stamp book coupon included

In contrast to the giant size of Sakurajima Daikon, a specialty of Sakurajima, is Sakurajima Ko-Mikan, a small tangerine. With a diameter of only 4 or 5 centimeters, it is said to be the smallest tangerine in the world. However, they are highly aromatic and have a high sugar content of 13 to 15 degrees. This makes them useful for processed sweets such as jams and juices. Of course, they are also ideal for soft-serve ice cream. This is why it is made into Sakurajima's famous soft-serve ice cream. The sweetness of the mandarin oranges spreads in your mouth. Don't miss it because it is eligible for the coupon in the Kyushu-Okinawa Roadside Stations Official Stamp Book! (The station is still open even after Sakurajima erupted!)

Roadside Station Ibusuki

Okra soft serve ice cream 350 yen

Ibusuki City is proud of its okra. Of all the soft-serve ice cream products available at roadside stations that use this prized local product, okra soft-serve ice cream is probably the only one available here. Okra powder, which contains all the rich nutrients of okra, is added to vanilla cream. This gives it a light green color, and the texture of the cream is sticky. And the taste... surprisingly, it has a somewhat tea-like flavor and is not too sweet. During the summer, when okra is harvested, the dish is served with a piece of okra boiled in salted water. The dish ends when all the okra is gone.

Roadside Station Kawabe Yasuragi-no-Sato

Honey vanilla soft serve ice cream 350 yen
Stamp book coupon included

The station has an agricultural processing room, a yogurt processing room, and a soft-serve ice cream processing room. Naturally, you can enjoy freshly made soft-serve ice cream made and sold at the station. The honey vanilla ice cream is made from 100% local milk and has the aroma of vanilla and the gentle sweetness of honey. Seasonal flavors are also available, and now there are three types: green tea, green tea and green tea mix. It is also a coupon item for the official Kyushu-Okinawa Roadside Stamp Book. The ice cream (not included in the coupon) is also homemade and comes in 10 different flavors, including vanilla, melon, and kumquat.

Roadside Station Nishikie Nishiki no Sato

Various local ice cream 250 yen

The company is proud of its local ice cream made with oligosaccharide. The ice cream is made from agricultural products grown in the southern part of the Osumi Peninsula, centering on Kinko Town, and there are currently eight varieties, including mango, red sweet potato, mountain chestnut, and so on. They are also gaining popularity as a return gift for taxpayers. Moreover, the agricultural products used for the ice cream are not out of standard, but carefully selected first-class products. Therefore, each ice cream is rich in flavor and has a perfect balance of ingredients and milk. Through the ice cream, visitors can experience the taste of local agricultural products! This is another great taste of Michi no Eki.

You should definitely try it when you stop by a roadside station in Kyushu.
We introduced the roadside station's specialty soft serve ice cream and ice cream!