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Shonai Kanko Bussankan Furusato Honpo

4.0

34 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Nunome Nakadori 80-1

This store is located on National Route 7 in Nunome, Tsuruoka City. It houses mostly shops selling local specialties and souvenirs with shops selling seafood from the Sea of Japan and crab directly sourced from fishing ports. There is also a restaurant serving seafood and local cuisine using the fruits of the seas off Shonai.

レストランのほか、お土産品や、鮮魚なども取り扱っており、とても充実しています。新潟から酒田に行く際は、高速であえて鶴岡で降りていつもここに寄ります。（実は鶴岡の先から有料道路になるためってのもありますが）物産館とは別棟・別経営になりますが、平田牧場の直売所もあり、こちらもあわせて見るとさらにいいです。地元庄内交通グループ系で民間の経営のようですが、道の駅と名乗ってもいいレベルの施設です。
Hakuza Hikarikura

4.0

58 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-13-18

A shop located in the “Higashi Chaya District” in Kanazawa, Ishikawa which conveys the charms pure gold, platinum, and other metal leaf objects. The tea house-style shop is filled with metal leaf bowls, accessories, bags, and other modern items for use in everyday life. The shop also sells a variety of original gold leaf good luck charms and other items, making it a popular destination for those seeking a present that is above the ordinary. The “Ogon no Kura,” a kura-style warehouse building in the back of the shop covered in gold-platinum leaf, is a must-see.

When we arrived in Kanazawa we hadnt planned on doing anything with gold leaf, but after a stop at the gold leaf museum, we sought out Hakuza because as crafters we read that they did mini...
Shuri Ryusen

4.5

51 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Shuriyamagawachou 1-54

This shop displays and sells kimono and accessories dyed in the Bingata style, as well as original handicrafts that use vegetable dyes. There is also a traditional Okinawan Bingata-style dyeing workshop where visitors can observe the dyeing process. The display and sales corner features a variety of Bingata- and coral-dyed household goods, interior goods, and items that make wonderful souvenirs. You can also sit around the fireplace in the rest area and enjoy some Okinawan tea and snacks.

This place is near Shuri Castle. You can google for the exact location as it is situated in a quiet residential area - i think. One will be shown how to use the paints and the corals (they come in...
Hakone Jukkoku Pass Rest House

3.5

18 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shizuoka Pref. Tagatagunkannamichou Kuwahara 1400-20

This convenient rest house built inside of the lower station of the Jukkoku-toge Cable Car features a souvenir shop and a soba noodle restaurant. The soba restaurant on the first floor offers dishes such as their sakuraebi no kakiage soba, which feature hot or cold soba served with a sakura shrimp tempura fritter, as well as their honwasabi zaru soba, which feature chilled soba served on a bamboo strainer with an Izu wasabi root that you can grate yourself. The rest house also has outdoor terrace seats where guests are allowed to bring their pets.

伊豆高原から埼玉に帰る途中、国道135号線の混雑を避け、箱根を通って帰ることに。箱根峠の近くにあり、トイレ休憩で立ち寄りました。駐車場はとても広く、伊豆お土産が豊富に取り揃えてありました。ソフトクリームや軽食も販売していて、小腹が空いた際にも利用できると思います。高度が高いので、気温が低いです。その分空気は綺麗でした。
Oidemase Yamaguchi-kan

3.5

37 Reviews

Shopping

Tokyo Chuo-ku Nihonbashi 2-3-4 Nihonbashi Plaza Building 1F

"Located in the Nihonbashi business district, this Yamaguchi Prefecture antenna store serves as an information terminal for the prefecture, selling local products, exhibiting folk crafts, and providing tourist information, etc. The store is a four-minute walk from the Yaesu North Exit of Tokyo Station, yet it is located in a relaxed atmosphere. The shop also sells a wide variety of local specialties, such as Shimonoseki's nationally famous ""Fukuro,"" fish paste, sea urchin, tea and sake made in the rich natural environment, as well as folk crafts such as Hagiyaki, a traditional Hagi ware, and Yanai goldfish lanterns, which are displayed in the white-walled streets of the city."

[長門（日本橋）]に《くず餅（わらび餅）》を購入しに行った際こちらにも何か美味しいものはないかと立ち寄り、日本酒《八千代酒造純米吟醸・山田錦 1683円税込》と《萩夏みかんマルマレット（たけなか製） 200 g...
Tawarayama Koryukan Moe no Sato

4.0

40 Reviews

Shopping

Kumamoto Pref. Asogunnishiharamura Komori 2115-3

This community center is in Nishihara Village, Aso County. They have a produce stand selling local vegetables as well as prepared products like original shochu liquor made from local sweet potatoes, confections, and pickled vegetables. They display the work of the Kumamoto born calligrapher Soun Takeda too.

南阿蘇村から県道２８号線を熊本市内方面へと向かっていました。阿蘇の外輪山である俵山を過ぎると長い下りが続いていて、しばらく下ると、道の左手に「俵山交流館...
Shussaigama Pottery Co., Ltd

4.5

31 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Pref. Izumoshi Hikawachoushussai 3368

This is a pottery kiln established in 1947 by five young local men in Hikawa Town, Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture. All the processes from preparing the clay to the firing stage are carried out on the premises, and there is a huge climbing kiln and raw material storage installed at the workshop. Like rustic and beautiful wild-flowers, there are many easy and simple to use every day items are produced. There are always thousands of works in the exhibition hall and shop. There are a variety of works, including bowls in a calm blue color, called “Shussai Deep Blue”, are available for sale. Visitors can also see the inside of the workshop.

我が家の食器で、沖縄の読谷村のやちむん、出西のお皿いっぱい普段から使っています。どれもいい感じですね。いろいろ見ていると楽しいです。出西はシールの張ってあるものがありますが（ちょっとだけむらがあったりするもの）家使いには問題ないのでよく購入しています。沖縄も出西も青色がいい感じです。
Washita Shop Kokusai-dori Street Store

4.0

55 Reviews

Shopping

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Kumoji 3-2-221F

Washita is a shop selling Okinawan specialty products, located near the Prefectural Government offices on Kokusai Street. It offers a wide range of Okinawan specialties and local delicacies, including traditional handicraft products, fruit, Awamori spirit, etc. On the second floor, there is an “antenna shop” branch of Umichurara (the main branch of which is located in the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium), and the Soukana café, which serves fruit grown at Okinawa Churashima Farm.

国際通りにある数多くあるお土産店の一つです。鮮やかなブルーの建物のうみちゅららが2階にある建物なのですぐにわかります。結構大手というか他の都市でも沖縄土産で見かけるお店で、こちらが本店みたいですが、やはり本店らしくジャンルが幅広く取り扱いがありました。
Katsuobune

3.5

35 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Nida 201-2

This drive-in rest stop is located on the side of the Kuroshio Line in Niida, Kochi City. It features four restaurants for visitors to enjoy. At the Tosa Tataki Dojo, guests can eat freshly-caught skipjack tuna they seared themselves with burning straw. At the café Kashiko, guests can enjoy sweets made with adzuki bean paste. Other restaurants include Kujira no Ippuku, which offers seared skipjack tuna donburi (rice bowls), and Omusubi Kororin, which specialized in udon noodles. There is also a shop that offers processed Tosa seafood products, local sake, local sweets, and other local products.

桂浜の観光を終えて、空港に向かう途中で、最後のお土産を購入する場所として立ち寄りましたが、特に珍しいものも販売されてなく、店内を散策するだけしかしカツオを食べる事も出来ますので、ランチには良かったかもしれません。
Himi City Shiokaze Gallery (Fujiko Fujio (A) Art Collection)

4.0

32 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Toyama Himi-shi Chuomachi 3-4

This gallery on National Route 415 in Chuo-machi, Himi City. It has a collection of art by Himi native manga artist Fujiko Fujio (A). In addition to original panels and reproductions, there is an area introducing popular character of his including The Monster Kid and Ninja Hattori, and visitors can tour a reproduction of the room at Tokiwa-so where Fujiko spent his younger days. There is also a manga library, and they hold events like manga workshops as well.

前日に高岡市美術館の藤子・F・不二雄ふるさとギャラリーへ行ったので、藤子不二雄Aさんのギャラリーへも行ってみました。入口に藤子不二雄Aさんのキャラクターの大きなボードがあり、ワクワクさせてくれます。資料展示の他に、忍者ハットリ君や怪物君、笑ゥせぇるすまん喪黒福造しか映っていないスクリーンにフラッシュをたくとあら不思議、ハットリ君が分身の術を使ったり、背景が現れたりと面白い仕掛けがあったりして楽しく...
Nanjo City Local Products Center

4.0

38 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Nanjoushi Chinen Kudeken 539

Nanjo City Local Products Center is located in Chinen, Nanjo City, south of Okinawa Main Island. There is a range of Nanjo City's specialty products, souvenirs, local fresh vegetables and seafood, such as mozuku seaweed. Inside the shop, it has a lot of Nanji goods, the heartwarming local character mascot of Nanjo City. There is also a ticket booth for Sefa Utaki, the most important spiritual site for Ryukyu Kingdom, which is registered as a World Heritage Site, so you can purchase a ticket here. You can overlook the cobalt blue ocean from an observation area where you get a stunning view.

数年前のアニメ「白い砂のアクアトープ」のパネル展示やグッズが販売されています。息子が喜んで写真を撮ったり、グッズを購入したりしました。コロナが明けてようやくアニメの場所に旅に来ることができました。観光協会の女性がレジで精算業務をされていて、その方のお孫さんも息子と同じ年でアニメを見ていたということで、楽しいお話ができました。ここは斎場御獄の入り口でそちら目当ての観光客がいっぱいでした。息子はアニメ...
Karatsu City Furusato Kaikan Arpino

3.5

38 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saga Pref. Karatsushi Shinkoumachi 2881-1

A local specialty products hall located close to Karatsu Station in Shinko-machi, Karatsu City. Here visitors can purchase famous Karatsu sweets like Shoro Manju buns; nori seaweed and other marine products from the Ariake Sea; Karatsu tea; processed agricultural products like yuzu pepper made with Kyuragi's specialty yuzu fruit; and other local specialty products and crafts. On the second floor, visitors will find a Karatsu ware display space and shop which also has a corner where you can try painting your own Karatsu ware piece.

１階は物産、２階は唐津焼を販売していました。唐津焼は少々品ぞろえが少ないと感じましたが、物産は面白かったです。駐車場は有料ですが、買い物でサービスチケットをもらえます。
Chichibu Jibasan Center Bussankan

3.5

56 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Miyakawachou 1-7

A facility selling local specialty products which adjoins Chichibu Station in Miyakawa-cho, Chichibu City. Here visitors can purchase local agricultural products and farm foods, sake, confections, Chichibu-Meisen silk, Chichibu tsumugi pongee, and other crafts and local products. The facility's restaurant serves gozen meals made with local vegetables and Chichibu pork; waraji katsudon pork cutlet rice bowls a local Chichibu favorite; soba noodles made with locally grown ingredients; original sweets; and more. The facility also has a training hall and meeting rooms.

秩父鉄道の秩父駅から改札出てすぐ左へ行くと「じばさん商店」です。同じ建物内で直結しています。秩父の名産品がたくさん売っています。いつのまにか、リニューアルしていて、前とは変わってとても見やすくなっていました。売店もできて、座る箇所も増えて、綺麗になっていて利用しやすい施設に変わっています。
Anbe

4.0

32 Reviews

Shopping

Iwate Pref. Tonoshi Hayasechou 2-4-12

Anbe is a well established “Genghis Khan”, or Mongolian mutton barbecue restaurant founded in 1947. Widely loved in Tono City, it is said that this restaurant was the original Genghis Khan restaurant which made the dish it is today. Anbe is also known as the birthplace of the Genghis Khan Bucket, characteristic of Tono Genghis Khan. The tin bucket with holes in it uses solid fuel to heat the barbecue grill placed on top.

友達に連れられてランチに訪問。新鮮なマトンを甘辛い秘伝のタレで食べます。人気店で、満席でした。肉厚でかみごたえのある赤み肉で、気になるようなクセは全くありませんでした。
Sake Storehouse Art Museum Gallery Tamamura Honten

4.0

50 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Shimotakaigunyamanouchimachi Hirao 1163

Sake Storehouse Art Museum Gallery Tamamura Honten, which provides free sake tasting and tasting for two types of beer for a fee, is an art gallery in a brewery that was partly renovated 150 years ago. The exhibits feature a collection of paintings created over generations by the Sato family that runs the brewery. The works of Shinsui Ito, Heihachiro Fukuda, Kayo Yamaguchi, and Shoko Uemura are the main features. It’s about 30 minutes by car from the Suzaka Nagano Higashi Interchange on the Joshin-Etsu Expressway.

Tamamura Honten Brewery is located in Yamanouchi and this location is very close to the Snow Monkey Park - you can combine both visits as they are rather close to each other. The brewery is in the...
Kagawa-Ehime Setouchi Shunsaikan

4.0

29 Reviews

Shopping

Tokyo Minato-ku Shinbashi 2-19-10 Shinbashi Marine Building 12F

A local specialty products showroom located on the first and second floors of the Shinbashi Marin Building a one-minute walk from the Ginza Exit of JR Shimbashi Station. The first floor, immediately accessible from the outside, is a local specialty products shop. The shop floor is filled with some 1,400 items, including marine food products from Setouchi; agriculture, forestry, and fishery products from Kagawa and Ehime; famous regional sweets and snacks; and local liquors. On the second floor, you'll find Kaorihime, a restaurant serving the tastes of Kagawa and Ehime; a boutique where you can purchase traditional crafts; and a tourist information area.

おうどん、お菓子、小魚、調味料などたくさんの普通のお店では、なかなか手に入らないものなどが、ありました。他にも産地からの新鮮な野菜や果物など魅力的なものばかりです。かなり重くなったので、配送をお願いしました。ポイントカードも、会計前に作ってもらえました。２階には、タオルやオリーブのクリーム、入浴剤や小物などもありました。使うのが楽しみです。こちらも、１階とは別のポイントカードを作ってもらえま...
Asahiyama Zoo Club Main Gate Shop

3.5

36 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Asahikawashi Higashiasahikawachou Kuranuma Asahiyama zoo

This shop is located on the main gate of Asahiyama Zoo, opposite Totori-no-mura, in Higashi Asahikawa Town, Asahikawa City, Hokkaido. They sell original souvenirs associated with the Asahiyama Zoo, such as stuffed animals, various goods, and sweets. There’s also a food area in the shop offering easy-to-eat snacks such as Hokkaido-style soup curry and curry udon. The wide aisles in the shop make it easy to access for wheelchair users and parents with strollers.

正門shopという通り、入ってすぐ左手になります。いわゆるお土産やさん。（食堂もありました）マスキングテープやキーホルダー、お菓子といった動物園のオリジナルグッズが多数あります。
Kogensya Main Branch

4.5

23 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Pref. Moriokashi Zaimokuchou 2-18

Kogensya is a store located on a site extending from JR Morioka Station to the Kitakami River that specializes in traditional handicraft products such as Nambu ironware and Urushi lacquerware. The items on sale are not limited to Iwate Prefecture’s own specialty products; they also include handicraft products from all over Japan, including Okinawan glassware, Shusaigama-ware ceramics from Shimane Prefecture, etc. Kogensya’s founder, Oikawa Shiro, was a classmate of Miyazawa Kenji, the writer of children’s stories who is one of Iwate Prefecture’s most famous authors, and was involved in the publication of “The Restaurant of Many Orders,” a collection of Miyazawa’s children’s stories. Kogensya’s Majieru-kan building and Kahi-kan café both have many items relating to Miyazawa Kenji on display, making Kogensya a popular place for Miyazawa Kenji enthusiasts to visit.

いーはとーぶアベニュー材木町にある宮沢賢治との係わりの深い場所です。賢治が童話集「注文の多い料理店」を出版し、当時はほとんど売れなかった時代をともにした出版社。店の奥、中庭に、注文の多い料理店出版の地の碑や烏の北斗七星の石柱、原稿などの展示館があり、賢治との係わりの深さが感じられる場所です。訪ねた際は休館中でしたが、喫茶室もあるので、通りの散策の際、立ち寄って楽しんでください。
Naha City Traditional Arts and Crafts Center

3.5

49 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Makishi 3-2-10 Sturgeon Naha 2F

The Naha City Traditional Arts and Crafts Center is located on the second floor of the Tenbusu Naha Building on Kokusai Street, around four minutes’ walk from Makishi Station on the Okinawa Urban Monorail (Yuirail) line. The Center boasts an impressive selection of works by Living National Treasures and examples of Naha’s traditional handicrafts. Monitors display video footage which shows the creation processes for different items in an easy-to-understand way. Visitors can also try their hand at five traditional crafts—Ryukyuan glass-blowing, Ryukyuan Bingata dyed cloth-making, Shuri cloth-making, Tsuboya-ware making, and Ryukyuan lacquerware-making. Visitors can also purchase works by leading Ryukyuan handicraft designers.

At the Naha City Traditional Craft Centre you can choose from a variety of craft experiences. Under the guidance of craftspeople I helped create a beautiful drinking glass - a beautiful souvenir of...
Iwatoya Main Shop

3.5

52 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujimazaikechou 58

This souvenir shop is just 30 seconds on foot from Ujihashi Bridge by Ise Jingu Shrine's Naiku (Inner Ise Shrine).They sell the local favorite Iwato mochi, ginger sugar, and more. Iwato mochi is associated with the auspicious events of the Iwato Kagura dance of Japanese mythology. A popular souvenir, it consists of koshian sweet bean paste made from the finest Hokkaido adzuki beans and light-flavored soft mochi rice cakes prepared with carefully selected glutinous rice and kinako soy flour. Their ginger candies are made by simmering ginger juice mixed with sugar and then pouring it into molds. They also have other flavors that include cinnamon, matcha green tea, and adzuki bean.

おかげ横丁のお土産店の店内奥にある五十鈴食堂を利用しました。平日にも関わらず、店内は混んでいました。それでも待つことなく店内へ。テーブルに着いたら、すぐに券売機へ。海老フライ定食をオーダー。大きくて厚みのあるエビフライが二本、海老の身がギッシリ。タルタルソースと海老フライの相性は抜群。海老の旨味が口の中にいっぱい広がる。ご飯の味もいい。ただ、千切りのキャベツは少し新鮮味に欠けていたのが残念でした。