A roadside station with highland vegetables, a day-use hot spring and handmade soba.
This is a sample page. Kogen-no-Yu Roadside Station is a fictional place, and its name, prices and hours are all made up for this sample.
How to enjoy it
Kogen-no-Yu has shopping, food and a hot spring in one place. The farm shop is best stocked in the morning. If you stop on your way home, warm up in the bath first, then load the car with vegetables.
Vegetables, fruit, rice and local goods brought in each morning by nearby farmers. Many items carry the grower’s name.
How to enjoy it
Summer to autumn has the widest range of highland vegetables. Ask the staff how to cook anything unfamiliar.
A day-use hot spring with indoor and outdoor baths. On clear days the outdoor bath looks out on a wide highland sky.
How to enjoy it
Early evening tends to be quieter. Towels can be rented, but bringing your own saves money.
Small tattoos are fine if covered with a patch.
A soba counter inside the station, serving handmade noodles from local buckwheat at a fair price.
How to enjoy it
Start with chilled zaru soba to taste the buckwheat. In the cold months, hot soba with tempura of local vegetables is popular.
Hours
Farm shop9:00–18:00（until 17:00 in winter）
Hot spring10:00–21:00（last entry 20:30）
Soba11:00–15:00
Closed
Two days a year (maintenance in February and June)
NotesMaintenance days are posted on the official site
CashAccepted
Credit cardsVISA, Mastercard, JCB
E-moneyTransit IC cards
QR code paymentPayPay
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