Best places: Toll road rest stops in Muramatsu, Japan

Resource for local food products & souvenirs, especially related to Awaji Island onions.

Service stop with restaurants for sushi & noodles, plus a large patio & model manga characters.

Bathhouse for onsen hot springs, plus Japanese eateries & BBQ facilities at a road service station.

😐 I felt that it was a roadside station that didn't look like a roadside station. No matter where I look for the roadside station information center, I can't find it. It feels like a shop in a highway service area. I like the naming of JA's farmer's market "Asuka Tekude"! "The number of items is also...

Large highway rest area with a farmers' market for local produce & a bathhouse over thermal springs.

👍 This 24 hours convenience store, after long journey to Kyoto from Tokyo. Very clean and cool air-conditioning. You may buy your choice of beverages from many vending machines. If you ride a bus, remember to your bus, because many similar bus. Better you take a picture of your bus.

Roadside rest stop with noodle & rice meals, soft-serve ice cream & local distilled spirits on sale.

Sprawling amusement park with flower gardens, seasonal U-pick fruit & a range of restaurants.

Rest area with Obama Bay cruises, a spa & a technology museum, plus restaurants & souvenir shops.

Roadside station with fruit picking, a market for local vegetables, a petting zoo & paddle boats.

Roadside stop with harbor views, footbaths, seafood eateries & boat trips to nearby whirlpools.

👍👍 The 360° panorama view from upstairs is excellent, toilet is clean and safe, billboard says the latest traffic status, various food courts support your trip, you don’t have to get off the highway for eating, also both buildings are connected by pedestrian overpass, so you can go southward side food...

👍 場所が微妙にズレてる？ 道路沿いではなく道の駅がある岬が公園かと。 道の駅側の24時間停められる駐車場と、そこから5分くらい歩いたところに5時までの駐車場がある。海沿いの遊歩道なので歩いても気持ちいい。 岬の先に展望台がある。青い空に白い岸壁が映えて綺麗。

One of the largest seafood markets in Japan is found at this roadside destination with services.