[Toyohashi] Roadside Station "Michi no Eki Toyohashi" is Full of Attraction! Eat, Buy, and Enjoy!

​Michi no Eki Toyohashi opened in May 2019, right next to the Nanane IC on the Route 23 Bypass. As the first roadside station in Toyohashi City, it has become a very popular spot, with more than 1 million visitors in the five months since its opening! It offers a wide variety of Toyohashi's specialty products and food.

Michi no Eki Toyohashi consists of two facilities: "Tomate," a restaurant and specialty store that uses plenty of local ingredients, and "Aguri Park Shokusai-mura," which offers a wide variety of seasonal agricultural products. Visitors can experience the charm of Toyohashi by coming here.

Aiming to be a roadside station where people, things, and experiences are transmitted

The concept of "Michi no Eki Toyohashi" is "Toyohashi's verandah that connects people and the town." They aim to be a roadside station where people, things, and experiences can be conveyed so that visitors can experience the charm of Toyohashi, such as its foods and agriculture.

The pleasant scent of wood spreads throughout the building, allowing you to spend a relaxing time. You can enjoy Yamasa's chikuwa, a specialty of Toyohashi, and "Toyohashi beef," which is attracting attention as a new brand of Toyohashi.

There is also a kitchen studio (multipurpose room) in one corner of the building. Cooking classes and seminars using seasonal ingredients are also held, giving shape to connections with local people.

Not only in the facility, you can also participate and experience experience activities unique to Toyohashi. The coast near the Michi no Eki is also a mecca for surfing, and professional surfers give surfing lessons directly.

There is also an E-BIKE (electrically assisted bicycle) experience where you can experience nature while riding a bicycle. This is from 1,000 yen per hour, so you can enjoy cycling around the area and visiting nearby cafes.

Click here for details (https://www.michinoeki-toyohashi.jp/facilities/activity.php)

Let's give it, let's eat it!
Introducing the charm of temiyo

The most eye-catching corner inside Michi no Eki Toyohashi Station is the "temiyo" section. This is a concept shop that conveys the current state of Toyohashi, with a lineup of souvenirs unique to Toyohashi and temiyo original goods, with themes of eating, using, and gifting.

There are more than 30 types of products from popular shops in Toyohashi, including many exclusive products that can only be obtained here! From here, we will introduce the products handled by temiyo.

Cafe au lait base (1,382 yen) from the coffee shop “APOLLO COFFEE WORKS” (https://life-designs.jp/webmagazine/apollo-coffee-works/). The café au lait base using specialty coffee beans is moderately sweet! Mild taste is attractive.

Ginger syrup (1,620 yen each) from Temtasobi Ginge, which opened in the Minakami Building near Toyohashi Station. Ginger syrup with a good balance of ginger and spices, perfect for accenting hot milk or black tea. A must-have for ginger lovers.

Toyohashi honey from Toyohashi beekeeper "kosaji" (800 yen each). They run a beekeeping business for pollination of crops, and the delicious honey became a hot topic by word of mouth, and we started selling it as Toyohashi honey. They bottle only delicious honey from spring to early summer.

Pyrene (173 yen) from "Bontoraya", which every Toyohashi citizen has eaten at least once, is also available! The fluffy sponge cake and fresh cream will fill your mouth. It is also recommended when you are hungry or to accompany you for a drive.

Also pay attention to the limited edition Black Thunder Waffle (230 yen), which is only available at “Michi no Eki Toyohashi”! A collaboration between Toyohashi's cafe "Cafe' WASHAGANCHI" and Toyohashi's specialty snack "Black Thunder". It's even more delicious if you reheat it in a toaster oven.

This is also the Michi-no-Eki original "Toyohashi egg over rice set" (1500 yen). Toyohashi-born rice “Megami no Hohoemi” and eggs are available as a set. Mr. Akio Harada, a painter and singer-songwriter from Toyohashi, designed the package. The cute panda packaging is perfect for souvenirs.

Products sold only on Fridays and Saturdays are also very popular. “Shiratama-sama (421 yen)”, which is filled with chewy rice flour dumplings and plenty of fruit, is only available in a limited quantity! If you pour the special anmitsu syrup on top, the deliciousness will fill your mouth.