Roadside Station Tako Ajisai-kan

One of Tako's specialties is Takomai rice, known for its limited availability in the market due to the small production volume and acclaimed for its great taste and sticky texture. At the roadside station, you can enjoy this valuable rice in bento boxes and rice balls, in addition to fresh vegetables harvested that morning and various local sake. Be sure to check out the original products only available at the Tako roadside station.

Kitchen Tako, a restaurant in Roadside Station Tako, offers a wide range of dishes using fresh local produce, such as set menus using Takomai rice and Tako's Genki-buta brand pork as well as soba and udon noodles topped with grated Yamato-imo yam, for which Tako is one of the prefecture's top producers. Savor these delicious dishes from the restaurant's deck seats overlooking the Kuriyama River and the surrounding countryside adorned with seasonal flowers. In addition to set menus, there are cafe menus including light meals and sweets made with locally produced sweet potatoes and strawberries.