Roadside station “Kinshuko”

Nishiwaga Town

Southern Iwate

Roadside Station Kinshuko is located approximately halfway between Kitakami City and Yokote City, and is the gateway to Nishiwaga Town. You can enjoy local flavors at restaurants and shops. "Yuda Dam Curry," which is modeled after Yuda Dam, is a particularly popular dish that expresses the colors of the season. There is a park where you can see Lake Kinshu.

Location: 44-264 Suginahata, Nishiwaga-machi, Waga-gun
Business Hours: ●Shop 9:00-17:00
●Restaurant 11:00-14:30 (LO 14:00)
Closed: Thursday (restaurant)
Inquiries: Roadside station Kinshuko
Phone number 0197-84-2990
FAX number 0197-84-2990
Website: https://michinoeki.nishiwaga.biz/

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Sawauchi Natural Bracken Garden

A vast bracken garden spreads out at the foot of Mt. Wagadake. You can harvest Nishiwarabi, a specialty of the town, with your own hands. Since you will be harvesting in nature, please bring work gloves and clothes that you don't mind getting dirty. The harvest season is usually from late May to the end of June. The opening schedule is subject to change depending on the snow melting situation. Please check before going out. This is a vast bracken garden that spreads out at the foot of Mt. Wagadake.

Nishiwaga Town

Southern Iwate

Sightseeing Spots History / Culture Nature / Scenery

Nishiwaga Town History and Folklore Museum

The museum collects, preserves, and exhibits archaeological materials, documents, and folklore materials, including items excavated from the Odaino Ruins, one of Japan's oldest and largest Paleolithic (18,500 years old) residential ruins. Materials that characterize the town, which has long prospered as a mining town and hot spring town, are also on display.

Nishiwaga Town

Southern Iwate

Museums

Furusato House

We have a wide selection of locally grown fresh vegetables, wild plants, and mushrooms.

Nishiwaga Town

Southern Iwate