Shizukuishi Station (雫石駅)

Station Type: Train station

Shizukuishi Station on the Akita Shinkansen Line is located in Shizukuishi Town, Akita Prefecture. The area around the station is rich in nature and historical sightseeing spots, and is popular among foreign tourists.

First, within walking distance from the station is the Namahage-kan, a facility where visitors can view exhibits and performances related to Namahage, a traditional performing art representative of Akita Prefecture. The adjacent Shizukuishi Junmai Sake Kaikan offers tastings and sales of local sake called Shizukuishi Sake.

Furthermore, Shizukuishi Castle Park, located within walking distance from the station, houses the Shizukuishi Castle Keep, a reconstruction of the ruins of a former castle. From the observatory, visitors can enjoy beautiful seasonal views. The park is also attractive for its flowers and autumn leaves, which change with the seasons.

There are also many hot spring resorts around Shizukuishi Station, which are popular among tourists. Jinguji Onsenkyo, a 20-minute drive from the station, has many hot springs with natural hot spring water, and you can relax in an open-air natural hot spring bath.

Around Shizukuishi Station, there are also many agricultural produce stands and restaurants where you can enjoy dishes made with local ingredients. You can also enjoy Kiritanpo hot pot, which is famous in Akita Prefecture.

The area around Shizukuishi Station offers a variety of sightseeing spots, including nature, history, and hot springs, which will surely be enjoyed by foreign tourists as well.

Table of contents

Shizukuishi Station (雫石駅)

Restaurants, Foods
Tourist area
Hotels
Convenience Stores, Grocery Stores
Tourist Information Center

Restaurants, Foods

Some restaurants and food shops around the station.

Shokudo, Izakaya Gorosuke Ho Ho (Japanese-style restaurant) (食堂・居酒屋ごろすけほーほー)

Restaurant Type: Restaurant

Shizukuishi Ginga Station (雫石銀河ステーション)

Restaurant Type: Restaurant

Cafe (ファストフードこびりっ子)

Restaurant Type: Cafe

Tourist area

Some tourist area – the best views, museums and parks – around the station.

Shizukuishi River Park (雫石川園地)

Tourist Area Type: Tourist attraction

This is one of the most popular cherry blossom viewing spots in Shizukuishi. It is famous for the row of about 150 Someiyoshino cherry trees planted along the bank of the Shizukuishi River that flows south of Shizukuishi Station. The row of trees stretches about 1.5 km and was planted about 40 years ago. If you climb up the embankment, you can enjoy the cherry blossoms at almost eye level. Every year, in conjunction with the cherry blossom season, some of the trees are lit up and about 200 carp streamers are flown over the Shizukuishi River.

Shizukuishi History Museum (雫石町歴史民俗資料館)

Tourist Area Type: Local history museum

The Shizukuishi Town Museum of History and Folklore was built to serve as a place to preserve and learn about disappearing historical and folklore materials following the submergence of the town due to the construction of the Gosho Dam. On the site, a pit dwelling, a water mill house, and the Nanbu Kurikuriya, a house built in the early Meiji period (1868-1912), have been moved to a new location. The museum also features Jomon earthenware excavated in the town and introduces the history and process of traditional hemp weaving, covering the history and culture of Shizukuishi.

Sekai Alpen Memorial Park (世界アルペン記念公園)

Tourist Area Type: Memorial park

The park was created to commemorate the 1993 Alpine Skiing World Championships. The park is beautifully maintained and children can enjoy strolling around with the volunteer activities of the Shizukuishi Welfare Office, which plants flowers and weeds. The flowerbeds, called “Flower Corridor,” can be viewed from benches, and are used for the Shizukuishi Yoshare Festival held in August, which includes stage shows, dances, mikoshi (portable shrine) and parades. Various other Shizukuishi events are also held at the park.

Gosho Lake Regional Park Management Office Family Land (御所湖広域公園管理事務所ファミリーランド)

Tourist Area Type: Park

The park has a fountain, a play pond, a stream, a large lawn, a cherry blossom viewing area, and a recreation area. The park is a place where the whole family, from children to the elderly, can enjoy themselves together.

Koiwai Farm (小岩井農場)

Tourist Area Type: Farm

Koiwai Farms is the largest private integrated farm in Japan, located across the towns of Shizukuishi and Takizawa in Iwate Prefecture.

It covers an area of approximately 3,000 hectares at the southern foot of Mt. About 40 hectares of the land is open to the public as “Makibaen,” a tourist area. About 300 sheep graze in the park. In the horse riding area, several thoroughbreds, miniature horses, and drag horses are kept, and visitors can experience horse riding. 2] A trolley horse-drawn wagon train operates on the grounds for sightseeing. The farm also offers “sightseeing” tours of production areas (dairy, forests, etc.) with guides who actually work on the farm. Tractor bus tours mainly focus on mountain forest areas, guiding visitors through the landscape, magnificent pastures, and rare flora and fauna, while nature walks and treks on foot are offered throughout the four seasons. The regular bus tours mainly focus on the dairy farming and manufacturing areas, but also include a natural refrigerator, Japan’s oldest brick silo, a number of buildings designated as important cultural properties, biomass business scenes, and a tour of the “Hosho Forest” business, which is rare both in Japan and overseas. The tours are gaining popularity as a new business model.

Shizukuishi Station (雫石駅) – Introductions of Restaurants, Tourist area, Hotels and so on