Miyama Park Roadside Station is located in the center of Tamano City , Okayama Okayama Prefecture , along National Route 30. This article introduces this popular spot, packed with the charms of locally produced food, offering fresh vegetables, seafood, freshly baked bread, local specialties, and meals made with seasonal ingredients.
2025.02.19-
Table of contents
- What kind of place is Miyama Park Roadside Station?
- Farmers ship their produce every morning! Farmers' Market
- The fresh fish section boasts an overwhelming number of fish and freshness!
- A bakery renowned for its rice flour bread made with carefully selected rice varieties and origins
- Original purple sweet potato soft serve ice cream
- If you're looking for souvenirs or delicious food from Tamano, check out the specialty products section
- A cafe where you can enjoy dishes made with ingredients from the direct sales store
What kind of place is Miyama Park Roadside Station?
This roadside station is adjacent to Miyama Park, where you can enjoy the natural scenery of each season, such as cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangeas in early summer, and autumn leaves in autumn. It features a farm produce store selling seasonal vegetables and fruits, a fresh fish section with freshly caught seafood, a specialty goods section with a Toyotomi selection of seaweed, tofu, sweets, and bento boxes, a popular bakery with freshly baked bread, a cafe where you can enjoy dishes made with ingredients sold at the roadside station, and a food truck is also set up on Saturdays and Sundays.
Farmers ship their produce every morning! Farmers' Market
Shippers of agricultural products are limited to producers within Okayama Prefecture. The direct sales store, which is stocked with genuine vegetables and fruits from Okayama Prefecture, is always bustling with customers arriving even before the store opens.
Depending on the season, products on display in the store include sweet potatoes from the local Tamano City, which are grown in the well-drained sandy soil of the Banda area and are packed with sweetness; Oyabu mandarins, which are said to have first been cultivated in the Oyabu area during the Taisho era; and Maruhachi pears, a specialty of Yahama. Other seasonal produce is delivered every morning from Okayama City, Kurashiki City, Kibichuo Town, and other areas. The store also has a Toyotomi selection of flowers, which are renowned for their reasonable prices. They also have a wide selection of cut flowers and branches for home use, including those for Buddhist altars.
The fresh fish section boasts an overwhelming number of fish and freshness!
The fish in crates and baskets lined up in a tight space, with handwritten price tags, are so extensive you'd never guess they were just a roadside station. You'll be overwhelmed by the selection of fresh, seasonal fish, mainly from the Setouchi and nearby waters.
You can have the fish you purchase prepared on the spot. If you ask them to cut it into sashimi slices or fillet it, the preparation will be completed while you do other shopping. In addition, the nigiri sushi, made with fresh seafood every day, has large portions and is surprisingly cheap. Don't miss out on the great deals that can only be found at a fish shop.
When you get out of your car in the parking lot, you'll be greeted by a fragrant aroma. It's conger eel being grilled in one corner of the fresh fish section. This specialty, grilled conger eel, sells 700 pieces a day, and its secret soy sauce sauce is also delicious.
A bakery renowned for its rice flour bread made with carefully selected rice varieties and origins
The roadside station's directly managed bakery bakes around 40 types of bread every day, boasting a rich lineup ranging from savory dishes such as sausage rolls, mentaiko potato mayonnaise, croque monsieur, and panini sandwiches to sweets such as bean buns, cream buns, and Toyotomi rolls.
Particularly popular is the sliced bread made using only Asahi rice flour from Tamano City and wheat flour from Okayama Prefecture. This premium rice flour sliced bread, made with carefully selected flour from a particular region and variety, is characterized by its chewy, crispy texture and the sweetness of the rice, making it a delicacy with many fans. In addition to plain sliced bread, cheese sliced bread and French bread are also available.
The sandwiches are handmade every day using vegetables from the farm shop. The lettuce is crisp and crisp just by looking at it! The shrimp cutlet sandwich made with peeled shrimp and the ham and cheese sandwich accented with aurora sauce are some of the sandwiches that go perfectly with vegetables, so they're a must-try.
Original purple sweet potato soft serve ice cream
The cute, round purple sweet potato soft serve ice cream (pictured is a mix with milk) allows you to enjoy the rich flavor of purple sweet potatoes grown in the Banda area of Tamano City. The thick, chewy texture is addictive, making it a popular menu item at the bakery's takeout corner.
If you're looking for souvenirs or delicious food from Tamano, check out the specialty products section
The specialty products section next to the farm produce store sells processed products made from locally grown ingredients, products from local businesses, bento boxes and side dishes, as well as Bizen Pottery and local goods.
We would like to highlight the products that make perfect souvenirs from Tamano , such as nori seaweed made 100% from Muneage in Tamano City , and jam made from local ingredients such as Oyabu mandarin oranges and Maruhachi pears. We also stock tofu from local tofu shops and sweets and bread from Japanese confectionery shops.
On busy days, there are 200 to 300 bento boxes on display. The diverse selection includes barazushi (sushi rolls), makizushi (sushi rolls), okowa (steamed rice), onigiri (rice balls), fried rice, yakisoba (fried noodles), as well as prepared foods like fried chicken and fish paste.
A cafe where you can enjoy dishes made with ingredients from the direct sales store
The park cafe "Miyama cafe PUUT" attached to the roadside station serves set meals using the vegetables and fish sold at the roadside station, as well as homemade sweets. It can be used for a wide range of occasions, from breakfast to lunch, cafe, and takeout, and is also attractive as a convenient place to stop by while shopping or driving.
The popular set meal (1,430 yen) includes Tamano obanzai, made with freshly purchased vegetables from the farm store every morning, and salad. The most popular lunch item is the Setouchi Local Fish Set Meal, which features seasonal fish as the main dish, and on the day we visited it was sea bream. You can choose between Tamano-produced mixed grain rice or plain rice, and miso soup or a hearty pork soup (+200 yen).
They also offer meat-based set meals, such as the "Forest Chicken and Seasonal Vegetables with Mizore Set Meal," "Hamburg Steak Stew with Local Vegetables Set Meal," "Curry with Plenty of Okayama Vegetables," and other seasonal menu items, allowing you to enjoy the delicious flavors of Okayama's season.
Miyama Park Miyama Station is full of things that will make you want to visit. Once you've visited, you'll be hooked and will definitely want to keep coming back! You can enjoy seasonal cherry blossom viewing and weekend events, so why not combine your visit with enjoying some local produce from Okayama?
[Miyama Station]
Address: 2-4644 Tai , Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture
TEL: 0863-32-0115
Opening hours:
Farm produce and fresh fish market: 8:30-16:00
Bakery: 8:00-15:00
Specialty products section: 8:30-17:00
Miyama cafe PUUT 8:00 (weekdays 9:00) - 16:00
Closed: Tuesdays (open on public holidays)
Parking: 500 standard-sized cars, 5 handicapped parking spaces, 18 large vehicles
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