<Michi-no-Eki Joso> Rice Event in Ibaraki, the Best Rice Producing Area in the Kanto Region The "Grand Grand Rice Festival" will be held for 10 days from October 11 (Fri.) to 20 (Sun.)!

Michi no Eki Joso" (Location: Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture; Operated by COLLECT Co., Ltd.), a food theme park that promotes the charms of Joso, Ibaraki, will hold a "Great Big Rice Festival" from October 11 (Fri.) to 20 (Sun.), 2024. This is the time of year when the new rice harvest is coming in, and we have prepared this event so that visitors can fully enjoy the charms of Ibaraki Prefecture's delicious rice. The "Rice Bale Carrying Challenge," "All-You-Can-Scoop Rice," "Mochi Pounding Contest," "All-You-Can-Steam Rice Crackers," and more will be offered during the 10 days of the rice festival.

The festival is packed with special events such as the rice bale lifting challenge, all-you-can-eat rice scooping, all-you-can-stuff rice cracker bags, and more!

In this time of rice shortages and soaring prices, we offer delicious rice from Ibaraki, "Kanto's number one rice-producing region!

Ibaraki Prefecture boasts the largest rice acreage and harvest in the Kanto region, and is known as the "Kanto's top rice-producing region." In addition to Koshihikari, Japan's leading brand-name rice, the prefecture produces a variety of other varieties, including the original Fukumaru variety. We have planned the "Great Big Rice Festival" in the hope of bringing the appeal of Ibaraki Prefecture's delicious rice to a wider audience during the new rice season.

In this time of rice shortages and soaring prices, we have prepared a "Rice Bale Carrying Challenge" (participation fee: 1,000 yen), in which participants can take home as much Joso Koshihikari as they can carry, and "All-You-Can-Scoop Rice" (participation fee: 300 yen). We have prepared a variety of contents for you to get rice at a reasonable price.

In addition, "Joso Whinoho Shokudo", which offers meals lavishly using Ibaraki's representative meats such as Hitachiniku beef, rose pork, and Tsukuba chicken, as well as local specialties such as clams, a wide variety of seafood, Chinese cabbage, rice, and natto, will offer all-you-can-eat Joso Koshihikari rice and free rice-bale dumplings on all soft serve ice cream items. All soft-serve ice cream items are topped with a free rice-bale bun. In addition, "Boku no Zaku Zaku Rice Flour Melon Pan," a new product using Ibaraki Koshihikari rice flour, will be on sale in limited quantities for 10 days. Please stop by during your autumn excursion.

The "Great, Great Rice Festival" contents

Rice Bale Carrying Challenge

This is a challenge to see how many rice bales you can carry (each bale is equivalent to 500g) and win Koshihikari produced in Joso! Let's try and see how many you can carry!

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Date：October 12 (Sat), 13 (Sun), 14 (Mon)

Participation fee: 1,000 yen

Capacity: 100 people on a first-come-first-served basis each day

Details: Each bale of rice weighs 500 grams, and you can take home as much rice as you can carry in the bale.

　　　　You can take home as many rice bales as you can carry.

Example: If you carry 4 bales of rice, you will take home 2 kg of rice (500 g x 4).

Rice Bale Lifting Challenge

All-you-can scoop rice

For a participation fee of 300 yen, you can scoop up as much rice as you can with both hands.

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Dates: October 12 (Sat), 13 (Sun), 14 (Mon)

Participation fee: 300 yen

Capacity: 100 people on a first-come, first-served basis each day

All-you-can scoop rice

Mochi pounding contest

Freshly pounded rice cakes will be handed out free of charge. Enjoy the taste of freshly pounded rice with its sweetness enhanced.

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Date：October 12 (Sat), 13 (Sun), 14 (Mon) (national holiday)

Time: Two times each day at 11:00 and 14:00

Participation fee: Free of charge

Capacity: 100 people on a first-come, first-served basis each day

Mochitsuki (rice cake pounding) contest

All-you-can-fill rice cracker bags

Get all-you-can-load rice crackers in a bag for a good price!

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Date：All day long during the event period

Participation fee: 500 yen

All-you-can-fill rice cracker bags

Fish Fishing Game - Catch the fish floating in the pool and get a set of candy!

If you catch a fish floating in the pool, you will receive a set of candy! Those who catch the "winning fish" will have a chance to win new Koshihikari rice from Kurata Noen!

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Date：October 12 (Sat.), 13 (Sun.) (1) 10:00～ (2) 13:00～

　　　　10月14日(月)11:00～　各回無くなり次第終了

Participation fee: 100 yen

Limited menu at the restaurant

A new seasonal menu will be available at the restaurant "Joso Whinoho Shokudo"! In addition, all-you-can-eat rice is also available!

Seasonal "Inaho Toyoyo-don" is now available only in season. In addition, the "Taste of Autumn: Seafood Kakiage Donburi", which was created by a TV station's morning information program, is also available! Kaisen Kakiage-don (Seafood Kakiage-don)", which was invented by a TV morning show, will also be available. In addition, customers ordering set menus or bowls of rice from "Joso Whinoho Shokudo" during the period will be offered all-you-can-eat Joso Koshihikari rice.

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Date: All day long during the period

　　　　　　All-you-can-eat rice is limited.

　　　　　　　It may end early.

Product name ：Inaho Toyoyo-don (rice bowl)

Price ： 2,480 yen

Allergy ：Shrimp, wheat, salmon roe, sesame, soybeans

　　　　　　The shirasu used in this product contains shrimp, crab, how about salmon roe, and soybeans.

　　　　　　　The shirasu used in this product is collected by a mixed fishing method.

Product Name ：Taste of Autumn! Kaisen Kakiage Donburi

Price ： 1,780 yen

Allergy：Shrimp, wheat, salmon, salmon roe, soybeans

Inaho abundant harvest rice bowl 2,480 yen

Taste of autumn! Kaisen kakiage don: 1,780 yen

All-you-can-eat Joso Koshihikari rice

Free topping of "Yonebawara-mocha" on all soft-serve ice cream

All soft serve ice cream is topped with a free "Yonehame-naka" (rice-bale-shaped cake)!

Upload your photo on SNS with the adorable "#YonebawaraSoft!

All soft serve ice cream items are topped with a free "rice bale" topping!

New product "Boku no Zakusaku Rice Flour Melon Pan" available in limited quantities

Boku no Zakusaku Rice Flour Melon Pan, a new product using rice flour made from Koshihikari rice produced in Ibaraki Prefecture, will be available in limited quantities.

Boku no Zakusaku Rice Flour Melon Pan 280 yen

Product name : Boku no Zaku Zaku Rice Flour Melon Pan

Price ： 280 yen

Allergy : Wheat, eggs, milk ingredients, soybeans

Outline of the "Great Great Rice Festival

Event name ："Great Great Great Rice Festival

Dates ：October 11 (Fri.) to 20 (Sun.), 2024

Hours: 9:00-17:00

Location ：Michi-no-Eki Joso

All prices include tax.

About Michi no Eki Joso

Michi no Eki Joso is located just outside the Joso Interchange on the Ken-O Expressway, along Route 294, at the southwestern entrance to Ibaraki Prefecture. In order to introduce the charms of Joso, Ibaraki to the rest of the country, the station features an "agricultural products direct sales shop" that mainly sells a variety of agricultural products grown in the rich nature of Joso City, a "restaurant" where you can taste specialty products such as Joriku beef, rose pork, and Tsukuba chicken, and original sweets and souvenirs using sweet potatoes and melons produced in Ibaraki Prefecture, which boasts one of the highest production volumes in the country. It is a "food theme park" with approximately 1,500 products and menu items that can only be purchased and tasted at this station.

Michi-no-Eki Joso Exterior

Outline of Michi no Eki Joso

Name: Michi-no-Eki Joso

Location: 1 Musubi-machi, Joso-shi, Ibaraki 300-2508, Japan

Area ： Approx. 20,000m2

Building Type ： Steel construction

Number of parking spaces: 114 for standard-sized vehicles, 48 for large-sized vehicles, 4 for disabled persons, and 2 for EV charging.

　　　　　　　 EV recharging: 2 cars (available 24 hours a day), 168 cars in total

Facilities: ・ Restrooms

　　　　　　　 Community development facilities

　　　　　　　　 - Sales facilities, eating and drinking facilities, community facilities, processing rooms,

　　　　　　　　 Indoor playroom, outdoor exchange plaza, children's playground,

　　　　　　　　 Lawn space, baby corner, emergency power supply, water tank,

　　　　　　　　 Public wireless LAN, observation deck, information corner

　　　　　　　 Evacuation site, stockpile warehouse

　　　　　　　 EV quick charger

Hours of operation: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (*Varies depending on the time of year, etc.)

Facility management and operation: TTC Group

　　　　　　　 (Representative organization: TTC Corporation Component organization: COLLECT Corporation)

Official website : https://www.michinoeki-joso.com/

Company Profile

Company name: TTC Corporation

Representative: Yasuyuki Kawakoshi, Representative Director

Location: 686 Kamitaga, Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Main business activities: Planning, development, wholesale, and sales of tourist souvenirs and gift products,

　　　　　　　 Development of mail order business, store development and operation, and overall store production,

　　　　　　　 Planning, development, wholesale, and sales of beauty and health-related products,

　　　　　　　 Development and operation of food theme parks, development and operation of village stations and roadside stations

URL ： https://www.ttc-gr.co.jp

Company name: COLLECT Co.

Representative: Takahito Kawakoshi, Representative Director

Location: NS Building 1F, 3600-2, Mizukaido-Hashimoto-cho, Joso-shi, Ibaraki

Main Business: Management and operation of Joso Roadside Station (opening on April 28, 2023),

　　　　　　　 Joso City hometown tax payment business,

　　　　　　　 Development, production and sales of tourist souvenirs,

　　　　　　　 Processing and sales of crafts and folk crafts,

　　　　　　　 Sales of food products, management of restaurants,

　　　　　　　 Businesses related to regional trading company business

URL : https://www.collect-joso.com