Second release] "Roadside Station Ogawamachi Renewal opening on May 30 (Fri.) Ogawamachi, Saitama, a food town with a fermentation and brewing culture The "Food × Craft" Experience Park" was born in Ogawamachi, Saitama, a food town with a strong fermentation and brewing culture!

2025.05.22 12:30

株式会社LSP

The "Michi no Eki Ogawamachi" (managed by Isle Corporation (CEO: Tetsuo Machida), TTC Corporation (CEO: Yasuyuki Kawagoe), and LSP Corporation (CEO: Takahito Kawagoe)), which has been under renovation since May 2024, will reopen on May 30, 2025 (Friday). The facility will reopen on Friday, May 30, 2025. From the same day, a variety of souvenirs and gourmet foods will be available, taking advantage of locally grown vegetables and fruits from local farmers, as well as agricultural products representing Saitama, such as leeks, potatoes, fermented foods, and other specialty products.

First release : https://www.atpress.ne.jp/news/436304

Official website : https://michinoeki-ogawamachi.com/

「道の駅おがわまち」5/30(金)リニューアルオープン

Roadside Station Ogawamachi" renewal opening on 5/30 (Fri.)

The concept is a village of handmade washi paper and organic products. A "place that connects the thoughts and blessings of Ogawamachi" where people, nature, and food come together.

Only 1.5 hours from central Tokyo. Located slightly west of central Saitama Prefecture and surrounded by the lush green mountains of Outer Chichibu, Ogawa is home to the traditional industry of "Ogawa washi" (Japanese paper), nurtured by the clear waters of the Tsukigawa River, a first-class river, which flows through the center of the city. The magnificent nature and clean water have also nurtured a culture of fermentation and brewing, and a variety of food culture nurtured by the local climate has been carefully handed down to the present day. The concept of this facility is "a village of handmade washi paper and organic products. The roadside station will become a center of exchange for regional revitalization, a "place where people, nature, and food meet, and where the brilliance of Ogawa-machi - the thoughts and blessings of Ogawa-machi - are connected.

We will provide a place where the charms of Ogawa-cho's history, culture, and nature are woven into the future, and where people can meet and interact with each other.

In the newly developed "industrial area promotion facility," a sales area featuring delicacies from Saitama and other prefectures will offer a variety of local products, including agricultural products, leeks, potatoes, and fermented foods that represent Saitama, as well as "Kenpi-Mitarashi Dango," which are made with "domestic special cultivated soy sauce Kura-Zukuri" from Yamaki Brewery, a long-established brewery in Saitama, and other products. Ogawa Soft," which uses milk produced in Saitama Prefecture and is inspired by the Tsukigawa area of Ogawa Town, and Bakery Ogawako, which offers bread made from Fukaya negi (deep fried leeks). At the "Satoyama Gohan Shokudo," a 140-seat restaurant, visitors can fully enjoy local ingredients such as vegetables from organic farmers, Fukaya leeks, and fermented foods. Furthermore, the traditional craft facility where visitors can learn about Ogawa washi paper has been upgraded, and visitors can experience paper-making and watch a demonstration of Hosokawa washi, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The park has also been transformed into a new one-day excursion spot that can be enjoyed throughout the day as a hands-on park that combines "food, crafts, and nature.

Correction: The information about the onigiri (rice ball) take-out store in the first release was incorrect, and no such store has opened. The "Kempi-and-mitarashi Ogawa-an" and "Bakery Ogawako" as well as "Ogawasoft" will be the three new stores.

The sales area will offer a variety of products that make the most of local specialties, such as local vegetables, leeks, potatoes, and fermented foods.

In the sales area, a variety of items such as vegetables, fruits, livestock products, marine products, and various processed products from local farmers under contract will be sold. Souvenirs using local specialties such as agricultural products, leeks, potatoes, and fermented foods representative of Saitama will also be available.

<Example of products> *Prices include tax (8%).

Oimodendon: 5 pieces, 972 yen

Saitama Bonsaku Suito Potato: 4 pieces, 1,350 yen, 6 pieces, 1,944 yen

Saitama green onion cheese Paris 8 pieces, 864 yen

Shrimp fried rice crackers with Fukaya leeks: 8 pieces, 918 yen

Saitama miso manjuu (bun with miso paste): 843 yen

Miso soup ingredients (crab and sea bream): 1,188 yen

Saitama Zakuzaku hand-rolled soy sauce crackers - wooden bucket soy sauce - 756 yen

Soy sauce mitarashi roll cake: 1,815 yen

おいもどんどん 5個 972円

Oimodendon - 5 pieces - 972 yen

埼玉ねぎのチーズパリ 8枚 864円

Saitama Negi no Cheese Paris - 8 pieces - 864 yen

埼玉味噌まんじゅう 843円

Saitama Miso Manjuu 843 yen

醤油みたらしロールケーキ 1,815円

Soy sauce mitarashi roll cake 1,815 yen

Dining: "Satoyama Gohan Shokudo" (Satoyama Gohan Restaurant) where you can enjoy local ingredients, "Mitarashi Sweets", soft drinks and bakery items!

The "Satoyama Gohan Shokudo" restaurant uses a variety of local ingredients such as organic farm vegetables, Fukaya green onions, and fermented foods, and the three stores in the sales area, "Kempi to Mitarashi Ogawa-an," "Ogawa Soft," and "Bakery Ogawako," offer a variety of gourmet specialties that are unique to this station.

Restaurant Satoyama Gohan Shokudo

The "Satoyama Farm Plate" is filled with local produce such as hamburgers made with Bushu Wagyu beef, local vegetables, and Chichibu miso paste, and a variety of other dishes that allow you to fully enjoy the food grown in Ogawa Town, surrounded by the lush green mountains of Outer Chichibu.

<Menu sample> *Prices include tax (10%).

Satoyama Farm Plate: Hamburger steak 2,620 yen

(Allergy: wheat, egg, milk ingredient, walnut, beef, soybean, pork, almond, sesame, chicken, apple)

Satoyama Farm Plate - Seafood 2,585 yen

(Allergy: wheat, egg, milk ingredient, soybean, pork, salmon, walnut, almond, sesame, chicken)

Handmade deli side dishes lavishly using local vegetables. This satisfying plate is filled with local bounty such as Chichibu miso and tofu from Shimizuya 3rd generation. For the main course, choose from either a demi-glace hamburger steak made with Bushu Wagyu beef or a seafood gratin.

里山農園プレートハンバーグ 2,620円

Satoyama Farm Plate: Hamburger steak 2,620 yen

Satoyama Vegetable Curry: 1,650 yen

(Allergy: Dairy ingredients, wheat, egg, walnut, chicken, almond, pork, sesame, soybean, apple, banana)

This farm-fresh curry is made from safe ingredients with no additives such as chemical seasonings, colorings, or flavors, and is full of vegetables.

里山野菜カレー 1,650円

Satoyama Vegetable Curry 1,650 yen

Fukaya Negi Potage Udon Noodle 1,650 yen

(Allergy: wheat, milk ingredients, chicken, sesame, soybeans)

Thick and creamy potage udon noodles with plenty of Fukaya leeks, a specialty of Saitama, that are sure to become addictive.

Seasonal product. When Fukaya leeks are not available, other leeks will be used.

Udon noodles with a whole leek rolled with meat: 1,815 yen

(Allergy: wheat, egg, pork, soybean, mackerel)

A pork cutlet with a whole leek wrapped around a piece of pork makes a great impact.

ネギまるごと1本肉巻きうどん 1,815円

Udon noodles with a whole leek wrapped in pork 1,815 yen

Shio koji fried chicken set meal: 1,265 yen

(Allergy: egg, milk ingredients, wheat, chicken, soybeans, sesame)

This fried chicken set meal uses shio koji, which has a mild taste with the sweetness of rice and barley.

塩麹からあげ定食 1,265円

Shio koji fried chicken set meal: 1,265 yen

Waraji katsu-don: 2,530 yen

(Allergy: wheat, egg, milk ingredients, pork, soybeans, apple)

A bowl of rice topped with a hearty piece of waraji-katsu (pork cutlet) weighing 300 grams.

わらじかつ丼 2,530円

Waraji-katsu-don: 2,530 yen

Oyama, a village in the mountains: Big bowl of rice topped with a bowl of rice topped with a huge bowl of ogawa 6,050 yen

(Allergy: wheat, egg, pork, soybean, chicken, mackerel, apple)

A huge bowl of rice topped with a cutlet of an entire green onion and waraji katsu (pork cutlet).

Shirasu Dosari Soba 1,650 yen

(Allergy: buckwheat, wheat, yam, mackerel, soybeans)

The shirasu used in this product is collected by a fishing method that mixes shrimp, crab, and squid.

The shirasu used in this product is collected from fishing methods in which shrimp, crab, and dolphins are mixed.

Bakery Ogawako

Bakery Ogawakko offers bread made from Fukaya leeks. The "Washi Anpan", which is unique to Ogawa, a town of washi (Japanese paper), is made with a dough as thin as washi (Japanese paper) and wrapped with anko (red bean paste), the "Ippon Negi Bread" is lavishly made with Fukaya leeks from Saitama Prefecture, and the "Negi Bread" uses Fukaya leeks for the dough and filling and is seasoned sweet and spicy with local miso (soybean paste). and other bakery items that are packed with the charms of the town.

<Example of menu items> *Prices include tax (8%).

Washi Anpan 380 yen

(Allergy: wheat, eggs, milk, soybeans, sesame)

Made with flour and eggs produced in Saitama Prefecture. Delicious anko (red bean paste) is wrapped in a dough as thin as Japanese washi paper.

和紙あんぱん 380円

Washi anpan 380 yen

Negi bread 330yen

(Allergy: wheat, milk ingredients, soybeans, sesame)

Made with Saitama-grown Fukaya leeks and wheat. The dough is also made with Fukaya green onion powder.

The bread is sweet and spicy flavored with local miso.

ねぎパン 330円

Negi bread: 330 yen

An Butter 280 yen (center photo)

(Allergy: wheat, egg, milk ingredients, soybeans)

Flour and eggs produced in Saitama Prefecture are used. Soft and small bread is filled with red bean paste and butter.

あんバター 280円(写真中央)

An Butter 280 yen (center photo)

■Kenpi-and-mitarashi Ogawa-an

Ogawa-an offers a variety of sweets unique to Ogawa-machi, such as "Mitarashi sweets" using "domestic special cultivated soy sauce kura-zukuri" made by Yamaki Brewery, a long-established brewery in Saitama, and Imokenpi (potato kenpi) using sweet potatoes produced in Saitama Prefecture.

<Example of menu items> *Prices include tax (8%).

Extra-fine Mitarashikenpi-680 yen

(Allergy: wheat and soybeans)

極細みたらしけんぴ 680円

Ultra-thin Mitarashi-shikupi 680 yen

Mitarashi Dango Pudding 450 yen

(Allergy: milk ingredient, egg, wheat, soybean)

みたらしだんごプリン 450円

Mitarashi dango pudding: 450 yen

Kogashi Mitarashi Dango Skewer 180 yen

(Allergy: Wheat, Soy)

Mitarashi Isobe Dango Skewer covered with Seaweed 230 yen

(Allergy: wheat, squid, shrimp, mackerel, soybeans)

Ogawa Soft

A perfect accompaniment to a stroll through the roadside station! Soft ice cream, Mitarashi dumplings, and drinks are available as take-out sweets.

Hariri Oimo Kempisoft: 500 yen (far left)

(Allergy: dairy ingredients, wheat, soybeans)

Mini Mitarashi Dango Soft ¥450 (center)

(Allergy: Milk, Wheat, Soy)

OGAWA SOFT MILK: 420 yen (far right)

(Allergy: dairy ingredients, wheat, soybeans)

はりはりおいもケンピソフト 500円(左端)／ミニみたらしだんごソフト 450円(中央)／オガワソフトミルク 420円(右端)

Hariri Oimo Kempisoft: 500 yen (far left) / Mini Mitarashi Dango Soft: 450 yen (center) / Ogawa Soft Milk: 420 yen (far right)

Ogawa-kun Shake - milk - 380 yen (second from left)

Ogawa-kun Shake: Mitarashi 520 yen (center)

(Allergy: Milk, Soy, Wheat)

Ogawa-kun Shake Saitama Strawberry 520 yen (far left)

Saitama Strawberry Soda Float 500 yen (second from the right)

(Allergy: dairy ingredients and apple)

Saitama strawberry soda 380 yen (far right)

(Allergy: apple)

オガワくんシェイクミルク 380円(左から2番目)／オガワくんシェイクみたらし 520円(中央)／オガワくんシェイク埼玉いちご 520円(左端)／埼玉いちごのソーダフロート 500円(右から2番目)／埼玉いちごのソーダ 380円(右端)

Ogawa-kun Shake Milk 380 yen (second from left) / Ogawa-kun Shake Mitarashi 520 yen (center) / Ogawa-kun Shake Saitama Strawberry 520 yen (far left) / Saitama Strawberry soda float 500 yen (second from right) / Saitama Strawberry soda 380 yen (far right)

Large Tororo Mitarashi 600 yen

(Allergy: Wheat and Soy)

Large, thick dango dumplings topped with a generous amount of mitarashi honey.

This "activity" allows you to experience Ogawa-machi, making it a fun spot for a day out for the whole family!

＜Specializing in washi paper! A "traditional crafts facility" where visitors can touch and learn traditional crafts and experience papermaking.

Since its opening in 1990, the Saitama Traditional Crafts Center has been a popular industrial museum where visitors can learn about and experience traditional handicrafts designated by Saitama Prefecture. In this renewal, we have further enhanced the exhibits focusing on "Ogawa Washi" and the paper-making experience, and you can continue to see demonstrations of "Hosokawa paper," a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The facility is also equipped with a children's room and a nursing room, and will be reborn as a facility where visitors can experience washi culture with peace of mind.

伝統工芸施設

Traditional Craft Facilities

<Electric bicycles and tuk-tuks are also available for rent! Related Facilities" adjacent to the Roadside Station

To allow visitors to enjoy sightseeing in Ogawa Town starting from the Roadside Station, electric bicycles, tuk-tuks, and kickboards will be available for rent at the adjacent facilities. A "Fureai Hiroba" with a fluffy dome and playground equipment complex, and a promenade connecting the Michi-no-Eki to the Tsuki River will also be constructed, and a barbecue area utilizing the Tsuki River is planned to be opened in the future. The entire area of the roadside station will further evolve as a "regional circulation center" where visitors can enjoy sightseeing, hands-on experience, and interaction.

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