Iwate Prefecture

Why are the soft serve ice cream eaten at roadside stations so delicious? If you want to eat, this is it! Introducing unique soft serve ice creams [Iwate Prefecture] 

The soft serve ice cream at the roadside station makes use of the taste and aroma of local ingredients, making it a popular gourmet food that is indispensable for a drive break. In this article, we will introduce local soft serve ice cream that we are proud of, and we have experienced at all 39 roadside stations in Iwate Prefecture, along with local reports.

The prices listed in the article are as of May 15th, 2025.

A selection of soft toppings from Morioka Shibumin's Roadside Station "Tamitto"! ! (Shibumin, Morioka City: National Route 4)

All six buildings, located on a high ground along the Route 4 bypass, are one-story buildings, with Himegamiyama in the rear.

Tamitto opened in Shibutami, the hometown of poet Ishikawa Takuboku

Mt. Iwate on the other side is far away

" Let's connect, connect, and interact with each other " is a wish to make it a place where residents gather, not just as a roadside station, but also as a local hub.

Not only is the view of Mt. Iwate and Mt. Himegami from the station, it also has a rich gourmet food, and since it opened, it has many visitors.

Gankumame Soft Serve (Gankumame): 480 yen

Milky soft serve ice cream, shiny black beans, and topped with Tami-chan cookies

The milky cream is served with a delicious milky cream, and is served with Gangui beans To eat cream and black beans together, we recommend that you get a spoon placed on the counter and use it.

Onigurumi soft serve ice cream: 480 yen

A small squishy bang is a demon

The milky cream is kneaded into small grains of demon gurumi, a feast for Iwate's Hare Day. The cream has a strong milk flavor and has the fatty flavor of the demon gurumi, making it richer and gives it a rich flavor, and after it melts in your mouth, the aroma of walnuts remains.

Toppings are recommended for soft drinks!

This is the only place where you can buy "Tami-chan Cookies" as souvenirs

Toppings include Tami-chan Cookies " (50 yen) and " Nanbu Senbei

Tami-chan cookies are sold at Tokinoya , a direct and merchandise store

Nanbu Senbei comes in mentai mayo , burnt butter , corn potage , salted lemon , wasabi mayo , and plain , and the salty flavor accentuates the sweetness of the cream.

Vanilla soft topped with mentai mayo rice crackers is delicious when eaten with scooping cream with senbei!

Both cookies and rice crackers are recommended as they will taste particularly delicious when eaten while scooping cream.

Enjoy gelato and smoothies too

On the east side there is a terrace seating with wooden tables and chairs, where you can enjoy takeout while looking at Himegamiyama.

Others Morioka Milk Station BON JEWEL a smoothie shop , which has a stylish atmosphere and is popular with women.

Morioka Milk Station Menu

Morioka Milk Station offers two varieties of gelato, a daily flavored flavor, a French bread sandwich called "cascoot," and craft soda.

BON JEWEL Menu

"BON JEWEL" has 12 types of smoothies and salad bowls, both of which are available for takeout and enjoy while looking at Mt. Iwate and Mt. Himegami.

Roadside Station Morioka Shibumin "Tamitto" <Information>

  • Facility name: Roadside Station Morioka Shibumin
  • Location: 80-42 Shibumin, Shibumin, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
  • Phone number: 019-601-7323
  • business hours:
    • Restaurant Takubokutei 9:00-18:00
    • Beef noodles tasty 11:00-19:00
    • Morioka Milk Station 10:00-18:00
    • BON JEWEL 11:00-20:00
  • URL: Roadside Station Morioka Shibumin Official Website

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It's full of nutrition, with speciality products from roadside station Nishine! Amazing soft serve ice cream! ! (Osara, Hachimantai City: National Route 282)

The left side is direct production, and the right side is restaurant

The station name " Nishine is a remnant of the fact that this place was Nishine Town Hachimantai City, the foot of Mt. Iwate, has many specialty products, including mountain grapes and honey, but the Nishine district is known as a famous spinach production area.

Spinach Soft Serve: 350 yen

Spinach soft reminiscent of vibrant grass colours

cream is kneaded with spinach and has a beautiful vibrant green color, and is sold in restaurants. When you put it in your mouth, you don't get much of the spinach flavor or taste, but the spinach flavor remains in the aftertaste.

Restaurant menus and restaurant recommendations are spinach cutlet curry

There is also a wide range of gourmet dishes made with spinach, and it is recommended for spinach lovers, including green spinach curry and spinach ramen.

We also recommend the BIG sized "Chubby pork buns"!

Just one big pork bun is full

This BIG-sized pork bun is packed with delicious Tochu tea pork and log shiitake mushrooms, a specialty of Hachimantai, and is packed with ingredients in the chewy, fluffy skin, making it a satisfying meal. in the specialty product section spinach bean paste , but they may be sold out early.

Roadside Station ＜Information＞

  • Facility name: Roadside Station
  • Location: 154-36, Osara No. 2, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture
  • Phone number: 0195-75-0070
  • business hours:
    • Direct from the producer/shop 8:30-17:00
    • Restaurant 11:00-16:30 (soft-serve ice cream until 5:00)
  • URL: Roadside Station Nishine official website

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Shizukuishi Anekko's rice fields soft serve ice cream? (Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate-gun: National Route 46)

On the left is the entrance to a day trip hot spring, and in the center there is the restaurant, and on the right is the entrance to a slurping kitchen and direct sales store.

It is a popular roadside station that is close to the Akita Prefecture border, with hot spring facilities, auto camping sites, and dog runs, making it one or two popular roadside stations in Iwate Prefecture. There are four restaurants, including a wide selection of direct production and products, and the spacious parking space with 73 regular cars and 15 large cars is always crowded.

Shizuku-chan, the image character of Shizukuishi Town, is Anekko's "Shizuku-chan"

Incidentally, " Anekko " is a dialect that refers to young women around the age of age in the Shizukuishi region.

Hitomebore Soft Serves: 350 yen

A kitchen that is full of love and love

" Hitomebore " is kneaded into fragrant roasted rice, and is an accent of the light flavor of the cream. This soft serve ice cream is not too lame and can be eaten refreshingly after a bath. " Kobiru Kitchen " ("Kobiru" refers to a break while working in a rice field) also offers seasonal soft serve ice cream.

In addition to soft serve ice cream, it is also very popular for take-out! Full of volume! Anekko Burger

Next to "Anekko Burger" is the "Tsukiyo no Anekko Burger" with fried eggs, which is limited every day (sold for a limited time)

Noodles such as hand-made soba noodles and tomato noodles are popular at each restaurant, but Kobiru Kitchen recommends Shizukuishi Menchikatsu, which allows you to enjoy the deliciousness of beef, along with the soft side. Anekko Burger , which is poured into the noodles with a sweet sauce and sandwiched between moist and chewy buns sprinkled with fragrant sesame seeds, is popular.

There is a lot of cabbage under the thick Shizukuishi beef cutlet

The burger is packed with plenty of shredded cabbage, and one piece will give you a full feeling.

Roadside Station Shizukuishi Anekko <Information>

  • Facility name: Roadside station Shizukuishi Anekko
  • Address: 118-10 Hashiba Sakamoto, Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate-gun, Iwate Prefecture
  • Phone number: 019-692-5577
  • business hours:
    • Komakusa 11:00-16:00 (Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, 20:00)
    • Kneading Kitchen 9:00-17:00
    • Shizukuan 11:00 - 15:00
  • Opening hours: Re-produced and productive shizukuishi 9:00-17:00, Shin Hashibanoyu 9:00-20:00
  • URL: Roadside Station Shizukuishi Anekko official website

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Roadside Station Shiwa's rich, adult-friendly soft serve ice cream! (Shiwa-cho, Shiwa-gun: National Route 396)

The direct producer center Akasawa, and the building on the left is Restaurant Kari-intei and Shiba-cho Products Hall where you can buy local wine and local sake.

Shiwa Town, located south of Morioka, is a town of fruit, wine and sake, and is home to the thriving cultivation of grapes, as well as apples and peaches. Near the roadside station, there is Shiwa Fruit Park Shiwai, the home- ," which exudes Shiwai grapes, are highly praised.

The garden's own wines are sold at the production hall, and you can sample them (of course, drivers are not allowed).

Different types of soft serve ice cream are available at " Direct Producer Center Akasawa " and " Restaurant Karintei

Grape soft serve ice cream: 400 yen

Vibrant purple grape soft

This soft serve ice cream has a beautiful purple color from the grape juice, and the sourness of the grapes spreads in your mouth, and the moderate sweetness of the milky cream comes into play.

In addition to soft serve ice cream, Akasawa directly sells 20 types of gelato, mainly fruit-based.

soft serve ice cream grapes , banira , and mixed , but seasonal fruit software is available only in season.

Wine soft: 450 yen

A more wine red colour than a soft grape purple colour

This is a recommended soft drink from Restaurant Karintei, and the aroma of the wine spreads in your mouth, and the light sourness and then the nose is irresistible for wine lovers.

Kari-Tei takeout menu

It is said that the alcohol content is 0.5%, so drivers who are sensitive to alcohol should be careful.

Japanese walnut soft: 450 yen

The walnut grains are not visible, but somehow the color of the walnuts is felt.

This soft drink is also available at Kari-Tei, with a light taste of cream and a slight walnut aroma.

Personally, I would like a little more walnut flavor, but the cream adds a touch of aroma, making it a delicious soft drink.

Rich and mellow grape juice

At Akazawa, a variety of grape juices made by each grape farmer are lined up.

There are lots of grape and apple juices lined up directly from the producer, but the recommended item is the additive-free, sugar-free grape juice from Shiwa Town (1,200 yen) (additive-free, sugar-added, 6-month aged Shiwa Town ).

Aged 6 months of juice with a very mellow taste and flavor

The juice, which is squeezed and aged for 6 months, has a mellow sweetness even when unsweetened, and as it ages, the acidity becomes milder and the taste is elegant and mellow.

Roadside Station Shimi <Information>

  • Facility name: Roadside Station Shiwa
  • Location: 7-8 Matsubara, Toyama, Shiba-cho, Shiba-gun, Iwate Prefecture
  • Phone number: 019-671-1300 (Shibamachi Product Hall)
  • Opening hours: Restaurant Kari-Tei (April-November) 11:00-16:00, (December-March) 11:00-15:00
  • Opening hours: Direct-of-Production Center Akasawa 8:30-17:00 (varies depending on the season), Shibamachi Products Hall (choice shop) 9:00-17:00
  • URL: Iwate Prefecture Roadside Station Liaison Association Official Website (Roadside Station Shiwami)

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Roadside Station, Kukai Kogen Beef Village Recommended for hot days in the ward! (Miyako City: National Route 106)

The yellow building appears to be unused, and the white triangular roof to the right of it is a food court.

It is a roadside station located in the ward about a 30-minute drive from Morioka City, and is also the trailhead for Mt. Kabuto Myojin but since it was the former Kawai Village.

It was a lunchtime visit, so many customers were in the food court.

Since the Miyako Morioka Crossroads were opened in March 2021, the number of drivers stopping by has decreased, but even so, many people still enjoy driving on the old road during the tourist season.

Shiso Apple Soft Serve: 350 yen

First, you can feel the aroma of apples.

The soft drink uses a tidy liquid of apples from the ward and red shiso from the former Kawai Village, and the texture is similar to that of sorbet and gives a refreshing aftertaste. It has a faint, beautiful pink color, and you can feel the sourness of an apple right after eating it, and eventually the aroma of shiso spreads into your mouth.

A wide variety of food courts

A small shop and the food delivery port at the back

fries that are said to have many repeat customers looking for this is the crispy fried foods.

Food Court Menu

Additionally, the kukai soba noodles and dal ramen, which stand out for their spicy and deliciousness, are also popular dishes with many repeat customers.

Roadside Station, Kukai Kogen, Beef Village, ward <Information>

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summary

Soft-serve ice cream is selling well at all the roadside stations introduced, and it seems to be recognized by users as the station's most representative gourmet food. One way to enjoy roadside stations is to eat a variety of unique soft serve ice cream and enjoy the local uniqueness.

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