Northtime bikeway

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Takahashi Fruit Shop

Delicious grapes available!

The true pleasure of cycling is making side trips. Discover Takahashi Fruit Shop selling delicious looking grapes on the way! Grapes are in season from early September to late October.

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【Address】: 111-25 Maruko-cho, Daisen
【Tel】: 080-4512-4967
【Hours】: 9:00～18:00
【Closed】: Open every day during grape season

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Michi no Eki (Road Station) Nakasen

This is the best place to rest!

Recommended as a cyclists rest spot with local gifts for sale!

Styled as a traditional rice warehouse, this rest area stocks a variety of local products from around Akita.
Inside is also a farmer's market, restaurant, udon and soba shop, along with a selection of baked goods made with rice flour.

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【Address】: 95-1 Takahata, Nagano, Daisen, Akita
【Tel】: 0187-56-4515
【WEBSITE】: http://nakasen.hana.jp/

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Murakko Product Center

Take a rest surrounded by nature.

Seasonal vegetables, edible "fruits" of the mountain, and other foods are for sale.

At the corner café, farmers wives cook dishes from rice and vegetables they have grown themselves.

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【Address】: 119 Katajiri, Saimyouji , Nishikicho, Semboku
During the winter break. please contact the Revitalization of Rural Areas Section, Agriculture and Forestry Division, Semboku City. The open period is from mid-April to mid-November.

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Hatachiya liquor store

Niteko soda

Rokugo in Misatomachi, Akita prefecture is famous for its fresh spring water.

Niteko soda and local beer, made from this delicious water, are available at the Hatachiya liquor store.

The breathtaking sight of a spring rising up in the store's compound may wash away cycling fatigue.

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【Address】: 52-1 Hondoumachi, Rokugou, Misatocho, Akita
【Closed】: Irregular holidays
【Parking】: Parking for three vehicles available.

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Michi no Eki (Road Station) Sennan

Visitors can taste local Misato cuisine here!

The roadside rest area is on Route 13. As well as selling local sake and sweets and Misato specialties, it also includes a restaurant using locally grown vegetables and rice.

Visitors can try local dishes such as "Misato Tanuchu" for 500 yen, or "Misato Manma" for 800 yen.

out on trying the flavors of Misato at least once!
*The prices shown include tax.

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【Address】: 124 Shimodate, Kanezawa, Misato, Semboku-gun
【Tel】: 0182-37-3000

【Hours】: 9:00 to 19:00(farmers market and specialty goods shop), 11:00 to 15:00 (Restaurant Shokusaitei)

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Ando Jozo

Featured with naturally brewed, additive-free products

This is a traditional shop that has been making miso at Kakunodate since long ago that also sells soy sauce.

They still continue to make miso, soy sauce and pickles, handing down techniques. There are four stores, and at the head office you can also sample miso, soy sauce, and pickles, so why not stop by?

Amazake (sweet non-alcoholic sake) and other related products are also sold at the "Maruyogura Koji Club", next to the main shop.

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【Address】: 27 Shimoshinmachi, Kakunodate-machi, Semboku
【Tel】: 0187-53-2008
【Hours】: 8:30 to 18:00

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Tazawako Kyoei Palace

You may meet an Akita dog.

This is a souvenir shop on the shores of Lake Tazawa. Recommended is the youkan sweets made of local famous sake "Hideyoshi" and inaniwa udon noodles.

Visitors can also get to see an Akita Inu.

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【Address】: 148 Haruyama, Tazawa, Tazawako, Semboku
【Tel】: 0187-43-0701
【Hours】: 8:00 to 17:00 (from April to November) and 9:00 to 16:00 (from December to March)

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Hideyoshi

The sake's fruity acidity and refined sweetness is similar to champagne's.

A delicious sparkling rice sake with a fruity acidity and refined sweetness that drinks like a champagne.

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【Alcohol percentage】: Raw material rice: Akitakomachi, Alcohol percentage: 8 degrees
【Rice Variety】: Akita Komachi
【Alcohol Content】: 8%
【Price】: 280ml / ¥513