道の駅アルプ飛騨古川
A roadside station situated along National Route 41, connecting Toyama and Hida Takayama. With a wide selection of pamphlets on nearby sights and events, it's the perfect place to gather travel information.
Within the roadside station, you'll find the Farm-Fresh Market Hida Soyana, selling everything from fresh vegetables delivered directly from local farms to local sake, Hida beef, Hida Jidori (free-range chicken), and local crafts. There's also the Yoriaijo-kou Hida Furukawa souvenir shop, the Oidaya Seimenjo Hida Furukawa ramen restaurant owned by the Oidaya Seimenjo company - a company in business for over 100 years, and the Yoriaijo-kou Hida Furukawa Shokudo — a restaurant where you can enjoy hearty Hida local delicacies, such as Tonchan and Keichan in accompaniment with some local sake!
| Access | Seven minutes by car from Hida-Furukawa Station. |
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One of Hida Furukawa’s biggest annual events is the Furukawa Festival, held in April every year, which sees beautifully decorated floats (yatai) paraded through the city — but what happens to them during the rest of the year? There are 10 storehouses (屋台蔵, yatai-gura) aroun...
This little unassuming store along a Hida Furukawa backstreet is well worth seeking out on your Hida travels. If not to chance your luck by observing a live demonstration of Mishima-san making his Japanese candles (Wa-rousoku) inside the entrance, then just to meet and admire his incredible passi...
