Minamiyamashiro Village, with a population of approximately 2,500 people, is the only village in Kyoto Prefecture. In the spring of 2017, Michi-no-Eki Ocha no Kyoto Minamiyama Mashiro Mura opened in this village surrounded by mountains with the Kizu River flowing through it. A facility filled with the charm of Minamiyamashiro, with its rich nature and tea plantations that produce about 30% of tea produced in Kyoto Prefecture.
At Nomon Market, where "Mura no Mon" is lined up, original products such as Muracha Pound Cake and Muracha Pudding made with Minami Yamashiro Village's specialty village tea are popular. They also have a wide range of farm-fresh products, including fresh local vegetables, and also sell handmade rice lunch boxes. At Murachaya, you can take out drinks and sweets made with village tea, and the village matcha soft-serve ice cream made with spring-picked matcha is a very popular product at the roadside station. In addition, you can choose a side dish and enjoy a village set meal with tea rice, tea soba, and grilled pork rice bowls made with grilled pork from a tea farmer [Tsuchi no Ubu]. department store], and you can feel the life in the village. The roadside station is located along the Kyoto Izumi Charming Road, which crosses five municipalities in the Soraku region in the southern part of Kyoto Prefecture. The tea plantation spreads out in front of you, and we take pride in being the closest roadside station to the tea plantation in Japan. Also, it's a 5-minute walk from Tsukigaseguchi Station on the JR Kansai Main Line, so it's easy to get there without using a car. Why don't you visit this popular roadside station where you can enjoy gourmet food and scenery?