Hokkaido
道の駅 うらほろ
On a hill along National Route 38, roughly halfway between Obihiro and Kushiro, this larch-built roadside station offers a break with Urahoro-grown vegetables and light food.
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Eat, shop, play, take in the view or rest. Choose from the station’s strengths to suit your day.
Browse vegetables grown in Urahoro, seafood, and processed products. The vegetable selection draws local residents too.
Take food from the snack counter to the seating area inside or on the terrace. Daifuku is a soft rice cake filled with sweet bean paste.
Next to the roadside station, URATIE serves the signature spakatsu inherited from the former Urahorotei: meat-sauce spaghetti topped with a cutlet. Closed Tuesdays.
The adjacent park covers 120 hectares and operates from April 29 through October 31.
Michi-no-Eki Urahoro is a roadside rest stop on National Route 38, roughly halfway between Obihiro and Kushiro. It stands on a wooded hill about 1 km from the town center, beside Urahoro Forest Park. The larch-built building has a local products area selling vegetables and seafood from Urahoro, as well as processed foods; a counter offering takeaway hot dogs and cream puffs; and a seating area with chairs and tables. The station is open from 09:00 to 17:00 and closes for the New Year holiday.
Mugine Okumura sees Urahoro as a place to stop comfortably between Obihiro and Kushiro. There is ample parking, 24-hour toilets, and seating indoors and on the terrace. Browse Urahoro-grown vegetables and snacks, rest a while, and then head for the next town. That is reason enough to stop.
The station is about 49 km from Obihiro and 72 km from Kushiro along National Route 38. It is a useful stop between these two eastern Hokkaido cities, with parking for 74 standard cars, 5 large vehicles, and 2 vehicles using designated accessible spaces.
The building has a warm wooden interior made with larch. Its sales focus is produce grown or harvested in Urahoro Town, seafood landed there, and goods processed there. Look for vegetables, seafood, and products containing gyōja ninniku, a strongly flavored wild garlic.
The snack counter sells hot dogs made with gyōja ninniku wild-garlic sausage, fresh-caramel soft serve, cream puffs made with Urahoro milk, and Urahoro daifuku, a filled rice cake. Chairs and tables inside and on the terrace let you eat your purchase there.
Adjacent Urahoro Forest Park has an auto campsite, bungalows, a park-golf course, outdoor activity equipment, and walking trails. It operates from April 29 through October 31 and is unavailable in winter. Park golf is a short-course game played with one club and a larger ball.
Spend your time at the station or add somewhere nearby. These ideas help you plan around your companions and the weather.
Park, use the toilet, browse the local products area, and pick up a snack. The station building opens from 09:00 to 17:00, making it an easy daytime stop.
Park → toilets → local products area → snack counter → depart
The station building closes for the New Year holiday, December 30–January 5. The toilets are available 24 hours.
Pick up snacks and drinks at the station, then head to adjacent Urahoro Forest Park. It has a park-golf course, outdoor activity equipment, and walking trails.
Roadside station → Urahoro Forest Park → roadside station (shopping) → onward journey
The forest park operates from April 29 through October 31. In winter, plan on visiting the roadside station only.
The adjacent URATIE restaurant carries on the former Urahorotei’s spakatsu, meat-sauce spaghetti with a cutlet. Lunch and dinner are separate services, so plan your arrival around the restaurant’s hours.
Roadside station → URATIE restaurant → local products area
Closed Tuesdays. The restaurant is closed between 14:00 and 17:00; last orders are at 13:45 for lunch and 19:45 for dinner.
In this small wooden building, the shop and seating area are close to the parking lot. There are places to sit indoors and on the terrace.
You can eat takeaway food in the seating area, without having to stand or rush.
The adjacent park is large, covering 120 hectares, and operates from April 29 through October 31. Keep the walking distance comfortable.
Permanent spaces and dated events are listed separately. Events can change both the atmosphere and crowds; use the official links for details.
Checking event dates.
Open from April 29 through October 31, with an auto campsite, bungalows, park golf, outdoor activity equipment, and walking trails.
Older records show opening until 18:30 from April through October. For an evening visit, check the latest hours on the Kita no Michi no Eki station listing.
Practical ideas and things to consider when spending time here.
About 49 km from Obihiro and 72 km from Kushiro, the station is meant for a break during a long drive. Parking accommodates 74 standard cars, 5 large vehicles, and 2 vehicles in designated accessible spaces. Toilets are available 24 hours.
Try a hot dog with gyōja ninniku wild-garlic sausage, a cream puff made with Urahoro milk, or Urahoro daifuku, a filled rice cake. Local residents also shop for vegetables in the local products area.
Chairs and tables indoors and on the terrace provide a place to eat takeaway snacks. Listings include heated bidet toilet seats, toilets for people with disabilities, ostomate facilities, a baby changing table, an EV charger, Wi-Fi, and a dog run.
Opening and closure days, individual businesses and facilities for children or dogs can affect your plans.
Specialities, places to eat, sweets and bakeries can all give you a reason to stop. Check individual menus for current prices and availability.
A meal, a sweet treat, market shopping or something to take away: choose a focus for the day instead of trying everything at once.
Take food from the snack counter to the indoor or terrace seating area, then continue your journey.
Visit the local products area; the vegetables on offer change with the season.
Lunch 11:00–14:00 (last order 13:45); dinner 17:00–20:00 (last order 19:45); closed Tuesdays. These hours differ from the roadside station building.
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On a hill along National Route 38, roughly halfway between Obihiro and Kushiro, this larch-built roadside station offers a break with Urahoro-grown vegetables and light food.
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