Fukushima Prefecture · Tohoku
道の駅 きらら289
Taste Nango tomatoes, unwind at Yamaguchi Onsen, and make the mountain drive along National Route 289 a little more enjoyable.
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Eat, shop, play, take in the view or rest. Choose from the station’s strengths to suit your day.
Look at tomato juice and processed foods, local sake and Minamiaizu souvenirs before eating so you are less likely to forget them afterward.
Choose the tang of Nango tomatoes or a quieter soba meal. Plan around the restaurant's short lunchtime hours.
Day use onsen hours change by weekday. On a day when you have time for a bath, combine it with your meal and rest break.
Himesayuri lily viewing and ayu fishing are seasonal. Check flowering, the fishing season opening and safety updates before you go.
On snowy road days, check restaurant and onsen hours and road conditions, and leave extra time for a comfortable break.
Treat an overnight stay separately from an ordinary parking break. The RV Park has electrical hookups and a reservation option.
On facilities alone, Kirara 289 is a mountain roadside station with a local products shop, restaurant and onsen. Follow the food, though, and Nango tomatoes give the visit a clear theme. Eat them in ramen, try a little in soft serve, or take home juice and processed foods. That one step before or after the bath makes this a distinctly Minamiaizu detour.
Make a lunch stop for tomato ramen, cheese tomato ramen or soba.
Load the car with Nango tomato juice, processed foods and local sake.
Reset after the mountain drive in the onsen and rest room.
Roadside Station Kirara 289 is a useful stop for a meal, shopping and a hot spring bath in one place along National Route 289 through the mountains of Minamiaizu. Nango tomato ramen and soft serve, local sake and processed foods, and a day use onsen overlooking a mountain stream are all in the same building. Even a short stop gives you a taste of Minamiaizu. Stop here to eat, shop and warm up before or after visiting Takashimizu Nature Park, Komado Marsh, Nango Ski Resort or the Inagawa River.
Start with the ways this station uses Nango tomatoes. The restaurant serves tomato ramen and soft serve; the shop has tomato juice and processed tomato products to take home. Even on a quick mountain drive break, the flavor of Minamiaizu stays with you.
Yamaguchi Onsen is a day use hot spring with an open air bath, sauna and rest room. A meal can be a short stop; add a bath and allow 90 minutes to two hours. It is welcome after a stiffening drive, skiing or a walk through the marsh.
The Himesayuri lilies at Takashimizu Nature Park, Komado Marsh, Nango Ski Resort, Maezawa Magariya Village and fishing on the Inagawa River offer different reasons to visit each season. Use Kirara 289 as a base to combine a meal, shopping, toilets and a bath before or after these trips.
Spend your time at the station or add somewhere nearby. These ideas help you plan around your companions and the weather.
Instead of stopping only for toilets and shopping, try tomato ramen, soft serve or tomato juice for a taste particular to this station. Restaurant lunch hours are fairly short, so decide on your meal time before setting out.
Local products shop → restaurant → shop for something to take home.
Restaurant hours vary by day. For a late lunch, keep the shop or an onsen break as an alternative.
Allow a longer stay when you include Yamaguchi Onsen. With an open air bath, sauna and rest room, you can combine food and bathing before comfortably continuing your journey.
Nearby walk or skiing → meal at Kirara 289 → onsen → local products shop.
The onsen may close temporarily for equipment adjustments or other reasons. Check its official notices when bathing is the main reason for your visit.
The lilies and marsh look different depending on bloom times, weather and road access. Visit a nature site first, then stop at Kirara 289 for lunch and shopping, adding the onsen if you have energy. This gives both the mountains and the break their own time.
Takashimizu Nature Park or Komado Marsh → Kirara 289 → Yamaguchi Onsen.
Bear sightings, forest road conditions, winter closures and restrictions on pets at the nature sites can change. Check current conditions before heading out.
On the way back from Nango Ski Resort, pair an onsen bath with a meal to make the return trip easier. Warm up before driving on snowy roads, then pick up drinks or souvenirs at the shop.
Aizu Kogen Nango Ski Resort → Kirara 289 → National Route 289 or National Route 121.
Ice and snowfall can lengthen winter travel times. Leave enough margin before closing time.
The RV Park offers electrical hookups and a reservation option for overnight vehicle stays. With the onsen, restaurant and shop nearby, it can be a useful overnight base before visiting Minamiaizu's natural sites the next morning.
Reserve → check in toward evening → onsen → Takashimizu Nature Park or Komado Marsh the next morning.
The number of spaces and conditions of use may change; follow the reservation page.
Also listed as closing at 17:00 on Mondays and 20:00 on Saturdays.
Saturday last orders are listed at 19:00 and Sunday last orders at 18:00.
Monday 10:30–13:30; Tuesday 12:00–19:00; Wednesday–Friday and Sunday 10:30–19:00; Saturday 10:30–20:00. Last admission for bathing is 30 minutes before closing each day. Temporary closures for equipment adjustments or other reasons are possible.
Reserved spaces for overnight stays in vehicles. Use these separately from ordinary rest stop parking.
Stars show the editorial recommendation for each age group on a five-point scale. Read the reasons alongside each rating.
The onsen, restaurant and shop are handy, but this is not a station focused on play areas. Check on site for nursing and diaper changing facilities and consider a short stop.
Good for combining a meal and toilet break on a long mountain drive. If using the onsen, allow extra time for changing clothes and resting.
Children old enough to enjoy tomato soft serve or the onsen may especially like it. When combining the stop with nearby nature sites, avoid an overly long driving day.
An age suited to combining marshes, flowers, skiing and an onsen. A meal and bath together can make a half day outing.
It works well before or after nearby nature visits or skiing, rather than as a place for children to play for hours.
After snow play or skiing, organize belongings so you can set off easily after the onsen.
When tourism and onsen visits overlap, check where you can park and how far you will need to walk before settling in.
On weekdays the restaurant mainly serves lunch. Decide whether to eat before the onsen or bathe first to avoid wasted time.
If you want to use the open air bath and rest room too, allow more than a quick stop.
Weather, bear sightings and winter closures change conditions at marshes and highlands. You can pause at the station while deciding where to head next.
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.
The arrival of Nango tomatoes and other local produce changes with the seasons. Seasonal goods can be reason enough to visit even without an event.
Look for tomato ramen, soba and changing seasonal dishes. New harvest soba season can make the restaurant the destination.
A convenient break after skiing, a marsh walk or fishing. Check for temporary closures and changed hours.
Himesayuri lilies, marshes, ayu fishing, autumn leaves and skiing bring seasonal activities beyond the station.
Practical ideas and things to consider when spending time here.
Visitor impressions often mention cheese tomato ramen, tomato ramen and tomato soft serve. Including one Nango tomato specialty makes this a more memorable stop than an ordinary lunch.
The onsen attached to the roadside station serves locals as well as drivers. For a quieter bath, consider avoiding the lunch rush and the time when skiers return.
There are fewer parking spaces than at a large roadside station. When onsen users, diners and seasonal visitors overlap, choose a space calmly among people making short and long stops.
Planning around a reservation for the RV Park with electrical hookups, rather than ordinary rest stop parking, makes it easier to combine the onsen with nearby nature sites the next morning. The listed eligible vehicles include regular cars.
Takashimizu Nature Park closed early in 2026 after bear sightings. Access to Komado Marsh is also affected by forest roads and the opening season. Check whether you can reach and enter these sites before planning around their flowers.
An onsen stop after Nango Ski Resort is appealing, but later in the day you need to consider both road surfaces and closing times. Decide in advance whether you will eat or just bathe to make the return trip easier.
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.
A leading choice if you want to remember this station for its food. Tangy tomato dishes give a mountain drive lunch a distinctive flavor.
Weekday lunch service is fairly short. Check availability if arriving late and be ready to choose something else.
Minamiaizu is also known for soba. It is a reassuring option if someone in your party is unsure about a tomato dish.
New harvest soba and seasonal dishes vary by time of year.
A good choice when a full meal is too much but you still want a taste of the station. It also suits a short break before or after the onsen.
Availability may vary by season and time of day.
For souvenirs easy to load into the car, focus on tomato products and local sake. You can take home a taste of Minamiaizu even without eating at the restaurant.
Farm produce and processed foods vary with the season and deliveries.
Before or after a long drive or overnight vehicle stay, water and a few extra snacks may help more than a full meal.
For an evening stay, distinguish RV Park use from facilities available only during their opening hours.
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Taste Nango tomatoes, unwind at Yamaguchi Onsen, and make the mountain drive along National Route 289 a little more enjoyable.
After eating and shopping, soak away the mountain drive's fatigue at the onsen attached to the station.
On a winter drive through Nango, this ski resort pairs easily with an onsen break on the return trip.
A village of thatched magariya houses for a day when you want to see more of Minamiaizu's traditional life.
For a day when you want to extend your meal and shopping stop with bathing and a rest.
For a morning flower walk followed by a tomato dish and onsen at Kirara 289 around lunchtime.
For a meal and onsen at Kirara 289 after a marsh walk.
For combining an onsen, meal and shopping at Kirara 289 after skiing.
For seeing Minamiaizu's traditional village landscape along with a meal and onsen at Kirara 289.
Send your travel companions a possible stop.
