Tochigi Prefecture · Kanto
道の駅 きつれがわ
Turn a break on National Route 293 into a hot-spring stop, with skin-beautifying waters and local food.
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Eat, shop, play, take in the view or rest. Choose from the station’s strengths to suit your day.
The bath is generally open 10:00–21:30, with last admission at 21:00; the footbath is generally open 11:00–17:00. Check official notices for closures.
Choose lunch from Takematsu Michi-no-Eki Honjin, Kikyo Hanamiya, Gyoza to Kimchi no Daito and other vendors.
The waterside park is immediately west of the station; the Kitsuregawa area is a short drive away.
Fuka Shinohara sees Kitsuregawa as a place for both hot springs and food. Instead of leaving after a hurried restroom stop, choose some Onsen Pan, browse the farm shop and make a little time for a bath. A roadside break then becomes a memory of visiting Kitsuregawa.
The Onsen Pan you buy after a bath is part of what makes this station special.
Michi-no-Eki Kitsuregawa offers plenty to eat, from the farm shop and Onsen Pan bakery to ramen, soba, gyoza dumplings and gelato, followed by a soak in Kitsuregawa Onsen. A break on National Route 293 can become a short trip to shop, eat and bathe before heading home.
Bathing can fit into a visit from around 10:00 until evening, with food and shopping to return to after your soak.
A quick stop for the farm shop and Onsen Pan can grow into a longer visit for ramen or soba, the footbath and the campground.
Add Omaruyama Park, Arakawa Waterside Park and the Sakura City Museum to take in the atmosphere of both a hot-spring town and a former castle town.
Spend your time at the station or add somewhere nearby. These ideas help you plan around your companions and the weather.
After sightseeing, soak in the hot spring, then pick up something for the next morning at the Onsen Pan bakery or farm shop before heading home—a Kitsuregawa way to end the day.
Bath at the station → Onsen Pan bakery and farm shop → head home.
The hot spring, footbath and individual shops have different closing days. Check official notices, especially around Mondays.
At lunch, choose ramen at Takematsu Michi-no-Eki Honjin, soba or udon at Kikyo Hanamiya, or a meal at Gyoza to Kimchi no Daito, then visit the hot spring.
Meal → farm shop → hot spring or footbath.
Some restaurants and takeaway counters close early, so decide on food first if arriving in the evening.
Omaruyama Park or the Kitsuregawa hot-spring district adds a sense of the area's landscape and history beyond the station bath.
Station → Omaruyama Park or Kitsuregawa hot-spring district → return to the station to shop.
In summer heat or rain, skip the hill walk and stay around the station and waterside park.
Start with food and shopping at Michi-no-Eki Kitsuregawa. If you feel like exploring further, continue to the Kitsuregawa hot-spring district or Omaruyama Park. Use the station as a gateway to the area to get more from the visit.
Station → Kitsuregawa hot-spring district and Omaruyama Park → Sakura City Museum area or head home.
Hours for dining, shopping and nearby facilities can change by day; check official information shortly before visiting.
If you cannot stay long, go beyond a restroom stop and choose one thing: Onsen Pan, local vegetables, prepared foods or gelato. Opening it in the car or at home will recall why you stopped here.
Park → restroom → farm shop and Onsen Pan bakery → depart.
Popular items may sell out as the day goes on, so stop early if you have something specific in mind.
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Best for a short farm-shop stop and indoor break.
A hot-spring visit can make the stay long; with a baby, plan around the restroom, shopping and a short meal.
Onsen Pan or gelato makes an easy little treat.
Rather than a long walk, break the visit into short activities: eat, look at the footbath and get some fresh air at the waterside park.
Add the waterside park west of the station for room to move.
Combine a meal, Onsen Pan, the footbath and the waterside park so parents can shop while children have time outdoors during the same visit.
The hot spring, castle-site park and museum can fill half a day.
Combine Omaruyama Park and the Sakura City Museum to explore local history as well as food.
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.
In July 2026, official notices listed a folktale-themed bath and a monthly event calendar. Event schedules change after their dates pass; check the latest notices just before visiting to decide whether to focus on the hot spring or food.
Practical ideas and things to consider when spending time here.
Kitsuregawa's appeal becomes clearer when you include a bath rather than treating it only as a rest stop.
A place to warm up on the way back from an outing is valuable. With final bath admission in the evening, this is a useful stop on National Route 293 after the afternoon; last admission is 21:00.
On a hot day or with children, the station and waterside park can be enough. Add the Kitsuregawa hot-spring district or Omaruyama Park only if time and energy allow.
Michi-no-Eki Kitsuregawa leaves a stronger impression when you extend the visit to the Kitsuregawa hot-spring district, Omaruyama Park and the Sakura City Museum area. Decide what to buy, eat and see when you arrive, and a rest stop can become the center of the trip.
On weekends and event days, set priorities among the restaurants, Onsen Pan, farm shop and restroom break rather than cramming everything in. Taking home one hot-spring-town specialty can make the stop memorable.
Opening and closure days, individual businesses and facilities for children or dogs can affect your plans.
A meal, a sweet treat, market shopping or something to take away: choose a focus for the day instead of trying everything at once.
Choose among ramen, soba or udon and rice bowls, or gyoza dumplings and Korean dishes, making it easier to accommodate different tastes in your group.
The farm shop is generally open 9:00–18:00. It is handy for picking up something for dinner after a bath.
Even on a short break you can take home a station specialty. Buy Onsen Pan, the bakery's locally named bread, for breakfast to extend the pleasure of the detour.
If a restaurant is crowded, switch to something to take home or eat quickly.
Choose something to open at home or at your accommodation rather than eating everything on site, and extend the trip a little longer.
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Turn a break on National Route 293 into a hot-spring stop, with skin-beautifying waters and local food.
For days when you want to explore beyond the station bath into Kitsuregawa's hot-spring town.
Add a quiet cultural detour before or after the hot spring.
A short park walk to sense Kitsuregawa's terrain and seasonal flowers.
Head straight outdoors by the water just west of the station.
For a little breeze after a bath.
For a quiet detour or a rainy day.
Give children some room to move.
For a day when you want to experience the Kitsuregawa hot-spring town, not only the station bath.
For a rainy day or a relaxed half-day drive when you want to add culture to food and a bath.
For a short look at Kitsuregawa's terrain and flowers before or after a bath.
For fresh air while waiting for food or after a bath, or for children to move around a little.
For a little breeze after a bath.
For a quiet detour or a rainy day.
For children to have some room to move.
Send your travel companions a possible stop.
