Yamanashi Prefecture · Kanto
道の駅 なんぶ
Drink, eat, and take home Nanbu tea. Beside Nanbu Interchange, the flavors of southern Yamanashi become part of your journey.
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Eat, shop, play, take in the view or rest. Choose from the station’s strengths to suit your day.
Choose the dining room, or tea desserts and shopping. Even a short stop leaves you with a taste of Nanbu tea.
Tea soba, buckwheat noodles made with tea, and other tea-based dishes capture this station's character. Hours can change, so check official notices if you plan to dine here.
An indoor place to regroup briefly is helpful during a long drive.
Around a stop at Nanbu Interchange, people and dogs can both reset here.
After dining and shopping, add a hot spring break to your Nanbu Town route.
Michi-no-Eki Nanbu is a roadside station centered on Nanbu tea. Choose tea soba or tea desserts at Nanbu Yorokobi Tea Dining, browse tea leaves and tea sweets in the shop, and make time for fellow travelers to rest in the kids' room or dog run. Beside Nanbu Interchange on the Chubu-Odan Expressway, it offers more than a routine stop while traveling through southern Yamanashi. Guide Chao Nagumo recommends it as an introduction to Nanbu tea, the town's local tea.
Nanbu tea runs through the dining, sweets, and souvenirs, beyond the local produce shop. Remembering one local specialty can make a detour feel more rewarding.
Beside Nanbu Interchange and along National Route 52, the station lets long-distance travelers combine a meal, restroom stop, shopping, and a break for children or dogs.
With a kids' room, nursing room, and dog run, the station offers a break for fellow travelers as well as food. Though relatively small, it is practical in several ways.
Spend your time at the station or add somewhere nearby. These ideas help you plan around your companions and the weather.
Beside the interchange, the station is easy to fit into a trip. A Nanbu tea dish in the dining room turns an ordinary break into time with a local flavor.
Right by Nanbu Interchange; also convenient for a break along National Route 52.
Browse Nanbu tea pudding and other tea sweets, then tea leaves and confectionery. Even without dining in, you can take Nanbu tea home.
Add Nanbu-no-Yu after food and shopping for time to rest. You can make a brief visit with children or a dog, or spend longer when traveling as adults only.
If you came for tea soba or rice bowls, allow time to switch to tea desserts, the shop, or an outdoor break if dishes sell out or waits grow long.
Dining and desserts have an approximate 15:00 last order. Official station or town notices may announce changed hours.
Seasonal or temporary changes possible.
From September 1, 2025, meals and desserts have a 15:00 last order. Nanbu Town describes this arrangement as in effect for the time being.
From September 1, 2025, last order is 15:00. Arrive early if Nanbu tea sweets are your main reason to stop.
Stars show the editorial recommendation for each age group on a five-point scale. Read the reasons alongside each rating.
A nursing room, children's toilet, and powder room are listed, making a feeding or diaper-change stop around Nanbu Interchange easier.
The kids' room offers a short change of pace. For a larger park outing, extend your trip to Fuji River Craft Park.
The focus is food and shopping, but choosing tea pudding or soft serve can be fun. This suits a brief travel break better than running around.
Children old enough to choose tea soba, tea desserts, tea leaves, or sweets with you may enjoy the stop more. Add the Nanbu clan exhibition room to learn about the area.
A full Nanbu tea meal or a shorter stop for sweets and shopping will set the length of your visit.
Add locally distinctive food during your journey without a major change of plans.
When you have time, adding Nanbu-no-Yu turns a short break into a half-day detour.
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.
Outdoor space where station events, such as anniversary celebrations and Golden Week activities, can draw people. On busy days, look beyond the dining room toward the square.
Seasonal fruit, vegetables, and Nanbu tea products rotate here. At events, this area may host bag-filling offers or special prices.
The dining room is a focus for seasonal dishes and Yamanashi ingredient promotions. Check for changed hours when dining is your main reason to visit.
Practical ideas and things to consider when spending time here.
Roadside stations can blur together when there is too much to take in. Here Nanbu tea ties together tea soba, pudding, soft serve, and souvenirs, giving you choices around one theme.
The official site posts notices about changes to dining hours. Check the notices before departure if you plan to eat here.
Alongside Nanbu tea soba and tea desserts are Yaizu tuna-flake ramen, Fujizakura pork, and Akebono soybean miso. The menu reflects Nanbu Town's position at Yamanashi's southern gateway, close to Shizuoka's food culture.
Bottled Yorokobi tea, Nanbu tea pudding, leaf sandwich cookies, and tea-leaf furikake, a rice seasoning, are among the products to drink or eat at home. Thinking of souvenirs as another taste of Nanbu tea can make choosing easier.
The dining room has a broad menu, and reviews and visit accounts often describe lunchtime stops. Rather than relying on tea soba alone, leave room to switch to tea pudding or shopping if it is busy.
The kids' room, nursing room, children's toilet, and dog run together help during a meal wait or a stop around Nanbu Interchange. For a longer outdoor play session, make Fuji River Craft Park a separate destination.
Nanbu-no-Yu is a nearby option with hours of 10:00–21:00, a hot spring, dining area, and reading and rest spaces. Choose between a short station visit for food and shopping and a longer rest at the hot spring.
Official videos show the market and nearby park before you visit. Audio and captions are in Japanese.
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A video introducing the facilities when they opened, offering a look at the atmosphere of this food-focused station built around Nanbu tea.
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.
Eating Nanbu tea as a meal is central to the station; start here.
Memorable choices even on a short stop, and a pleasant break while driving.
A tea-focused station lets you continue the experience at home. Think of the shopping as a chance for another cup, not just souvenirs.
One stop can serve people who want a meal, children who need a short break, and dogs who need a change of pace.
If the dining room is busy at holiday lunchtime, sweets and shopping can still give you a taste of Nanbu tea.
Seasonal desserts and fruit products change, so check official notices or social media if you have a particular item in mind.
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Drink, eat, and take home Nanbu tea. Beside Nanbu Interchange, the flavors of southern Yamanashi become part of your journey.
After Nanbu tea, take a hot spring break in Nanbu Town.
A park about 11 Tokyo Domes in size that adds to a visit to Michi-no-Eki Minobu.
When you want Nanbu tea as part of a meal
When you want to take home Nanbu tea or tea sweets
When traveling with young children and needing a pause
When your dog needs a short break around Nanbu Interchange
For a hot spring break after dining and shopping
When you want to add a quiet mountain hot spring
When you want to add play, flowers, and a walk to a station stop
Send your travel companions a possible stop.
