I went to Michi-no-eki Iga! Detailed information on popular souvenirs, gourmet food, and surrounding information!

I came to Michi-no-eki Igani!

We have a variety of delicious meat dishes, including 100% Iga beef udon and Iga beef meat soup, as well as rice bowls made with the special Iga pork "Shinochabuta"! The satisfying ramen and local gourmet food are also very popular.

I will introduce you in detail♪

Meat udon, which adds the flavor of meat to udon soup, greatly enhances the flavor and flavor of any udon menu.
What if that meat was Iga beef, a brand of meat that IgaCity is proud of? You can imagine how delicious it will be before you eat it.
At `` Michi-no-eki Iga,'' you can enjoy ``Iga beef udon'' made with 100% Iga beef for 980 yen.
This menu is the most popular at the restaurant. If you haven't tried it yet, please try this one first. It's a very satisfying cup.

The manager, Mr. Kitagawa, is also enthusiastic about developing new menu items.
I was wondering if I could come up with a new menu using Iga beef that would make people happy. It seems like he was thinking about this and that.
At that time, I turned my attention to Osaka's specialty meat soup. "Michi-no-eki Iga" is an access road connecting Nagoya and Osaka. Of course, there are many users from Osaka, and it is well known for its meat smoking. Next to "Iga beef udon", we have created a hit product that allows you to enjoy Iga beef, the 930 yen meat soup set meal with Iga beef.

The raw egg that comes with the meat soup is a red egg called "Iga Ninja Tamago", and this egg is also amazing! He went out of his way to serve me egg-cooked rice, which was off the menu, so that I could know how delicious it was.
Rich and rich! It was a luxurious egg-cooked rice. Thank you for the meal!

Do you know the pork called Ninchaton?

These pigs are raised on feed made with lactic acid fermentation such as green tea, lactic acid drinks, and yogurt. This pork is full of good things such as ``no texture'', ``slightly sweet fat'', ``tenderness'', and ``deep flavor''.

I ate it for the first time during this interview, and it tasted exactly as good as I mentioned earlier! ``Shincha pork bowl'' made with special steak sauce. 830 yen with miso soup, 950 yen with mini udon.
Beef is not the only meat in Iga! The pigs are amazing too!

On weekdays, this place is often used by male drivers and office workers. "Tonteki（PorkSteak）meal" 1,000 yen is also popular. Double the meat to satisfy even those who value volume! Tonteki（PorkSteak）Set Meal Double, which comes with a large serving of rice for free, costs 1,700 yen.
On weekdays, you can enjoy a daily lunch for 780 yen, and on holidays, you can also enjoy a weekend and holiday lunch for 850 yen.

`` Michi-no-eki Iga'' once won first place in the Tokai-Hokuriku block gourmet category of Michi-no-eki Award. We continue to win the hearts of drivers with hearty meals that offer local gourmet food and Iga rice.

Manager Kitagawa knows the delicious ingredients, devises delicious menus, and generously shares them with us. This is what Manager Kitagawa recommended and said, "It's delicious!"
``Goku Ise-Udon'' is Ise-Udon retains the goodness of the old days and has a new taste. The texture of the noodles and the flavor of the bonito are unprecedented. Please give it a try. This is what is written on the back of the package.

Manager Kitagawa and the packaging are raising the bar. Even as I thought about this, my expectations were high, and I decided to have this "Goku Ise-Udon" for dinner tomorrow!

I bought local green onions direct from the farm and kamaboko at a paste shop in Mie. Completion of locally produced and locally consumed food.

The breadwinner of our family has said, ``I don't really like Ise-Udon'' which makes him an enemy of both the housewife and the Ise udon industry. The main breadwinner praises the ``Goku Ise-Udon' and says, ``This is delicious!''

Manager Kitagawa! It was really delicious. 594 yen for two people with sauce.

Michi-no-eki As long as it calls itself "Iga," you can't miss it! Kata-yaki" (kata-yaki), 540 yen. Rich in nutrients and able to be stored for a long time, Katayaki is said to be the emergency food of the Iga Ninja.

It is a traditional taste that is hand-baked by a craftsman one by one.

``Ise Mochi'', a skewered rice cake, costs 648 yen. The bowl contains finely chopped chestnut grains, and the filling contains crushed red bean paste.

Locally grown vegetables are also available. Jerusalem artichokes are especially recommended, and are said to lower blood sugar levels and are good for bowel movements.

It has a sweetness similar to onions, and can be cooked in the microwave! It seems to be fine just by itself. When heated, it becomes thick and soft in texture. It also goes well with stews and tempura.

There were lots of fresh spinach lined up.
On top of it are pine bonsai and other plants.

What is this pot? When I got closer and checked, it was a medaka.
Apparently there is a shop in Iga that farms medaka, and there were two medaka swimming in each pot.
The one on the right was 800 yen, and the slightly red one on the left was 1,300 yen.

seasonal bonsai. I was told that plum bonsai are popular this time of year. The plum bonsai I checked that day was 1,700 yen.
Bonsai can be sold for anything from around 900 yen to 6,000 yen or even 7,000 yen, and prices vary greatly depending on the item.

This is the "Iga Ninja Egg" that appeared in the "Iga Beef Meat Sucking Set Meal" for 346 yen.

These eggs are laid by healthy chickens that are fed food rich in iodine and vitamins and raised in clean water and clean air. The yolk is thick. Please check the color of the yolk before eating.

``Hasamezu'' is a famous soy sauce from Iga that cannot be pinched with chopsticks. Black and light blue are lined up, 1 sho bottle each costs 1,300 yen, and 5 cups each costs 810 yen.
Next to it was Igakoshi's Tamamiso for 500g for 259 yen.

Lately, a lot of people have been buying souvenirs for themselves. They often buy items such as ``Matsusaka beef bukkake with ginger'' for 648 yen, ``Matsusaka beef miso'' for 702 yen, and ``Matsusaka beef rice sauce'' for 648 yen.

These are also sold as souvenirs for yourself and for your home. ``Shiitake Wasabi'', ``Kyara Wasabi'', ``Aokara Gyoja Miso'', and ``Fukimiso'' each cost 548 yen.

When you think of ninja, you think of something that steals.
The ninja at "Michi-no-eki Iga" had a bold ninja style. I think some people go home without noticing until the end.
How many ninjas are at the store?

A trompe l'oeil painting inside the "Information Break Room" building next door. It's fallen down!? The person supporting the fusuma is Manager Kitagawa.

Thank you very much for the delicious meal and for the interview! !

【basic information】
6187-1 Tsugecho IgaCity
Phone number 0595-45-3513
Parking lot: 66 spaces for large cars, 78 spaces for regular cars, 3 spaces for people with disabilities.
Business hours 7:00-21:00 (20:30LO)
No holidays
Toilet inside/outside the facility *Available 24 hours outside, barrier-free toilet available
EV charging facility (available)

Stamp Rally (with)
Michi-no-eki ticket (available)

*The information posted is as of March 2018.