It's to a superb view drive through Bandai Agatsuma scenic mountain highway.

A stamp rally was a trigger for my having begun to take the tour of road station, but when I came to go to each road station to collect stamps, if it was distinctive everywhere and was the location filled with charm of the respective areas, road station noticed. If eating, maybe you may say that the area is understood when culture and local specialty go to road station.

Road station throughout the country is always visited using consecutive holidays. It's surrounded free road station in the case and a route is considered so that I may come near when there are a landmark, hot spring and a superb view load in the neighborhood.

After "Bandai Agatsuma scenic mountain highway", a route of this travel is a route through "Bandai-san gold line". I'm conscious so that even usual travel will be a route of a picture drawn with a single stroke of the brush as much as possible, and it'll be a meander a little, but this route is my recommendation.

1st day of travel starts from the place where Bandai Agatsuma scenic mountain highway is enjoyed. The superb view load by which Bandai Agatsuma Skyline is mountain scenic road of the full length 28.7km with which it's tied from Takayu hot spring to Tsuchiyutouge and runs through the Azuma chain of mountains of average altitude 1,350m. A forested land and a volcanic gas occur, the cityscape made desolate can run while looking at the landscape which has many varieties, and a superb view spot is many in the way. I go to a corridor of snow in spring, fresh green in early summer, the autumnal tints of the autumn and the scenery every season for the past to run many times on the way of charm, too.

The basic by which it's I to get off at Tohoku-expressway "Fukushima-nishi" IC and start from Takayu hot spring which becomes an entrance of the north side of the scenic mountain highway. The first superb view spot is a TSUBAKURO valley.

You can look at "Fudosawa bridge" and Fukushima-bonchi it takes for a TSUBAKURO dale from Parking. When I looked down, I was surprised for bottom of the valley to be deep. Saliva is reeled, because (another name of a martlet) flies about, it's said that the name as the TSUBAKURO valley stuck. The place where it's also learned about as a place famous for beautiful colored autumnal leaves and is also popular as a photography spot. Free Parking is equipped well with.

Volcanic gas occurs, when I'm running through the area made desolate, there is "Jododaira". I equip well with open pay Parking in a way point of about 40 minutes and Bandai Agatsuma Skyline from Takayu hot spring. There are a rest house and "Jododaira Visitor Center", and it's also used for the rest location of the Bandai Agatsuma scenic mountain highway and starting of the mountaineering. When I pass the Bandai Agatsuma scenic mountain highway, too, I drop in here certainly. A natural highlight is rich in the round, and Azuma small Fuji and wetlands are the spot I'd like to walk by all means.

Bandai Agatsuma scenic mountain highway recommendation spot "Agatsuma small Fuji"

Stairs are maintained and Azuma small Fuji of altitude 1,707m can go in about 10 minutes to the eruptive wall. When it was climbed to the top, the huge cone-shaped crater where even about 500 m of diameter and crater bottom also have about 70 m spread and was overwhelmed by its scale.

Fukushima-bonchi and Jododaira also recommended the tour of the iron pots which go around a crater, and could enjoy 360 times of great panorama in going around about 40 minutes. The one I tend to fail at mountain trail of the gravel and a rock also have a place where it thunders, so the shoes mountain-climbing boots and sneakers tend to walk are best. Before I was considerable strong wind when climbing, it was serious to advance.

Bandai Agatsuma scenic mountain highway recommendation spot "Jododaira wetlands"

Jododaira wetlands are next to Parking, and walk can be enjoyed while seeing Iso Azalea and an alpine plant of EZORINDOU in 5-September. Kido's esplanade is maintained and is a course of going around for about 20 minutes from the Visitor Center side.

Information on seasonal flowers and a careful point of walk can be collected at Visitor Center. I got the information on which the kind of flowers which bloom in Jododaira was, and took a walk while doing floral observation and photography.

After crossing Jododaira, I run to Tsuchiyu at the south side entrance while coming down a mountain. The required time of the Bandai Agatsuma scenic mountain highway Entire Line is about 60 minutes non-stop.

I enjoy a superb view drive and natural walk fully for the 1st day and stay at Bandai area.

You couldn't go this time, "road station Ura-bandai" is recommended after a superb view drive. There are a kiosk, cafeteria, a dumpling shop and a gelato store, and it's possible to taste "Mt. Aizu, Shio(salt) Ramen" and "mountain salt gelato" etc. with mountain salt of a specialty. The 2nd floor of building is view room, and you can get a bird's-eye view of Hinohara lake and Ura-bandai.

[eki on the way, when, oh, it's held.] from a rich gourmet to a liquor moth cha, big satisfaction

Road station is enjoyed on the 2nd. The road station which checked out from a hotel and went first, "eki on the way, when, oh, it's held.".

A prefectural highway is along route 7 and is the road station in the base in Bandai-san, and a product house, Restaurant "Aizu Mine", "RAHOTSU BANDAI" which sells light meal and "JERAPAN" which opened a renewal in March, 2026 are here.

"JERAPAN" which was a bakery remodels it at a speciality store of a roll and a waffle. The original Hot Dog Bun sandwich abundant in variety is in line in a row, and which shall I take, I worry.

Hot Dog Bun of the food texture done lightly tastes sweet a little, and the meal system sweets course and which topping data are outstanding in the chemistry.

Original "waffle of" rice flour is produced using rice flour made in Bandai-machi, motofuntou (sugarcane sugar) and rice bran oil. The sweetness was the food texture which crisps humbly.

A crop made in Bandai-machi, local specialty and a gift equal a product house. It's said that the homemade rice-ball and rice cake are also popular.

Sake is also had a large selection of by a kind abundance at the inside. Aizu rural areas is an area where the cold climate and the condition most suitable for sake brewing as the good water and the producing center in the US are even, and Japan where a sake brewer is many is a producing center of eminent sake. Whether premium liquor is variety Yutaka from the basic kind.

Besides sake of the month replacement Mr. Kenji Suzuki of the sake researcher called "god of sake" chooses can also be bought. It's said that Mr. Suzuki has choose sake from the relationship as the Bandai-machi residence as a special adviser of road station BANDAI. "More liquor moth chas" are also held by the weekend limitation. The plan generous with everything liquor of a sticker price of more than 1000 yen wins in 1000 yen for once certainly!

There are also much original goods, and it has complete set of gift road station BANDAI.

A label of a limitation liquor "NYARA man" cat of the road station original label on which I collaborated with sake of a superior brand from Kitakata "Nara man" is very pretty. When I have local brand of sake of the area limitation, it's only bought for a gift.

It was said that the honey made in Bandai-machi was also popular, and there were various sizes acacia, horse chestnut and buckwheat. It's also recommended in a set of 3 kinds with which you can compete eating.

Then "RAHOTSU BANDAI" in outdoor can taste the near soft ice cream with buckwheat flour made in Bandai-machi. By an option, honey, it's possible to put toppings. Blackish brown near honey was the taste with the habit compared with other honey.

Ban-etsu-West Line can see the train which runs and passes immediateness right now in the back of the road station. It's the best spot which can take a picture of a train with Bandai-san in the background.

In Property, "When, oh, it's held.", a model of "Gundam" is exhibited from an edge of the name of "Bandai" of a toy. Please also check it here.

[Road station Inawashiro] the gourmet shopping spot which would like to come near in front of the way home

One behind road station BANDAI will enjoy Inawashiro lake ridge walk, an embarkation of a sightseeing boat and sightseeing around the Inawashiro lake such as "The Dr. Noguchi Memorial Hall" and a "Inawashiro herb, garden" tour.

Enjoying Inawashiro sightseeing fully and before arriving at way home, the place at which I'd like to drop in is "road station Inawashiro". There is "Inawashiro Bandai-kogen" on Ban-etsu Expressway in the location of about 1 minute from IC. Before arriving at way home, it'll be satisfied with a this place gourmet and a purchase.

A gift in Inawashiro and Aizu area and Traditional Pottery items are jam-packed in an open product house. It has the very abundant number of goods, and it's recommended as buying Aizu gift.

"Raw Red Bean Pancake" of the Red Bean Pancake specialty store most popular in Aizuwakamatsu-shi "gong of Red Bean Pancake and". When the person who does bulk-buying lined up a showcase much, too, it became out of stock suddenly.

"Tempura Bean Paste Bun" and "bamboo dumpling" of Aizu local hometown food also equal Japanese Sweets in a localness tuckshop. Gold Fermented Soybeans of Inawashiro local specialty also has this place bread in the inside, and when there are goods the area, only buys it.

A gourmet is enriched, too, and there is many something here. That you can taste in Restaurant, "set of Handmade soba and source Pork Cutlet Rice Bowl".

Handmade soba was struck every morning in the Soba Noodles strike room in the road station, and they're good noodles over the throat. There was also a steady volume by half size for source Pork Cutlet Rice Bowl of Hayama Takahara pig. The rice with rice made in Inawashiro was plump, tasted sweet and was very good.

Then wild boar seller" in a food court can have the Chinese noodles by which a noted store in Kitakata "Kiichi" is the supervised road station original. Amber soup is the simple taste with the body and the charm, and the chemistry with the medium bold crispation noodles is outstanding. The sirloin roast pork is soft and also delicious here. It was an impression for so good Chinese noodles to be eaten by road station.

A soft ice cream with milk from Aizu "milk of a cow" can be tasted at road station Inawashiro. A milk sense was the soft ice cream which has the reliable good body.

A big photo frame is installed in outdoor, and you can take a ceremonial picture with Bandai-san in the background. A facial putting panel is also prepared in Property, so how about taking a picture in commemoration of the travel?

Road station is also the place where you can say a place and find charm in an area the just break. I think if eating, it's the delicious taste of the road station that you can know culture and history. Everyone look for his favorite concerning road station, too, please.

"Bandaisan Onsen Hotel by Hoshino Resorts" recommended to the tour of road station in Aizu

The hot spring hotel where culture in Aizu where I pause in the ideal location which wishes for Bandai-san and Inawashiro-ko Lake can be enjoyed fully. Gentle hot spring of buffet and texture which can taste local food and morning Chinese noodles in modern Guest room is charm. China-painting of a paper cow and starry sky walk of Aizu folk song, a sake bar and night also enrich rich Activity, and through staying, it can be satisfied with Aizu. 

It's road station BA N, if saying, within the range and Direction are also outstanding for 30 minutes by car from road station Inawashiro. Wouldn't you like to go out to travel in Aizu while enjoying a drive and touring?