＜Roadside Station Joso The "Bountiful Harvest Thanksgiving Festival 2025" will be held in Ibaraki, the largest rice-producing region in the Kanto region! From October 11 (Sat.) to 19 (Sun.), there will be 9 days full of rice!

～New "Rice Bale Filling Challenge," "Set Meal Rice Extra Large," and more! and other special rice events!

2025.10.07 11:00

株式会社COLLECT

Michi no Eki Joso, a food theme park that showcases the attractions of Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture (Location: Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture; Operated by COLLECT Co. This is the time of year when the new rice harvest is coming in, and we have prepared this event so that visitors can fully enjoy the appeal of Ibaraki Prefecture's delicious new rice. From the new "Rice Bale Container Challenge" and "Mochi Pounding Contest," to the "Set Meal with Extra Large Servings of Rice" by Joso Inaho Shokudo, "1.5 times more rice balls" by Hagama Omusubi Inahonosato, and "Boku to Melon to Bakery. Boku to Melon to Bakery, Boku to Melon to Soft Ice Cream, Boku to Melon to Soft Ice Cream, Boku to Melon to Soft Ice Cream, and Boku to Melon to Bakery. TAMAGOYA Joso House's "Tenteri rice pudding", and Imotoowa's "Super fine rice kenpi" will all be on sale during the 9 days. Thanks to your support, the total number of visitors to Michi no Eki Joso has exceeded 6 million in the two and a half years since its opening in April 2023. As a token of our gratitude, we hope you will enjoy "Bountiful Harvest Thanksgiving Festival 2025," a rice event in which all the efforts of Michi no Eki Joso will be put to the test.

豊作大感謝祭2025

Bountiful Harvest Thanksgiving Festival 2025

Delicious rice from Ibaraki, "Kanto's No.1 rice-producing region," will be offered to you precisely because the price of rice is soaring!

Ibaraki Prefecture boasts the largest rice acreage and harvest in the Kanto region, and is known as "Kanto's best rice-producing region. In addition to Koshihikari, one of Japan's most popular brands of rice, the prefecture also produces a variety of other rice varieties, including the original Fukumaru rice. We have planned the "Bountiful Harvest Thanksgiving Festival 2025" in the hope that people can fully enjoy the appeal of Ibaraki Prefecture's delicious rice without worrying about the price.

In order to deliver delicious rice at a low price, we will hold the "Rice Bale Challenge" (participation fee: 500 yen), in which participants can take home a basket of rice bales (each bale is equivalent to 100g) worth of rice produced in Ibaraki Prefecture, and a "Mochi Pounding Contest" in which freshly pounded rice cakes will be handed out free of charge. The event will also feature a "Mochi Pounding Contest" in which freshly pounded rice cakes will be handed out for free. In Ibaraki Prefecture, where there are many rice farmers, Michi no Eki Joso, which has many contracts with rice farmers, has prepared a very special rice event that can only be offered at a very reasonable price.

In addition, the "Joso Inaho Shokudo", which offers meals lavishly using Ibaraki Prefecture's representative meats such as Hitachiniku beef, rose pork, and Tsukuba chicken, as well as local specialties such as clams, a wide variety of seafood, Chinese cabbage, rice, and natto, will offer "extra large portions" of rice from its popular set meal menu during the event! In addition, a new menu featuring mushrooms from Ibaraki Prefecture is now on sale so that visitors can enjoy the autumn flavors of Ibaraki Prefecture. And, me, melon, and soft serve ice cream. The "Boku to Melon to Soft-serve Ice Cream" menu features a limited edition "Okomelon Soft-serve" topped with Michi no Eki Joso's original Okoge rice crackers and a limited quantity of "Boku no Komeko Melon Pan" made from 100% rice flour produced in Ibaraki Prefecture. We hope you will enjoy "Bountiful Harvest Thanksgiving Festival 2025" at Michi-no-Eki Joso as your autumn outing spot.

The "Bountiful Harvest Thanksgiving Festival 2025" will feature the following events.

New Event: "Rice Bale Container Challenge

In honor of Sports Day, the only national holiday in October, a new event, "Rice Bale Nageire Challenge," will be held in the shape of a standard field day game called "ball tossing.

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Dates: October 11 (Sat), 12 (Sun), 13 (Mon) (national holiday),

　　　　Saturday, October 11, Sunday, October 12, Saturday, October 13, Saturday, October 18, and Sunday, October 19.

Time: 9:00~ (*Registration will be closed as soon as all the tickets are sold out.)

Participation fee: 500 yen

Capacity: 70 people on a first-come-first-served basis each day

Rules:

Each person can have 15 bales.

Each person can take home only the number of bales in his/her basket in 30 seconds.

Each bale weighs 100g.

(e.g.) If the number of bales in the basket is 15

→You will take home 1.5 kg of rice (100 g x 15 bales).

　If you participate alone, please ask someone behind you to carry the basket on their back.

新企画『米俵入れチャレンジ』(1)

New project "Rice Bale Filling Challenge" (1)

新企画『米俵入れチャレンジ』(2)

New project "Rice Bale Filling Challenge" (2)

Mochi Pounding Contest

Freshly pounded rice cakes will be handed out free of charge.

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Date: October 11 (Sat.), 12 (Sun.) and 13 (Mon.)

Time: 11:00 - (*ends when all are gone)

Participation fee: Free of charge

Capacity : First 100 visitors on each day

餅つき大会

Mochi Pounding Contest

A number of "Harvest Thanksgiving Day 2025" limited edition products will be available at the stores, which are sure to draw a long queue!

Boku to Melon to Bakery. Boku to Melon to Bakery: New "Boku no Komeko Melon Pan

Boku to Melon to Bakery. Boku to Melon to Bakery: New "Boku no Komeko Melon Pan" (Boku to Melon to Bakery) is a melon bread that is as white as rice!

The dough is made from Tenteri Eggs, an original egg from "Michi no Eki Joso". In addition, 100% Ibaraki rice flour is kneaded into the dough, and rice flour is sprinkled on top of the cookie dough and baked to create a pure white melon bread. Please enjoy the aromatic and crispy outside, and the soft and sweet melon bread with the texture of rice flour and the goodness of the ingredients.

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Date of release: October 11 (Sat.) - on sale in limited quantities.

　　　　　　Limited quantities available. Limited quantities available.

Product name: Boku no Komeko Melon Pan

Price ： 350 yen

Allergy : Wheat, eggs, milk ingredients, almonds, soybeans

新登場「ぼくのこめこメロンパン」

New "Boku no Komeko Melon Pan

Boku to melon to soft serve ice cream. Boku to melon to soft serve ice cream.

Boku to Melon to Soft Ice Cream. Boku to Melon to Soft Serve Ice Cream" is a new product from "Boku to Melon to Soft Serve Ice Cream," featuring the popular melon soft serve topped with a rice cracker topped with a rice cracker toppings! The slight saltiness and crispy texture of the Okoge Sempei combined with the gorgeous sweetness of the melon soft serve is a seasonal product that is only available during the rice season. We hope you will enjoy this miraculous marriage.

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Date of release: October 11 (Sat.) - on sale: October 11 (Sat.)

Product name ：Okomelon Soft

Price ： 500 yen

Allergy：Dairy ingredients, shrimp, wheat, soybeans

新登場「おこメロンソフト」

Newly introduced "Okomelon Soft

TAMAGOYA Joso House: New "Ten-teri Kome Kome Pudding

New from TAMAGOYA Joso House is a rice pudding with a soft and chewy texture and a gentle taste, made with amazake from Ishizuka Koji Shop in Joso City and rice flour 100% grown in Ibaraki Prefecture! The rice pudding can be enjoyed even more by pouring the "special honey," which is made by boiling down mirin (sweet sake made from rice) and condensing the sweetness and richness of the rice.

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Date of release: October 11 (Sat.) - on sale: October 11 (Sat.)

Product name ：Tente-ri Kome Kome Pudding

Price ： 480 yen

Allergy：Dairy ingredients, eggs, gelatin

新登場「天てりこめこめプリン」

Newly introduced "Ten-teri-Kome-Kome Pudding

Imo Toiwa: Newly introduced "Extra-fine rice kenpi

Imotowa has introduced a new product that combines the popular ultra-fine kenpi with the crunchy texture of okoge made from rice from Ibaraki Prefecture and pure white arare sugar that is reminiscent of rice! The special honey made from rice-derived syrup is mixed with the texture and taste of the kempi.

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Date of release: October 11 (Sat.) - on sale: October 11 (Sat.)

　　　　　　Limited quantities available. Limited quantities available; the product will be discontinued as soon as it is sold out.

Product name: "Okome-kempi-gokonopi" (superfine rice cake)

Price ： 680 yen

Allergy : Soybeans, Wheat

新登場「極細おこめけんぴ」

Newly introduced "Superfine Okome Kempi-Pi

Enjoy the rice to the fullest! Campaign for more rice!

Hagama Omusubi Inahonosato: Three popular rice balls are now available in 1.5 times the size!

Hagama Omusubi Inahonosato is now offering three types of popular rice balls in 1.5 times the size without changing the price, so that you can enjoy the taste of the new rice in a bigger and more luxurious way!

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Sales period: October 11 (Sat.), 12 (Sun.) and 13 (Mon.)

Target products: 1.5 times the size of tuna mayo onigiri, mentaiko onigiri, and grilled salmon onigiri (from left to right in the photo)

(From left to right in the photo)

Product name ：Tuna mayo rice ball

Price ： 260 yen

Allergy : Egg and soy

Product name : Mentaiko rice ball

Price : 324 yen

Allergy：None

Name : Grilled salmon rice ball

Price : 303 yen

Allergy : Salmon

(前)通常サイズ／(後)1.5 倍サイズ

(Front) Normal size / (Back) 1.5 times the size

Joso Inaho Shokudo: Popular set menus are now available with a "super-size" serving of rice!

Joso Inaho Shokudo offers a free choice of "Normal-size", "Large-size" or "Super-large-size" rice for its popular set menus. Please enjoy the popular menu with rice to the fullest!

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Sales period: October 11 (Sat.), 12 (Sun.), 13 (Mon.) (national holiday),

　　　　　Saturday, October 11, Sunday, October 12, Saturday, October 13, Saturday, October 18, Sunday, October 19, and Sunday, October 19.

Items covered: Straw natto set meal, Kaisen bakudan neba neba set meal

　　　　　Inaho Shokudo set meal, Tonkatsu set meal, Karaage set meal

超大盛りご飯いなほ食堂定食

Inaho Shokudo set meal, Tonkatsu set meal, Karaage set meal

TAMAGOYA Joso Restaurant: Extra large bowl of rice! Two Ten-Teri Eggs! Free refill of pickles!

TAMAGOYA Joso Restaurant offers the popular "Tamagokake Gohan Set" with extra large servings of rice! In addition, the number of ten-teri tamago eggs has been increased from one to two. In addition, you can have another serving of pickles for free.

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Sales period: October 11 (Sat.), 12 (Sun.) and 13 (Mon.)

　　　　　　Saturday, October 11, Sunday, October 12, Saturday, October 13, Saturday, October 18, Sunday, October 19, and Sunday, October 19.

Product Name ：Super Large bowl of rice topped with an egg

Includes: Extra large serving of rice, 2 Ten-Teri Eggs, and 1 free refill of pickles

Price ： 825 yen

Allergy ：Egg, wheat, sesame, soybean

超大盛りご飯卵かけご飯

Extra large bowl of rice with egg over rice

An event to enjoy the "taste of autumn" in Ibaraki is also being held from October 2 (Thu.)!

Roadside Station Joso is currently holding the "Ibaraki Autumn Taste Festival" prior to the "Bountiful Harvest Thanksgiving Festival 2025. The Joso Inaho Restaurant and the fresh fish and side dish corner are offering products only available at the Autumn Taste Festival. The autumn season brings mushrooms and bonito from Ibaraki Prefecture, which are only available at Roadside Station Joso, in a combination unique to Ibaraki Prefecture.

The "Ibaraki Autumn Taste Festival" - Joso Inaho Shokudo

Rose pork miso ramen

This miso ramen uses barley miso from the local Ishizuka Koji Shop. The noodles are made with Okkuji eggs produced in Ibaraki Prefecture.

Product name ：Rose Pork Umami Miso Ramen

Price ： 1,180 yen

Allergy : Wheat, egg, sesame, soybean, chicken, gelatin

ローズポーク旨味噌ラーメン

Rose Pork Umami Miso Ramen

Autumn seafood bowl with saury and kinoko

Kaisen-don" is a bowl of rice topped with mushrooms and seafood served with "Kinoko Dashi Shoyu" (mushroom soup stock soy sauce).

The saury is served with miso from the local Ishizuka Koji Shop.

Product name ：Autumn seafood bowl with saury and mushrooms

Price ： 1,620 yen

Allergy ：Wheat, salmon, soybeans, dairy ingredients, baby sardine contamination

サンマと木ノ子の秋の海鮮丼

Autumn seafood bowl with saury and kinoko

∙ Duck soba noodles with Ibaraki mushrooms (3 kinds)

Ibaraki mushrooms and soba noodles served with warm mushroom sauce.

Name ：Hitachi-Aki Soba with Ki no Ki no Kamo Soba

Price ： 1,290 yen

Allergy ：Wheat, soybeans, mackerel, dairy ingredients, buckwheat

Product name ：Sashimacha soba noodles with kinoko-no-kamo soba

Price : 1,290 yen

　　　　　　Two-color Soba-Kinoko-no-Kamo Soba

Allergy : Wheat, Soybean, Mackerel, Milk, Soba

Product Name ：Two-Color Soba-Kinoko-no-Kamo Soba

Price : 1,840 yen

Allergy : Wheat, Soybean, Mackerel, Milk, Soba

2色そば木の子の鴨そば

Two-color Soba-Kinoko's Kamo Soba

Umami Shio Natto Pork Bowl

Rose pork topped with plenty of natto (fermented soybeans) and served with umeshio sauce.

Product name : Umashio Nattodon

Price ： 1,730 yen

Allergy：Wheat, soybeans, sesame, natto

旨塩納豚丼

Umashio Natto Donburi

Ibaraki Autumn Taste Festival - Fresh Fish and Prepared Food Corner

Bonito konbu-gari rice

A bowl of rice topped with a generous portion of seasonal bonito sashimi on a bowl of lightly vinegared rice mixed with kombugari, a popular product at the fresh fish corner and in the cafeteria.

Product name ：Kombugari rice with bonito

Price ： 918 yen

Allergy：Sesame

かつおの昆布がり飯

Bonito kelp gari-meshi

Kelp gari rice with seared salmon

A popular item in the fresh fish section and cafeteria, this refreshing vinegared rice mixed with kelp gari is a perfect match for the fatty seared salmon and salmon roe!

Product name ：Kombugari rice with seared salmon

Price ： 951 yen

Allergy：Wheat, sake, salmon roe, sesame, soybeans, mackerel

炙りサーモンの昆布がり飯

Seared salmon with kelp gari rice

Bonito deep-fried with sweet and spicy mushroom sauce

Deep-fried bonito, a typical autumn fish,

It is a side dish that allows you to enjoy autumn to the fullest.

This dish is recommended as both a side dish and a snack!

Product name : Deep-fried bonito with sweet and spicy sauce for mushrooms

Price ： 627 yen

Allergy：Wheat, sesame, soybeans

かつお唐揚甘辛きのこだれ

Deep-fried bonito with sweet and spicy mushroom sauce

All prices include tax.

All prices include tax. For details, please contact Roadside Station Joso.

Outline of the "Harvest Festival 2025

Event Name

Event Name】 "Bountiful Harvest Thanksgiving Festival 2025

Schedule】 October 11, 2025

October 11 (Sat) to 19 (Sun), 2025

＜Bale-entering challenge

October 11 (Sat), 12 (Sun), 13 (Mon), 18 (Sat), 19 (Sun)

＜Mochi Pounding Contest

October 11 (Sat), 12 (Sun), 13 (Mon)

<Limited menu for the Harvest Festival 2025

Boku to Melon to Bakery. Boku to Melon to Bakery: New "Boku no Komeko Melon Pan" from October 11 (Sat.)

Boku to Melon to Soft Ice Cream. Boku to Melon to Soft Ice Cream: New "Okomelon Soft" from October 11 (Sat.)

TAMAGOYA Joso House: New arrival "Tenteri Kome Kome Pudding" from October 11 (Sat.)

Imo Toiwa：New "Okome Kempi-Pi" (very thin rice cake) available from October 11 (Sat.)

＜Joso Inaho Shokudo: "Extra large portion" of rice for set meals

October 11 (Sat), 12 (Sun), 13 (Mon), 18 (Sat), 19 (Sun)

＜Hagama Omusubi Inahonosato: Rice balls 1.5 times larger

October 11 (Sat), 12 (Sun), 13 (Mon)

＜TAMAGOYA Joso Restaurant: "Super Large bowl of rice topped with egg

October 11 (Sat), 12 (Sun), 13 (Mon), 18 (Sat), 19 (Sun)

Hours】【Time

9:00 - 17:00 *Vary according to each store.

Place】【Place

Roadside Station Joso

Outline of "Ibaraki Autumn Taste Festival

Event name: "Ibaraki Autumn Taste Festival

Event Name】 "Ibaraki" Autumn Taste Festival

Date of sale】 October 2, 2025 (Wed.)

October 2, 2025 (Thursday) -

Time】 9:00 - 17:00

9:00-17:00 *Vary according to each store.

Location】【Place】 Joso Whinaho Shokudo, Michi-no-Eki

Michi no Eki Joso Whinoho Shokudo (Whinoho Shokudo, fresh fish, prepared foods corner)

About Michi no Eki Joso

Michi no Eki Joso is located along Route 294, just outside the Joso Interchange on the Ken-O Expressway, at the southern gateway to Ibaraki Prefecture. The "Agricultural Products Direct Sales Shop" mainly sells a variety of agricultural products grown in the rich nature of Joso City, and the "Dining Place" offers specialty products such as Joriku Beef, Rose Pork, and Tsukuba Chicken. It is a "food theme park" with approximately 1,500 products and menu items that can only be purchased and tasted at this station.