We went to “Roadside Station Urabandai” with my dog

2023/09/012023/08/28

(Machine translation by DeepL + adjustments by Gyegyopon, Translated article written for Japan without major changes, Sorry some Japanese language is still there)

Hello, this is Gyegyopon.

In August 2023, I went to “Michi no Eki Urabandai” (Roadside Station Urabandai) on the west shore of Lake Hibara in Fukushima Prefecture with my dog to do some shopping and have lunch. We were allowed to bring my dog on the terrace of the restaurant. There, the “Shari-Shari (crunchy) Cucumber with Mountain Salt Cold Ramen” was cold, tasty, and a little surprising.

I hope this article will be helpful to those who go out to eat with their dogs.

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Roadside Station Urabandai is like this

Roadside Station Urabandai is located on the west shore of Lake Hibara in the northern part of Fukushima Prefecture.

This roadside station has a restaurant and a direct sales shop of agricultural products. Pets are not allowed inside the building.

Photo of a white dog standing in front of the building labeled "direct sales shop of agricultural products" — Photo1: When we were shopping at the shop, our dog stayed waiting outside

We used the restaurant with us

The restaurant “Hibara-tei” has terrace seating, and pets are allowed to be with you on the terrace. (According to the website, this service is not available during the winter.)
Tables and chairs are placed under the eaves of the building and under the installed roof. On this day, the restaurant was almost full. Several other people were using the restaurant with their dogs.

Photo of the wooden table and wooden chaise lounge. On the other side, you can see the seating inside the building through the glass — Photo2: Terrace seating at “Hibara-tei”. There are about four other seats like this

At Hibara-tei, I had the restaurant’s recommended dish, “cold ramen with crunchy cucumber and mountain salt”. The chilled ramen matched the refreshing flavor of the famous mountain salt. I was a bit surprised at first by the light green stuff on the noodles.

Photo of the ramen. On top of the noodles are tomatoes, bamboo shoots, chashu pork, myoga, spinach, cucumber, lemon, and a light green coarse paste-like substance — Photo3: “Crunchy cucumber cold ramen with mountain salt”

We had an ice cream with my dog

There is an ice cream shop called “Forest Ice Cream Factory” at Michi no Eki Urabandai. We took a table and chairs right in front of the ice cream shop and had ice cream. We also took the dog with us.

Photo shows a white dog beyond the ice cream on the table, who is looking far away — Photo4: The dog does not seem to be interested in the ice cream

What the dog like and what he doesn’t like

I bought some horsemeat snacks at the souvenir corner for my dog, who was being a good boy on the terrace of the restaurant.
When I fed them to him later, he seemed to enjoy them so much that he ate them up a storm.

Photo of a product containing something like beef jerky with the words "Tamuzo For Dogs, Made with horse meat from Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, handmade dog treats," etc — Photo5: Dog treats I bought for my dog

A mist shower was set up in front of the farm produce shop.
It was nice and cool for people, but my dog was scared and could not walk halfway through.