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Roadside Station Kyoto by the Sea Miyazu: market and access

Last checked: October 2026

Miyazu Tourism Exchange Center, the tourist information office at the Kyoto by the Sea Miyazu roadside station
Miyazu Tourism Exchange Center, the tourist information office at the Kyoto by the Sea Miyazu roadside station
Roadside Station Kyoto by the Sea MIYAZU on Google Maps

Roadside Station Kyoto by the Sea MIYAZU

Photo: Google Maps
Type
Toll road rest stop
Address
3007 Hamamachi, Miyazu, Kyoto 626-0012
Area
Miyazu town centre
Google rating
3.4 (1,787 reviews) on Google Maps, checked October 2026
Opening hours on Google Maps, checked October 2026
DayHours
Monday
09:00–17:00
Tuesday
09:00–17:00
Wednesday
09:00–17:00
Thursday
09:00–17:00
Friday
09:00–17:00
Saturday
09:00–17:00
Sunday
09:00–17:00

Market, food and information

What’s at Michi-no-Eki Miyazu

Michi-no-Eki Miyazu puts a market, a restaurant, a tourist information centre and bike rental in one stop. Kyoto Prefecture’s tourism site says you get views of Miyazu Bay and the Amanohashidate sandbar2 from the station.

Market 9:00–17:001

  • Magokoro-ichi market: vegetables and rice brought in by farmers, plus Miyazu and Tango seafood products and souvenirs.
  • Minato Shokudo Shiosai: the restaurant, cooking with fish landed nearby and vegetables from the market.
  • HAMAKAZE Cafe: a café among the shops in the building.
  • Tourist information centre: covers Miyazu City and the wider Kyoto by the Sea (Umi no Kyoto) area.
  • Bike rental: standard bikes and electric bikes.

The station calls itself the closest roadside station to Amanohashidate1. Its information centre pitches itself as the starting point3 for trips around Miyazu City and the rest of Kyoto by the Sea.

Market hall of the Kyoto by the Sea Miyazu roadside station, with banners for local fish cakes and dried fish
Market hall of the Kyoto by the Sea Miyazu roadside station, with banners for local fish cakes and dried fish

Plan your timing

Opening hours and days off

The market and bike rental both run 9:00–17:001, while the restaurant keeps its own hours and its own day off.

Restaurant closed Wednesdays1

Part of the station Hours Day off
Magokoro-ichi market
9:00–17:001 (checked October 2026)
1 and 2 January1
Minato Shokudo Shiosai
10:00–17:00, lunch 11:00–14:301 (checked October 2026)
Wednesdays1
Bike rental
9:00–17:004
Toilets
24 hours1

In busy periods such as Golden Week, Obon and Silver Week, Minato Shokudo Shiosai also opens in the evening1, with those hours announced separately. The station’s own news page says it reopened after renovation on 1 October 20265.

Getting there

How do you get to Michi-no-Eki Miyazu?

Walk from Miyazu Station: the roadside station is about 12 minutes away on foot, about 800 m1. For sat-nav, the address is 3007 Hamamachi, Miyazu City1, Kyoto Prefecture.

About 12 min walk from Miyazu Station1

  • By car: the station is about 2 km from Miyazu Amanohashidate IC, about 5 minutes2 by car, or about 6 km1 from Yosa Amanohashidate IC.
  • By boat: boats from nearby Miyazu Pier2 go to Amanohashidate and Ine, and sightseeing boats and motorboats6 link Miyazu, Monju and Fuchu.
  • From the sandbar: the national roadside station site puts Amanohashidate about 5 minutes7 away by car.

Coming from Kyoto, the express train to Amanohashidate takes about 2 hours and the bus about 2 hours 20 minutes8. The train and bus times from Kyoto page has the connections.

White-walled buildings with tiled roofs at the Kyoto by the Sea Miyazu roadside station
White-walled buildings with tiled roofs at the Kyoto by the Sea Miyazu roadside station

Bikes and cars

Bike hire and parking costs

A standard bike costs ¥1,000 (about US$6), and the surface car park is free4.

Standard bike ¥1,0004

Bike hire and parking at the roadside station

CostAdult
Standard bicycle
¥1,000
Bike returned after 17:00
¥2,000 extra
Surface car park
Free
Multi-storey car park, first 5 hours
Free
Multi-storey car park, after 5 hours
¥200 per hour, up to ¥1,000 a day

amanohashidate.jp (official); Amanohashidate Tourism Association (official)

Bikes for the sandbar and Ine

Besides standard bikes, the station rents electric bikes, including long-distance electric cross bikes3 for riders heading to the funaya boathouses in Ine.

Rather ride with a guide? The Amanohashidate sandbar and culture e-bike tour is a local guided ride that starts from its own meeting point, not from Kyoto or Osaka.

Parking and Park & Cruise

  • Surface car park: about 38 regular and 7 large4 spaces, free.
  • Multi-storey car park (Hamamachi): about 400 regular spaces, free for the first 5 hours4.

The national roadside station site gives a different count, 60 regular and 7 large7 spaces. Under the tourism association’s Park & Cruise scheme, a sightseeing-boat ticket means you park free at the Hamamachi multi-storey, and Miyazu Pier is about 3 minutes10 on foot from it.

Drivers, cyclists, families

Who the station suits

Michi-no-Eki Miyazu suits you if you’re driving, cycling or catching a boat around the bay.

  • Drivers: a free4 surface car park and the Park & Cruise deal for boat passengers.
  • Cyclists: electric bikes for the longer ride up the coast to Ine.
  • Families: Kyoto Prefecture’s tourism site suggests pairing the visit with relaxing family time at Shimazaki Park11.
  • Boat trippers: Miyazu Pier is close by for boats to Amanohashidate and Ine.
Seawall path in Shimazaki Park, next to the Rekishi-no-Yakata and Miyazu Bay
Seawall path in Shimazaki Park, next to the Rekishi-no-Yakata and Miyazu Bay

Short hops from the car park

Nearby sights from the station

Several sights are a short walk or ride away. The tourism association’s bike-rental page lists these distances from the station.

Mikami Residence 0.27 km away4

Sights near Michi-no-Eki Miyazu
PlaceDistance from the stationGood to knowSource
Former Mikami Family Residence
0.27 km
Old merchant house once used as a sake brewery
Another Kyoto Official Travel Guide (kyototourism.org) (official); Amanohashidate Tourism Association (official)
Miyazu Catholic Church
0.33 km
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Amanohashidate Tourism Association (official)
Kanabiki Falls
1.40 km
About 5 min by car, about 30 min on foot
Amanohashidate Tourism Association (official); michi-no-eki.jp (official)
Amanohashidate View Land
1.95 km
Observatory on top of Mt. Monju
amanohashidate.jp (official); Amanohashidate Tourism Association (official)
Kaisenkyo swing bridge
2.34 km
Swings 90 degrees to let boats pass
Amanohashidate Tourism Association (official); kyototourism.org (official)

Another Kyoto Official Travel Guide (kyototourism.org) (official); Amanohashidate Tourism Association (official); michi-no-eki.jp (official); amanohashidate.jp (official); kyototourism.org (official)

The town’s church is a short stroll away, so check the Miyazu Catholic Church opening hours and access before you walk over. For the observatory on Mt. Monju, the Viewland guide covers the ride up.

For the rest of the town, see the Miyazu town details. For the sandbar, the shrines and Ine, browse the things to do around the bay.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons. Authors and licences: image credits

Checked against 14 sources · last checked October 2026
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  4. amanohashidate.jp (official) · checked October 2026
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