Nasukogen Service Area (Southbound) — Attraction in Nasu

Very fancy/premium souvenir shop and boring restaurant.

Due to the brand image/reputation of the Nasu Highlands as a producer of premium dairy and meat products, the souvenir shop has lots of tempting and overpriced stuff to browse through.

Milk, yogurt, cheese, sausages, bacon are the main items; lots of other interesting stuff, too. Again, you will be paying premium prices due to the Nasu Highlands brand name. It's also part of Tochigi so you still have strawberry-related sweets.

Didn't eat at the restaurant; relatively small and it only has the same food you'll find in every single Japanese pit stop - tonkatsu, instant curry, soba/udon, ramen. They slapped on the Nasu name but they didn't really try...

Great for the kids, especially in the summer. A man-made stream runs thru it, great for toddler and young kids to wade in. Be sure to bring river shoes, as the bed is stones, and hard to walk on. Very shallow. There is a water fountain, but no shade. The water running thru the stream is from the Tama River and it is very clean at the top and start...

We are big fans of the Strawberry flavor of Popcorn and Poteochips, made in Tochigi, and this SA shop is selling these. It is convenient as this SA can be accessed not only expressway but also ordinary road. The new ramen shop will be opened which is my...