Michi-no-eki Utoro Shirietoku Restaurant

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Michi-no-eki (roadside station) Utoro is located at the gateway to the Shiretoko Peninsula. Many tourists visit this place as a base for sightseeing of the World Natural Heritage Site Shiretoko. The Michi-no-eki Utoro Shirietoku is a popular restauant in the building. The restaurant offers unique dishes under the concept of "meals can be dined only in this place in this season". It serves various dishes that are unique to Shiretoko using fresh local ingredients that are at their peak of the season in partnership with local markets and fish dealers. In Hokkaido's native people's language, Shirietoku means "end of the land". When you visit Shiretoko, try the local specialty at the end of Japan.

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A Popular Bowl with Plentiful Salmon

The restaurant's special is Sake Oyakodon (rice bowl with salmon and salmon roe - 1,500 yen). Shiretoko boasts the largest catch of salmon in Japan, and they use plenty of premium Shiretoko salmon in this dish. You can have different kinds of salmon depending on a season, such as Tokisake in the spring, Okhotsk salmon in the summer, premium Akisake in the fall and Yamazuke (salt cured salmon) in the winter.

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Healthy Venison Burger

Their other specialty is venison burger (300 yen). You can get it at a take-out corner next to the restaurant. They put a juicy patty made with 100 % local venison between fluffy buns. This is a healthy regional burger.

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Facility Has Lots of Tourist Information

There is a tourist information center and a shop where you can purchase regional specialties and souvenirs as well as a restaurant. It also offers a computer terminal that you can research on tourist information, hotels, restaurants in English, Korean, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.