2025 Hanyu Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in March)

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This parking lot is a recreation of the streets of Edo, the setting of Onihei Hankacho, and it feels like a free theme park where you can travel back in time to the Edo period😆 The building is a recreation of the rows of food stalls at Ryogoku Hirokoji, the busiest street in Edo, so shopping is a lot of fun❣️ The reason this parking lot has an Edo concept is because the Tohoku Expressway is a modern version of the Nikko Kaido to Oshu Kaido roads of the Edo period💡 It seems that Hanyu PA (upbound) was built to look like the entrance to Tokyo (Edo), so it's a PA you definitely want to see when heading south on the Tohoku Expressway👍 Please go and check it out🎵 ⋈ ････Details･･･ ⋈ Address: 1686 Goken, Miroku, Hanyu City, Saitama Tohoku Expressway Hanyu PA (upbound) Even if you don't use the expressway, you can enter from the general road (free of charge). In that case, there is no parking lot, so you can only enter on foot. #tripdomestictravel #domestictravel #saitamatourism #saitamatrip #oldtownscape

Very nice, it was quiet that day with only about 6 tables seated. We were well looked after and the food was delicious. Two drinks two meals and extra sausage and bacon came to 4700 yen. Seemed about right for a more premium breakfast. The pancakes here have a nice consistency and bite to it. They are really good even on their own or with a little bit of syrup, although I personally like to take their seasonal flavor. They also offer brunch options with scrambled eggs and bacon, something a little bit more unusual in Japan. Finally, being a little bit hidden from the main street, the cafe itself has a nice relaxing atmosphere and is as of yet not too busy. And that I appreciated very much. #japantrip #deliciousfood #quiet

The Onihei Edo-dokoro Parking Area is a rest stop in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, on the Tohoku Expressway on the way into Tokyo. It is most commonly called the Hanyu Parking Area despite their best efforts to market it by the name of the character it was called after. Hanyu Parking area is as much a tourist attraction as a rest area. With its Edo period design and ninja show and street performances on the weekend, the Hanyu Parking area has created an added incentive to go by car not train to and from the Tohoku region. The theme of the Edo period goes past the design of the parking area, where the interior keeps with the exteriors image and replicates an edo period shopping area. A lot of the food and souvenirs are also based on commonly served dishes from the Edo period such as Unagi (eel). If you are visiting the parking area, I recommend that you time it for just before dusk so that you can appreciate the detail in the daylight and then witness the charm when it is lit up in the dark. And if you can make it on a weekend you might be able to see one of the Ninja performances and/or street performances. #fallingseason

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