Oarai Seaside Station

Oarai Seaside Station is a multi-purpose facility where you can shop and dine while feeling the sea breeze. It includes many fashion and lifestyle shops, and is characterized by having many Oarai-specific tenants. For food and souvenirs, there is “”Oarai Maiwai Ichiba,”” where you can buy local specialties like Beni Haruka dried sweet potatoes and richly flavored Sashima tea, as well as “”Oarai Hamakko Shokudo Osakana Tengoku,”” where you can enjoy fresh seafood from Oarai. Because Oarai is the setting for the popular anime “”Girls & Panzer,”” there is also the “”Oarai Garupan Gallery.” The facility offers rental bicycles, and with many attractive spots nearby it works well as a sightseeing base: Oarai Marine Tower is a 1-minute walk, Oarai Waku Waku Science Museum is a 3-minute walk, and Oarai Isosaki Shrine and Oarai Ocean Museum are about a 25-minute walk. Access is about a 15-minute walk from the Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line “”Oarai Station.”