Aburatsu Station in Carp redPhoto: えすぱにぃ / CC BY-SA 4.0
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Nichinan has hosted the Hiroshima Carp baseball team’s camp at Tenpuku Stadium since 1963, and the town painted its station in the team’s red. It is a short stop on the way to the canal or the train to Obi: the Aburatsu shopping street and the 1922 brick warehouse are a few minutes away on foot.
- Short enough to be certain of: 2 hr door to door.
- 2 hr door to door needs a 4-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Aburatsu Station in Carp red and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
4 hr for bothThe Horikawa Canal and its bridges
The Obi domain dug this canal in 1683–86 to float its cedar to the port.
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4 hr for bothKatsuo aburi-ju
Nichinan’s own dish: line-caught bonito marinated two ways, seared at your table over a small charcoal brazier and eaten on rice from a lacquer box.
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4 hr for bothChicken nanban
Miyazaki’s own fried chicken: battered, dipped in sweet vinegar and topped with tartare sauce.
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