Chicken nanbanPhoto: Kyu3a / CC BY-SA 4.0
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Miyazaki’s own fried chicken: battered, dipped in sweet vinegar and topped with tartare sauce. Horikawa Restaurant Tomura, a few minutes from the canal, serves a chicken nanban set for ¥1,350 and Miyazaki wagyu at lunch, 11:00–14:00. It closes on Tuesdays, which rules out most 2027 calls; on those days have lunch in Obi instead.
- Short enough to be certain of: 2 hr door to door.
- Tomura closes on Tuesdays. Check the day before you plan around it.
- 2 hr door to door needs a 4-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
The place to have it
| Place | What you get |
|---|---|
| Local pickHorikawa Restaurant Tomura堀川レストランとむら | Sonoda 3-1-11, near the Horikawa Canal: chicken nanban set ¥1,350, Miyazaki wagyu yakiniku set ¥1,650, sashimi set ¥1,650. 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–21:45; closed Tuesdays. Cards accepted. |
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What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
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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 bothAburatsu Station in Carp red
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.
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