Katsuo aburi-juPhoto: ja:User:Sanjo / CC BY-SA 3.0
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
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. Nine restaurants serve it to a shared standard, ¥1,700 a box; in the low-catch season, winter above all, it may not be served. Bibinya, facing the fishing co-op, opens 11:00–15:00 and closes on Mondays, and on Monday and Tuesday at the end of the month (so on Tuesday 30 March 2027, and on 23 March 2027 after the Monday holiday).
- Short enough to be certain of: 2 hr door to door.
- Bibinya closes on Mondays, and on the Monday and Tuesday at the end of the month. 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 |
|---|---|
| The famous oneBibinya魚料理びびんや | Fish restaurant in the Aburatsu fishing port, Nishimachi 2-6-3, facing the fishing co-op: katsuo-meshi, tuna steak and set lunches. 11:00–15:00; closed Mondays (Monday and Tuesday at the end of the month). Cards accepted. 15 min on foot from JR Aburatsu. |
Each name opens in Google Maps. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.
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 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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4 hr for bothChicken nanban
Miyazaki’s own fried chicken: battered, dipped in sweet vinegar and topped with tartare sauce.
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