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Kittokito Ichiba and the 12:30 auction

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Round trip
2 hr
From the ship and back
Fits
a 2–3 hour stop ashore
Margin already counted
Getting there
Taxi ~15 min from the Fushiki wharf; 0.8 km on foot from the Kaiwo Berth
Taxi about ¥3,900–4,300 on the meter (our estimate)
Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve
Why we send people here

The Shinminato fish market, 9:00–17:00, with restaurants inside and a midday auction at the fishing port next door from about 12:30. The auction is free to watch but does not run on Sundays or Wednesdays. Crab in season, masu-zushi all year.

Why it earns the hours
  • Short enough to be certain of: 2 hr door to door, so even a tender day works.
The story

Why Kittokito Ichiba and the 12:30 auction is famous

The market opened in 2011 beside the Shinminato fishing port: a single-storey hall with a giant crab sign over the door. Restaurants are inside and fish counters along the walls. The unusual part is next door: an auction at about half past twelve, free to watch on any day but Sunday or Wednesday. The white-shrimp soft-serve was suspended in 2026 after a poor catch.

Where to have it

Three places, three different answers

The one the queue agrees on, the one people who live here use instead, and the one nearest your ship. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.

The famous oneShinminato Kittokito Ichiba

The fish market by the Shinminato fishing port, with restaurants inside. 9:00–17:00; closed 1 January only, though tenants vary. The auction next door is from about 12:30, not Sundays or Wednesdays.

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Where it is

Kittokito Ichiba and the 12:30 auction and your ship

Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.

The arithmetic

Where the 2 hr goes

Counted from the moment you step off the gangway. The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside.

Out15 minTaxi ~15 min from the Fushiki wharf; 0.8 km on foot from the Kaiwo Berth
There1 hr 30 minWhat you came for
Back15 minTo the gangway

15 minutes each way is the measured figure for taxi ~15 min from the fushiki wharf; 0.8 km on foot from the kaiwo berth, not the optimistic one. If your ship is late, cut the 1 hr 30 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.

The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Each one is a finished day we have walked and timed, with this stop in it. Read the route rather than assembling it yourself.

The wet-day Fushiki (Fushiki wharf)A wet day · ~4.5h door to doorRain over the bay; a market hall, a lunch and covered corridors
Pairs well with

What to put beside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.

Build your own day →
3 hr 40 min for both

Shokoji temple, on foot from the wharf

The one sight you can walk to from the big-ship berth.

See the detail →4 hr for both

Amaharashi Coast and the Tateyama view

Onna-iwa rock, the Himi-line train and the 3,000-metre Tateyama range across the bay, on a clear day.

See the detail →4 hr for both

Kaiwomaru Park and the Shinminato Bridge walkway

A four-masted training barque of 1930 you can board for ¥500, closed Wednesdays.

See the detail →
The one rule: be back on board 60 minutes before all-aboard. Build the whole day on the Fushiki–Toyama plan page.
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