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White shrimp lunch
White shrimp lunchPhoto: 7'o'7 / CC BY-SA 3.0
Shiro-ebi, the small pale shrimp of Toyama Bay, fried as tempura over rice. Shiroebi-tei inside Toyama Station is the named shop, open 11:00–21:00. The 2026 catch was poor, so order the bowl, not the soft-serve.
- It is not only a photo stop: a fish tank a kilometre deep, and the three creatures that define it.
- No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
Why White shrimp lunch is famous
A fish tank a kilometre deep, and the three creatures that define it
The white shrimp of Toyama Bay is a small, almost transparent shrimp, and the bay is the place Japan knows it from. It is eaten raw as sashimi, or shelled and fried in a light batter over rice, which is the bowl Shiroebi-tei serves inside Toyama Station. The 2026 catch was poor enough that the fish market withdrew its white-shrimp soft-serve topping.
The sea floor drops to a thousand metres within sight of the shore. That one fact explains a glowing squid, a translucent shrimp caught nowhere else, and a yellowtail with its own annual press announcement.
The earliest catch record at Namerikawa
Sweetfish sushi from Yoshimura Shinpachi; the shogun Yoshimune praises it
Watase Shōzaburō names hotaruika; the species carries his name in Latin
Jōganji river mouth to Uozu port, 1.3 km offshore
Shinminato's market and shrimp are at the berth. The squid cruise and Himi's yellowtail belong to specific months, and the squid museum covers the gap.
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 white-shrimp tempura bowl, inside the Toyamarché market in the station building. 11:00–21:00; closed New Year’s Day. Card acceptance not verified.
Open in Google MapsClosest to the berthMinamoto masu-zushi kiosk源 ますのすし 富山駅Pressed trout sushi in a wooden box, take-away for the ship. Station kiosk open from about 6:00–7:00 to 21:00.
Open in Google MapsWhere locals goNishicho Taiki, Nishimachi main shop西町大喜 本店The original Toyama Black shop, next to the Glass Art Museum; a bowl about ¥950. 11:00–20:00; closed Wednesdays. The Toyamarché branch at the station is 10:00–21:00.
Open in Google MapsRoutes 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.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
4 hr 40 min for bothShokoji temple, on foot from the wharf
The one sight you can walk to from the big-ship berth.
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5 hr for bothAmaharashi 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.
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5 hr for bothKaiwomaru Park and the Shinminato Bridge walkway
A four-masted training barque of 1930 you can board for ¥500, closed Wednesdays.
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