Fish stalls inside Nakaminato fish market, the market whose restaurants serve the seafood bowlsPhoto: 江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) / CC BY-SA 4.0
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Raw fish over rice from the market restaurants. Prices on the market’s own site: a seared bowl at Kaisenmaru ¥2,200, the Sazanami bowl at Kobune ¥3,100, a sashimi set at Sandaime Uoichi from ¥1,320. Each restaurant keeps its own hours; most serve from mid-morning to late afternoon.
- Short enough to be certain of: 1 hr 30 min door to door.
- 1 hr 30 min door to door needs a 3.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Three places, three different answers
| Place | What you get |
|---|---|
| Worth knowingNakaminato Kaisenmaru那珂湊 海鮮丸 | Restaurant in the fish market; the market’s site lists its seared seafood bowl at ¥2,200 including tax. Hours set by the shop. |
| Worth knowingOshokujidokoro Kobuneお食事処 小舟 | Restaurant in the fish market; the Sazanami bowl ¥3,100 including tax on the market’s site. Hours and days off set by the shop. |
| Worth knowingShokujidokoro Sandaime Uoichi食事処 三代目 魚一 | A fishmonger’s restaurant in the market: a choice-of-sashimi set from ¥1,320 including tax on the market’s site. |
Each name opens in Google Maps. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.
A seafood bowl at Nakaminato and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Where the 1 hr 30 min goes
The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside. The minutes are our estimates from timetables and maps, not timed on the ground.
If your ship is late, cut the 50 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
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