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Imo-kenpi at Imoya Kinjiro

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Round trip
2 hr 30 min
From the ship and back
Fits
a 4.5-hour call or longer
Margin already counted
Getting there
Oroshidanchi store, by taxi from the centre
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Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve

Checked against official sources · updated · Takumi Yamada

Why we send people here

Sweet-potato sticks fried in fresh oil hourly — Kochi’s snack aristocracy. The warm bag from the flagship shames every supermarket version.

Before you count on it
  • 2 hr 30 min door to door needs a 4.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
  • No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
The story

Why Imo-kenpi at Imoya Kinjiro is famous

Imo-kenpi is sweet potato cut into sticks, fried and coated in sugar, and Kochi treats it as a serious product rather than a snack. Kinjiro fries in front of you and sells the day's batch warm, which is a different thing from the bagged version and the reason for the queue.

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 oneImoya Kinjiro Oroshidanchi

Fries imo-kenpi on site and sells the day’s batch warm, which is a different thing from the bag. In Minami-Kubo, Kochi city, 10:00–19:00; a taxi ride, not a walk from Hirome.

Open in Google MapsWhere locals goImoya Kinjiro Honten

The main store, out in Hidaka village. The official shop list shows no branch at Hirome or in the arcades.

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The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Each one is a finished day timed from the official timetables, with this stop in it. Read the route rather than assembling it yourself.

The rainy-day KochiA wet day · ~4h door to doorWet weather — Kochi rains hard, and the market is roofedThe castle glimpseNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3h door to doorA 5-hour call with a pre-booked taxi both ways; on the shuttle it needs 6 hours, because the first one leaves about an hour after arrival. On a 4-hour call, take a taxi to Katsurahama instead
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
Katsuo tataki, flame-seared, KochiEat · ~3h via shuttle

Katsuo tataki, flame-seared

Bonito seared over burning straw, salted, and eaten before the smoke clears — Kochi’s defining dish done theatrically at Myojinmaru’s Hirome Market stall.

See the detailKochi Castle, KochiSee · ~3.5h

Kochi Castle

One of only twelve original castles — keep, gates and palace all survived.

See the detailHirome Market, KochiSee · ~3h

Hirome Market

Sixty stalls, shared tables, day-drinking locals who will toast you — Kochi’s living room.

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