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Imo-kenpi at Imoya Kinjiro

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Eat in Kochi · #9 of the port's ten

Imo-kenpi at Imoya Kinjiro

~2.5h — the round trip from the gangway, with the 60-minute margin kept aside.

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Round trip
2 hr 30 min
From the ship and back
Fits
a 2–3 hour stop ashore
Margin already counted
Getting there
Obiyamachi arcade
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Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve
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
  • 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 Hirome

Fries imo-kenpi in front of you and sells the day’s batch warm, which is a different thing from the bag.

Open in Google MapsWhere locals goImoya Kinjiro Kochi Honten

The main shop, with the varieties the market stall does not carry.

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If you have longer

What fits alongside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare on a 6-hour stop ashore.

Yuzu everything4 hr 30 min for bothKochi grows most of Japan’s yuzu, and it shows up in juice, ponzu, kosho paste and soft serve. Buy the ponzu from Umaji village — chefs hoard it.
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 rainy-day KochiA wet day · ~4h door to doorWet weather — Kochi rains hard, and the market is roofedThe castle glimpse2–3 hours · ~3h door to doorShort calls from a far berth — one target, done well
Pairs well with

What to put beside it

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

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4 hr 30 min for both

Yuzu everything

Kochi grows most of Japan’s yuzu, and it shows up in juice, ponzu, kosho paste and soft serve.

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