
Curry ramen at Aji no DaioPhoto: くろふね / CC BY-SA 4.0
Curry ramen is one of four ramen styles MLIT's cruise guide lists for Hokkaido, with Sapporo miso, Hakodate salt and Asahikawa soy.
- Getting there
- Taxi from Shukutsu 4.5 km, about ¥1,900 (our estimate); 15 min on foot from Chuo Pier; 5 min from JR Muroran
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Aji no Daio Muroran Honten calls itself the shop where Muroran curry ramen began. Curry ramen ¥1,000. 11:00–14:30, closed Tuesdays. MLIT’s cruise port guide calls the dish Hokkaido’s fourth ramen flavour, after Sapporo miso, Hakodate salt and Asahikawa soy.
- Short enough to be certain of: 2 hr door to door.
- Closed Tuesdays. Check the day before you plan around it.
- 2 hr door to door needs a 4-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Three places, three different answers
| Place | What you get |
|---|---|
| The famous oneAji no Daio Muroran Honten味の大王 室蘭本店 | 2-9-3 Chuo-cho, 5 min on foot from JR Muroran. Curry ramen ¥1,000. 11:00–14:30, closed Tuesdays. |
| Local pickKofune小舟 | 2-8-13 Etomo-cho, by the Etomo-koen-mae bus stop, 3.0 km from Shukutsu Pier. Curry ramen ¥980 at lunch, 11:30–14:30 (last order 14:00). Closed Mondays and the 3rd Tuesday. |
| The famous oneAji no Daio Noboribetsu Onsen branch味の大王 登別温泉店 | 29 Noboribetsu Onsen-machi, for the Hell Valley day. 11:30–15:00, closed Tuesdays. |
Each name opens in Google Maps. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.
Curry ramen at Aji no Daio and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
3 hr 30 min for bothHakucho Bridge and the roadside station
The Hakucho Bridge, 1,380 m long and finished in 1998, is the largest suspension bridge in eastern Japan, and Shukutsu Pier sits at its west end.
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3 hr 30 min for bothMuroran Aquarium
Hokkaido’s oldest aquarium, opened in 1953: about 120 species, seal, sea-lion and penguin shows, and a small funfair.
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3 hr 30 min for bothOld Muroran Station building
A wooden station building from 1912, the oldest surviving in Hokkaido and a registered Tangible Cultural Property.
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