1 / 2Nodoguro, the throat-black snapperPhoto: Norio NAKAYAMA / CC BY-SA 2.0
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Checked against official sources · updated · Takumi Yamada
The San'in coast’s prized fatty white fish — grilled simply, it outclasses toro for half the price. If a menu lists nodoguro, stop deliberating.
- 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.
Why Nodoguro, the throat-black snapper is famous
Nodoguro is blackthroat seaperch, called throat-black for the colour inside its mouth. It is one of the most expensive fish on this coast: the flesh is so fatty it is nicknamed white toro, and it is best grilled with salt and nothing else. Sakaiminato is one of the main landing ports.
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.
Ask for nodoguro shioyaki, grilled with salt and nothing else. Menus follow the catch, and we have not confirmed one named shop that always has it.
Open in Google MapsClosest to the berthMizuki Shigeru Road shops水木しげるロードSeveral rooms along the yokai street do a nodoguro set at lunch prices.
Open in Google MapsRoutes 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.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
