- Getting there
- Kadoya Bentencho is 4 min on foot from Kisaiya Hiroba and the tender pier; taxi from the wharf about 2.0 km, ¥1,000 (our estimate)
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
In Uwajima, tai-meshi is raw: slices of sea bream steeped in a sauce of soy, mirin, raw egg, sesame and stock, then poured with the sauce over hot rice. It began as a meal fishermen could make on a boat without a fire. Kadoya’s Bentencho shop serves lunch 11:00–14:00 and its shop by the station 11:30–14:00; the food court at Kisaiya Hiroba 10:30–16:30, last order 16:00. Prices are not on the tourism association’s list.
- Number 3 of ten on our list for Uwajima.
- Short enough to be certain of: 2 hr door to door, so even a tender day works.
- 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 oneKadoya, Bentencho shopかどや 弁天町店 | Uwajima tai-meshi and other local dishes, 1-4-6 Bentencho, 4 minutes on foot from Kisaiya Hiroba. 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–20:30; closed on 1 January. |
| The famous oneKadoya, Ekimae main shopかどや 駅前本店 | 8-1 Nishiki-machi, by JR Uwajima Station. 11:30–14:00 and 17:00–20:30; closed 31 December–1 January. |
| Local pickHozumi-teiほづみ亭 | 2-3-8 Shinmachi. Tai-meshi and Uwajima satsuma. 11:00–14:00 (last order 13:20) and 17:00–22:10; closed on Sundays and on the last day of a run of three or more holidays. |
Each name opens in Google Maps. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.
Where the 2 hr 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 1 hr 40 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
The castle and Tensha-enNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5h door to doorA ship alongside on any call of 4.5 hours or more, between 08:30 and 16:30. From the tender pier walk instead: about 15 minutes to the castle
Garden, castle, pearls and tai-meshiNeeds a 6-hour call · ~4h door to doorA ship alongside from 08:00 or earlier that stays past 14:00: off at 08:30, back by 12:30. Kadoya serves lunch 11:00–14:00
Uchiko by limited expressNeeds a 9-hour call · ~7h door to doorA call of about 07:00–17:00 or longer: off at 07:30, back about 14:25, an hour before a 15:30 gangway time. Not a morning or an afternoon half-dayA wet day: Kisaiya Hiroba, pearls and tai-meshiA wet day · ~2.5h door to doorRain on any call that covers lunch. The castle’s steps and the garden are in the open; the market, the pearl hall and the restaurants are notWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
3 hr 30 min for bothTensha-en
The pond garden the 7th lord, Date Munetada, built for his retirement.
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4 hr for bothThe castle hill by Noboritachi-mon
The hill opens at 06:00, three hours before the keep, so this is the walk for an early arrival.
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