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Tuna-cutting show at Kuroshio Market

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Tuna-cutting show at Kuroshio Market, Wakayama

Tuna-cutting show at Kuroshio MarketPhoto: Yanajin33 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Kuroshio Market stands on Wakayama Marina City, a resort island at Kemi in the south of the city.

Round trip
3 hr
From the ship and back
Fits
a 5-hour call or longer
Margin already counted
Getting there
Taxi from the berth to Wakayama Marina City, 10.7 km, about 15 min and ¥4,550 each way, our estimate
See the rides below
Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve

Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada

Why go

A whole tuna is cut up in front of the crowd every day at 12:30 and 15:00, and at 11:00 as well on weekends and holidays. The cuts go on sale at once as blocks, sushi and rice bowls. The market is open 10:00–17:00 and its food court 11:00–16:30; hours vary by season, so check its calendar.

Why it earns the hours
  • Number 2 of ten on our list for Wakayama.
Before you count on it
  • 3 hr door to door needs a 5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Where it is

Tuna-cutting show at Kuroshio Market and your ship

Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.

The arithmetic

Where the 3 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.

Outabout 15 minTaxi from the berth to Wakayama Marina City, 10.7 km, about 15 min and ¥4,550 each way, our estimate
There2 hr 35 minWhat you came for
Backabout 15 minTo the gangway

If your ship is late, cut the 2 hr 35 min in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.

The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.

The south shore: Kimiidera, Wakaura and the tuna show, WakayamaThe south shore: Kimiidera, Wakaura and the tuna showNeeds an 8-hour call · ~6h door to doorCalls of 8 hours or more, any day. Times assume 08:30 off the ship and the 12:30 show; on weekends and holidays there is an 11:00 show tooUnder cover: the castle keep and Kuroshio Market, WakayamaUnder cover: the castle keep and Kuroshio MarketA wet day · ~4.5h door to doorA wet day on any call. The climb to the keep, about 9 minutes, is the only part in the open
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
Wakayama Castle, WakayamaSee · ~2.5h

Wakayama Castle

The white keep stands on a hill in the middle of the city, about nine minutes’ climb from the gate.

See the detailKishi Station and the cat stationmaster, WakayamaSee · ~4.5h

Kishi Station and the cat stationmaster

Yontama is the stationmaster of Kishi.

See the detailKimiidera, WakayamaSee · ~2.5h

Kimiidera

A temple on the hillside above Wakaura Bay, with a vermilion pagoda among cherry trees.

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