Wakayama ramenPhoto: Sakumata / CC0
The Japan Tourism Agency’s cruise page for Wakayama-Shimotsu Port names Wakayama ramen as the local dish and notes that people here call it chuka soba.
- Getting there
- Taxi from the berth to Ide Shoten, 6.0 km, about 8 min and ¥2,650, our estimate; 9 min on foot from Wakayama Station
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Wakayama’s ramen is called chuka soba: thin noodles in a soy and pork-bone broth. The Japan Tourism Agency’s page for this port names it as the local dish. Ide Shoten, near JR Wakayama Station, is the best-known shop; its hours and closing days are not confirmed, so check on the day.
- 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.
The place to have it
| Place | What you get |
|---|---|
| The famous oneIde Shoten井出商店 | The best-known Wakayama ramen shop, 9 min on foot from JR Wakayama Station and about 8 min by taxi from the berth (our estimates). Opening hours and closing days are not confirmed: the shop has no page of its own that could be checked. |
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 45 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.
Wakayama Castle and the Momijidani gardenNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3h door to doorAny call: the keep closes on 29–31 December and on occasional days the castle announces on its site
The cat stationmaster of Kishi, ramen and the castleNeeds a 9-hour call · ~7h door to doorCalls of 9 hours or more. Yontama is on duty Friday to Tuesday; on Wednesdays and Thursdays the candidate Rokutama sits in. Times assume 09:30 off the shipUnder 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 openWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
