Sakaiminato: A Day of Fresh Seafood Shopping and Tasting from Market to Market

Spend a day wandering from market to market in Sakaiminato, a harbor town known for crab landings, enjoying fresh seafood along the way. In the morning, select crabs at Sakaiminato Sakana Center while listening to enthusiastic vendors, then take a break at the observation deck of Yume-Minato Tower to enjoy a sweeping panorama of the harbor and Mount Daisen. At lunch, enjoy a hearty, generously-stacked seafood rice bowl at Sakaiminato Suisan-butsu Chokubai Center, where auction house-operated shops line the aisles. In the afternoon, be overwhelmed by a collection of fish specimens at the Museum of the Sea and Daily Life, housed in a converted former sake brewery, then finish your souvenir hunt at Tairyou Market Nakaura, greeted by a giant Kitaro statue. A must for seafood lovers—a harbor town stroll where you see, select, and savor the freshest seafood imaginable.