Nihonkai Sakanamachi Seafood Market

Located in Wakaba Town, Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, this is the largest seafood market selling products from the Sea of Japan, and is host to 70 establishments like seafood shops and restaurants. Among the market stalls you’ll hear the energetic voices of the market vendors trying to sell their wares and you’ll see a wide variety of seafood delicacies on all of the stalls trucked in directly from Tsuruga Port such as fresh seafood, processed foods, and the local specialty, kombu seaweed. The seafood rice bowls, popular with tourists, are topped with a whole variety of different foods and all at a good price. Each bowl comes packed with a huge amount of seafood such as tuna, sea bream, shrimp, salmon roe and salmon, etc. The market officially opens at 10 a.m. but apart from the restaurants most stalls start trading from 8:30 a.m. onwards.

Spot details

Address: Fukui Pref. Tsurugashi Wakabachou 1-1531 Map
Area: Tsuruga / Mikata Five Lakes Area
Phone: 0770243800
Hours: 10:00-18:00
*On busy Sundays, we may open for extended hours
※We will close at 17:00 on 12/31.
Closed: Irregular holidays
Parking Lot: Available(400spaces)
※Free
Credit Card: Available(VISA, MasterCard, JCB, UnionPay)
Smoking: Available (2 locations available)
Wi-Fi: Available
Average budget: [Lunch] 1,001-3,000yen
Estimated stay time: 60-120 minutes
Wheelchair accessible: Available
Infant friendly: Available