[2025 Tsuruga Shopping Mall] Travel Guide for Nihonkai Sakana Machi (Sea of Japan Fish Market) (Updated Jul)

Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture. As this is a place facing the Sea of ​​Japan, there is a place where you can eat fresh seafood from the Sea of ​​Japan! It is called the Sea of ​​Japan Fish Town🐟 You can eat seafood bowls, including Echizen crabs🤤 It is also accessible by bus from Tsuruga Station, so it is a recommended spot. #photogenicspot

📍Nihon Sakanamachi Fukui Prefecture, which faces the Sea of ​​Japan, has many high-quality fishing grounds and is a treasure trove of fresh, delicious seafood. This time, we will introduce the huge seafood market "Nihonkai Sakanamachi", a major tourist spot in Tsuruga that is very popular with locals and tourists alike! There are about 60 shops in the market! From fresh fish shops selling seafood delivered directly from Tsuruga Port, there are shops selling dried fish and other seafood processing, Tsuruga and Wakasa specialties, seafood restaurants, and souvenir shops, all lined up with unique shops. There are many "delicious things" lined up in front of the stores. It will whet your appetite. In the winter market, crabs make a big appearance! The king of winter flavors in Fukui Prefecture is "Echizen crab"! Crab with a yellow tag is proof that it is "Echizen crab". From November 6th to March 20th, when crab fishing is allowed, the shops in the Sea of ​​Japan Fish Market will be holding a crab festival. Not only raw crabs, but also boiled crabs will be on sale. You can shop at the reasonable prices that only a market can offer. #0 Yen Travel February 2025

#FuriTabiWinter Sea of ​​Japan Fish Town in Tsuruga, Fukui🐟 There are several stores here and I chose Mitsuba! They also have sets and it was reasonably priced! 📍Address: 1-1531 Wakaba-cho, Tsuruga-shi, Fukui 914-0125 🕰️Business hours: Monday-Friday 10:30-17:00 Saturday, Sunday 9:30-17:30 🗓️Closed: None 💰Price per person: 2000-3000 yen #FuriTabiWinter #0yenTrip #DomesticTravelRecord #Gourmet #Tourism #Travel #TravelLover #GourmetTrip

As the ban on Echizen crab was lifted on November 6 this year, I specially drove from Nagoya to Ninonkai Sakanamachi in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture to taste the seasonal Echizen crab🦀. This fish market is the largest fish market along the Sea of ​​Japan. There are more than 60 shops selling a variety of seafood and local seafood products directly delivered from Tsuruga Port. There are also seafood restaurants in the market, among which Echizen crab, grilled mackerel and seafood 丼🍱🍣 are the most popular. Because it is During the Echizen crab season, most shops specialize in Echizen crab. We visited one of the seafood shops with dine-in facilities and ate one crab and two, crab legs sashimi, crab body and crab paste steamed. It was very delicious😋 and satisfied our taste buds. After that, I bought some dried seafood that can be taken home🛍. The price is also very affordable. No wonder this place is also very popular with locals and is very popular. Transportation: You can take the sightseeing tour bus🚌 from JR Tsuruga Station. If you are traveling by car🚗, you can park in the free parking lot outside the market. 🕰️Business hours: 10:00 - 18:00 #日本海鱼Market #EchizenCrab #TsurugaCity #FukuiTravel

#0yentravelautumn I went to the Sea of ​​Japan Fish Market! A dream world of crabs spreads out before my eyes. Everywhere you look there is crab, crab, crab! I was overwhelmed by the sight of fresh crabs lined up, and my excitement instantly rose. The market is very lively, and the cheerful voices of the shopkeepers are flying around, making it an irresistible place for crab lovers. There is a wide variety of crab dishes, from crab sashimi to grilled crab and crab hotpot, it's all about crab. Everything was fresh and delicious, and I enjoyed the texture that melted in my mouth. It was a very satisfying travel experience where I was able to fully enjoy the bounty of the Sea of ​​Japan!

On March 16, 2024, the Shinkansen will open between Tsuruga and Kanazawa, making it easier to get to Fukui Prefecture even from the Kanto region. It takes about an hour and a half from Kyoto on the JR Special Rapid Service, so if you feel like eating seafood, you can go there right away, and Tsuruga has a seafood market called Sakanamachi. There, you can find a whole grilled mackerel! Echizen crab! Echizen soba! Sauce katsudon! And more! It's like a food theme park where all the specialties of Fukui Prefecture are gathered together! ...