Nihonkai Sakanamachi

Fresh seafood shops with catches directly sent from Tsuruga Port, Processed seafood and delicacies, sweets, restaurants serving Tsuruga’s specialty seafood bowls, sushi, grilled mackerel - nearly 60 shops form this largest seafood market on the Japan-Sea side. Filled with the lively sellers’ voices, it is always an energetic place.

Lots of shops serve fresh loca fish, crab cuisine, seafood rice bowls at such great prices. Hamayaki Saba is a whole mackerel grilled over charcoal right before your eyes. Savor seafood as much as you want here.

There are also many shops which sell mackerel sushi, grilled mackerel sushi, Habutae rice cake, Echizen soba noodles, and other Fukui specialties and sweets, Wakasa chopsticks and lacquer ware and traditional crafts. You can enjoy gourmet food and shopping. Some events such as tuna cutting show are also held. Check the website for details.