Otaru (Hokkaido)
Local Guide
5 elections of market in Otaru where the energy of the mountain seafoods and the localness can be enjoyed

There were a lot of markets in Otaru which prospers as a stoop in a sea in Hokkaido formerly. In 1980 's, 20, it's said that they had several houses, but many markets have disappeared by the spread in a supermarket and a convenience store in recent years. But the market which is still loved by a local visitor and a tourist is left. Some time which touches the local daily life full of energy and the pleasure which finds the gourmet with different taste and a gift with tourist attraction are big charm of the tour of markets. On one's way to also traveling the market where you can go from JR Otaru Station and Minami-otaru Station on foot much, I'll introduce a market in Otaru it's easy to go to which.

The convenient station short distance market where a heart jumps for a seafood gourmet

By a tourist for the location which is about only 3 minutes from Otaru Station, big crowd. A lively barker makes a heart be cheered.
By a tourist for the location which is about only 3 minutes from Otaru Station, big crowd. A lively barker makes a heart be cheered.

The "Otaru triangle market" where the name stuck because it was a first that several stall keepers started a store after the end of the war, and a roof made the triangle land. The inside of the hall of about 200 m of full length is a gentle slope, and 15 stores are built side by side from luxury marine products of crab, scallop and sea urchin to the fishes in season and the fruit and vegetable which color a local dining table every day on both sides of the thin aisle. 6 stores are Dining Area shortly, and while a market is open, a meal is possible anytime. To the extent there is also a lot of cafeteria of fish store direct management, and variety seems distracted by the abundant menu the original Rice Bowl which cooks rice bowl dishes with the seafood with outstanding freshness, the daily set menu and bought fresh fish at the place. It's open every day only at a market in Otaru-shi, so it's also as far as I'm happy, that you can't worry about an itinerary and can go.

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It's charm in market cafeteria a threshold is lower than a sushi store, and that the Assorted Seafood Rice Bowl with outstanding freshness can be tasted. The talkative person who included discount negotiations with the shop assistant with the abundant individuality is funny by shopping, too.

Otaru triangle market
  • The address3-Chome 10-16, Inaho, Otaru-shi, Hokkaido MAP
  • DirectionFrom JR Otaru Station, about 3 minutes on foot
  • Business hours8:00-17:00 It's different depending on※ stores.
  • Days closedJanuary 1
  • TEL0134-23-2446
  • ParkingMore than 2000 yen of cooperation Parking is free for 1 hour by purchase.

The young people's store where the individuality is abundant in Showa in retrospective space harmonizes.

A long-established store and a new shop cut and hold a possibility of the market while coexisting. Be absorbed, "market soul"
A long-established store and a new shop cut and hold a possibility of the market while coexisting. Be absorbed, "market soul"

"Otaru Chuo Ichiba" where the packman who stuffs Itto can (noisily) with fresh fish and peddles in 1955 's from the postwar bustled with a common name "noisily, unit". It's chosen by the history as composition cultural assets of a Japanese legacy only as a market.
A market consists of 3 common buildings, and 28 houses are standing in a row fashionable cafe, stand bar and flower shop as well as the traditional store where fresh fish, meat, fruit and vegetable and dish are handled. Then display of art and a workshop hold free space in the hall "noisily, gallery" at any time. A peculiar aerial sense with which challenge spirit of the retrospective atmosphere and the young generation mixes is big charm in Otaru Chuo Ichiba, Akikazu who walked as citizen's kitchen.

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It's outstanding in about 5 minutes on foot and Direction from Otaru Station. 1 drawing ticket is distributed by once of shopping of more than 200 yen on Tuesday . Friday every week, and you can participate in cancellation draw. Please mix with a local person and try.

Otaru Chuo Ichiba
  • The address3-11-2, Inaho, Otaru-shi, Hokkaido MAP
  • DirectionThan JR Otaru Station, about 5 minutes on foot
  • Business hours9:00-18:00 It's different depending on※ stores.
  • Days closedSunday and holiday
  • TEL0134-22-5384
  • ParkingI don't have that (Pay Parking in a neighborhood is used.)

Kitchen of Otaru-shi people who bustle with a local visitor from a morning

The pleasure by which it's also the tour of markets to fill a stomach with bought dish and boiled fish paste
The pleasure by which it's also the tour of markets to fill a stomach with bought dish and boiled fish paste

The market where I stuck to the local living with which 27 stores line up fresh fish, meat, fruits and vegetables, ready-to-eat dishes and daily-use products. Many visitors also visit Sapporo as well as in Otaru-shi from a suburb, and the energy almost overflowing one just after the open is filled. The raw Hokke Fish which gained weight full and the various articles a low hairy crab can't meet outside the way so that I'm surprised are seen, and, as I walk, I'm certain that I'll be excited.
That you're enjoying as a kitchen of Otaru-shi people, substantial way of ready-to-eat dishes also catches eye. The market where it's also Hokkaido that "grain boiling" and "squid Hokkaido Style Deep-fried Chicken" equal with a croquette and Kimpira, well. There is space in the inside of the hall the wide break, so it's also recommended to buy worrisome ready-to-eat dishes and sample by the place.

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There are also a sushi store, cafeteria, a bakery and a coffee shop in the inside of the hall, and a purchase and a gourmet can be enjoyed fully much.

South barrel market
  • The address12-1, Shintomicho, Otaru-shi, Hokkaido MAP
  • DirectionFrom JR Minami-otaru Station, about 8 minutes on foot
  • Business hours9:00-18:00 It's different depending on※ stores.
  • Days closedSunday
  • TEL0134-23-0722
  • ParkingFree

The store where a dining table in Otaru and living are supported is in a row.

The fish to which Sandfish, KASUBE and YANAGINOMAI are familiar locally equals.
The fish to which Sandfish, KASUBE and YANAGINOMAI are familiar locally equals.

The market where a user in south barrel market is newest in Otaru-shi which was made (1999) in 1999 because it increased. It's fully equipped with wide Parking and also open on Sunday, so a tourist as well as a local visitor often visit, too. 20 stores line up fresh fish, marine artifact, fruit and vegetable and dish, and I get the taste of the season which fits a gift such as the crab, the scallop, the shrimp, the asparagus and the local brand of sake of corn, a melon and Otaru.
The market where that there is specialty store of the manufacturer of boots which continues for more than 100 years locally "Mitsu horse" in addition to a store of clothes and daily-use products also stuck to living in Otaru, well. There are also fashionable boots of the outdoor specification and Youth of a town, and it's worth a glance.

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There is also a Ramen Noodles store on which 2 stores of seafood cafeteria with a fresh ingredient for sushi and popular pub in the city collaborated, and it's recommended to the person who would like to satisfy hunger.

Shinminami barrel market
  • The address8-11, Chikko, Otaru-shi, Hokkaido MAP
  • DirectionFrom JR Minami-otaru Station, about 12 minutes on foot
  • Business hours9:30-18:00 It's different depending on※ stores.
  • Days closedWednesday
  • TEL0134-27-5068
  • ParkingFree

In Otaru-shi, the breakfast luxurious by the only morning market.

The "morning market cafeteria" where the Assorted Seafood Rice Bowl with the rich kind can be tasted reasonably
The "morning market cafeteria" where the Assorted Seafood Rice Bowl with the rich kind can be tasted reasonably

The morning market open from 4:00 the earliest early morning in Otaru-shi. It's also luxury a morning market that 2 houses of inside in 12 stores of inside of the hall can taste fresh sushi with the ingredients, seafood on rice and set menu from market in Dining Area.
By the local visitor who purchases the fresh fish which has just reached from Wholesale Market around 7:00-8:00, big crowd. Specialty store of crab, dried fish and boiled fish paste equals the inside of the hall focusing on fresh fish, and it's also fun to examine the selection different from each. Local cuisine "Izushi Fermented Sushi (I'm not here and do.)" and "in herring" in Hokkaido where I fermented fish and vegetables by koji also equal in winter, and you can meet the taste of the inherited home in Otaru.

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The various articles a connoisseur of specialty store chooses are the freshness and the price which local people are convinced, too. It's worth getting up and going to buy it.

Scale friend morning market
  • The address3-10-15, Ironai, Otaru-shi, Hokkaido MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR Otaru Station, about 6 minutes
  • Business hours4:00-14:00 It's different depending on※ stores.
  • Days closedSunday
  • TEL0134-22-0257
  • ParkingFree
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