Hirado Seto Ichiba

Kyūshū


Downstairs is a fish market selling colourful and bargain-priced local fish (gutted and filleted on request), while upstairs is a popular shokudō with indoor-outdoor seating and views across the strait to Hirado. There's no English menu, but the regular menu has pictures of local specialities, including kaisen-don (raw seafood over rice bowl) and Hirado-gyū (beef).

For dessert, a stand outside sells ice cream and sorbet made from local fruit.

The market is across the street from Hirado-guchi bus stop.


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