Hakodate boasts numerous attractions, among which the Hakodate Night View and Hakodate Morning Market are must-visit spots for first-time visitors.
However, this is probably my third or fourth visit.
The last time I wrote an article was in 2009. After a decade, it’s time to document any changes.
The Hakodate Morning Market is conveniently located next to Hakodate Station, making it a must-visit for all travelers.
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On the way to the market, you can spot large maps along the roadside.
You can also view the market map on the official website (click here to view).
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This is the Donburi Yokocho Market.
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I started my walk through the Naka-dori of the morning market.
Since I came for breakfast, I chose this famous morning market restaurant – Kikuyo Shokudou.
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Counter.
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Inside the restaurant, it was fully packed when I arrived.
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This photo was taken after I finished eating around 11 AM.
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There aren’t many seats, so you might have to share a table with others, especially in winter when everyone is bundled up.
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Kikuyo is famous for its seafood donburi, offering three, four, five, and seven types.
You can choose from sea urchin, salmon roe, scallops, crab, shrimp, and salmon.
For a three-type seafood donburi, you can select any three from the six ingredients above, priced at ¥1780 (excluding tax).
If you want to add squid, it costs ¥1880.
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A four-type donburi is ¥2080 (excluding tax).
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There are “Hakodate Dialects” posted on the table, which I couldn’t understand at all.
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After ordering, the staff served hot tea.
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There were also instructions on how to eat.
Salmon roe and salmon can be eaten directly.
Sea urchin and crab already have a bit of wasabi sauce, so you can eat them directly.
Scallops, shrimp, and squid can be eaten with a bit of soy sauce.
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I ordered a three-type seafood donburi with sea urchin, scallops, and crab.
My wife ordered a four-type seafood donburi with sea urchin, scallops, crab, and shrimp.
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My three-type seafood donburi was served with two slices of pickled radish and a bowl of miso soup.
I have to say, this seafood donburi is quite small XD
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For the three-type seafood donburi, the raw scallops had wasabi on top.
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Scallops are usually very fresh and sweet when eaten directly.
You can also add a bit of soy sauce.
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The crab meat portion was minimal.
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The chef’s knife skills are impressive.
The scallops were sliced so thinly, probably around 0.3 cm.
I suspect this donburi only had the equivalent of one scallop, just sliced into many pieces.
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Because the portion was so small, I finished it quickly.
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Receipt.
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After finishing the seafood donburi, I continued to browse the shops in the morning market.
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This shop, Konishi Foods, offers relatively cheap dried scallops, with 450g priced at ¥2700.
At New Chitose Airport, the same weight would cost around ¥4500.
(At New Chitose Airport, 300g is sold for ¥3000, and 500g for ¥5000)
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Other shops.
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Many stores in the morning market sell “scallop adductor muscles” (dried scallops).
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A whole dried fish costs only ¥800.
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The shop on the right, Takaoka Store, sometimes gives a small snack when you make a purchase.
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Inside the morning market, there’s also a Daikoku Drugstore.
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Continuing along Naka-dori, heading further back.
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I’m not sure why there’s a flag here?!
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Continuing further back, there’s an AL ROAD.
Next to it is Building No. 1 “Murakami Sea Urchin”, with a surprisingly long queue!!
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Later, I wandered to O-dori in the morning market.
Still feeling a bit hungry and craving crab, I randomly chose Fukuda Store.
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Their frozen red king crab is very cheap, only ¥8000 per kilogram.
In the outer market, it costs ¥12000 per kilogram, a significant price difference.
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Fukuda Store’s environment isn’t great, with just two small tables for customers to sit and eat.
It’s not like Sapporo’s outer market’s Kaisen Shokudo Kita No Gourmet Tei, which is a dedicated restaurant.
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There are also tanks with other seafood.
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And shellfish.
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My wife ordered a scallop, but it was extremely salty. Totally inedible…
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Grilled red king crab.
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The crab was a bit dry, and the meat was somewhat salty.
Although it was a third cheaper than the one at the outer market, the taste was still better at “Kita No Gourmet Tei” in the outer market.
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However, I finished it anyway, considering that red king crab isn’t cheap after all.
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This sums up my experience of strolling through Hakodate Morning Market and eating seafood bowls and red king crab in February 2019.
To be honest, I was a bit disappointed with the food this time…
Kikuyo Shokudo is a bit pricey, with a small portion of rice bowl costing ¥1780 (excluding tax).
Fukuda Shoten’s king crab was cheap but a bit salty and not very tasty, which was a pity…
Hakodate Morning Market (Official Website)
Address: 〒040-0063 Hakodate-shi Wakamatsu-cho 9-19
Business Hours: 05:00~14:00 (06:00~14:00 from January to April)
Map:
『Original Source:https://nicklee.tw/2621/hakodate-asaichi-seafood/』