{"id":330,"date":"2021-12-15T10:32:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T01:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/?p=330&#038;lang=ja"},"modified":"2022-03-31T14:44:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T05:44:01","slug":"uotabi02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/en\/uotabi02\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Itoshima\u2019s Fishing Villages \u2013 Uotabi Tour #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November in Itoshima is when winter seafood starts to come into season and people can enjoy the delicious delicacies the region has to offer. Oyster huts, which have become a winter tradition in Fukuoka, start their winter-only operation around November at various fishing ports, and many people from far and away, as well as locals, come to enjoy the oysters of Itoshima at the huts.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/itoshima-kakigoya-oyster-hut-guide\/\">\u25b7 Itoshima Kakigoya \u2013 <strong>Oyster Hut Guide<\/strong> 2021-2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oysters-kaki-WEB-002.jpeg\" alt=\"Oyster huts in Itoshima, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u6f01\u6e2f\u306b\u7acb\u3061\u4e26\u3076\u30ab\u30ad\u5c0f\u5c4b\" width=\"1400\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oysters-kaki-WEB-002.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oysters-kaki-WEB-002-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oysters-kaki-WEB-002-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oysters-kaki-WEB-002-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also, for eight years in a row (!!!) Itoshima boasts the largest catch of wild sea bream in Japan, and fresh, fatty sea breams are available directly at local prices.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-334\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour01_2021_WEB-076-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"Itoshima\u2019s wild sea bream, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u5929\u7136\u771f\u9bdb\u306f\u5207\u308a\u8eab\u3067\u3082\u8ca9\u58f2\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour01_2021_WEB-076-rotated.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour01_2021_WEB-076-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour01_2021_WEB-076-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour01_2021_WEB-076-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-335\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour01_2021_WEB-033.jpg\" alt=\"Itoshima\u2019s wild sea bream, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u5927\u304d\u304f\u3066\u65b0\u9bae\u306a\u5929\u7136\u771f\u9bdb\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour01_2021_WEB-033.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour01_2021_WEB-033-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour01_2021_WEB-033-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour01_2021_WEB-033-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is also when Spanish mackerel, a popular fish both at home and in restaurants, is in season. Every year, Fukuoka Prefecture boasts one of the biggest Spanish mackerel catches in Japan, and Itoshima accounts for a large portion of this. This is the time of year when you can pick up large Spanish mackerel laden with fat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-019_.jpg\" alt=\"Spanish mackerel high-grade brand called \u201chonsawara\u201d \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u59eb\u5cf6\u3067\u63da\u304c\u308b\u30b5\u30ef\u30e9\u306f\u6761\u4ef6\u304c\u63c3\u3046\u3068\u300c\u672c\u9c06\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u9ad8\u7d1a\u30d6\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u9b5a\u306b\u306a\u308b\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-019_.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-019_-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-019_-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-019_-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amid this busy season for fishermen when the fishing ports are bustling with people, the second Jizakana Bank Uotabi Tour was held (see <a href=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/en\/uotabi01\/\">here<\/a> for our first report).<\/p>\n<p>The tour was organized by Takashi Mabuchi (President of Itoshi no Itoshima Co.), who is energetically working to increase the value of local fish and promote locavorianism in Itoshima. Jizakana Bank, which Mabuchi heads, is a collaboration of local businesses, including fishery workers and culinary researchers, that carries out a wide range of activities, including the Uotabi Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The starting point for the second tour was Kishi Fishing Port, where you can experience Itoshima during its prime fishing season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_337\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337\" class=\"size-full wp-image-337\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oysters-kaki-WEB-012.jpeg\" alt=\"Kishi fish port in Itoshima, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u5c90\u5fd7\u6f01\u6e2f\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oysters-kaki-WEB-012.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oysters-kaki-WEB-012-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oysters-kaki-WEB-012-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oysters-kaki-WEB-012-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">default<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kishi, which faces Hikitsu Bay on the Genkai Sea, one of the world\u2019s richest fishing grounds, is a port with gentle waves that has existed for so long that it was even written about in the Man\u2019y\u014dsh\u016b (Japan\u2019s oldest anthology of poetry). Nearby there is a large stone that is said to be the stone monument dedicated to Empress Jingu (170~269, according to the Chronicles of Japan; wife of Emperor Chuai, the 14th legendary emperor). The stone is also called <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/info:ndljp\/pid\/1186769\/671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryuguishi or Jinguishi, and the custom of offering food to the gods and praying for a good catch of fish still<\/a> remains.<\/p>\n<p>Next to the monument is Hanakake Shrine, where Empress Jingu is said to have hung flowers to enshrine the deity Sumiyoshi. (The shrine used to be located in the Shima-Nishikaizuka district of Itoshima.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-338\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-003.jpg\" alt=\"Hanakake shrine in Itoshima, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u82b1\u639b\u795e\u793e\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-003.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-003-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not far from the fishing port sits a fishing village consisting of a cluster of fishermen\u2019s homes equipped with workplaces. These combined workplace-residences reflect the lifestyle of the local people, and may look different to the outsider.<\/p>\n<p>The former Doira residence, an old traditional house that remains in Kishi<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-339\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-005.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-005-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-005-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of the eight fishing ports in Itoshima, oyster huts open in the four ports of Kishi, Funakoshi, Kafuri, and Fukuyoshi, but Kishi has the largest number of huts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-340\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-006.jpg\" alt=\"itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-006.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-006.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-006-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-006-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-140.jpg\" alt=\"Oyster cleaning behind each oyster huts, \u30ab\u30ad\u5c0f\u5c4b\u306e\u88cf\u3067\u306f\u7261\u8823\u3092\u6c34\u63da\u3052\u3057\u3066\u78e8\u304d\u307e\u3059\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-140.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-140-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-140-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-140-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grilled oysters are the main item on the menu, but oil oysters and other processed goods are popular souvenirs. (Time to eat!)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-342\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-141.jpg\" alt=\"Tasting Oyster products \u30ab\u30ad\u5c0f\u5c4b\u3067\u624b\u4f5c\u308a\u3055\u308c\u308b\u7261\u8823\u306e\u30aa\u30a4\u30eb\u6f2c\u3051\u3092\u8a66\u98df\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-141.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-141-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-141-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-141-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kishi Fishing Port provides access by regular ferry to Itoshima\u2019s only inhabited island, Himeshima. The city-run Himeshima Ferry makes four trips a day to the island, which takes 16 minutes one-way. With a circumference of 3.8 km and only 150 residents, the island is small, but it has a flourishing fishing industry and the islanders all know each other. On this tour, we took boxed lunches to Himeshima and had a picnic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-343\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-012.jpg\" alt=\"Departing for Himeshima, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u5e02\u55b6\u6e21\u8239\u300c\u3072\u3081\u3057\u307e\u300d\u3067\u59eb\u5cf6\u306b\u884c\u3063\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3059\uff01\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-012.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-012-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-012-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-012-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-344\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-142.jpg\" alt=\"itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-142.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-142.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-142-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-142-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-142-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-345\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-022.jpg\" alt=\"Spanish mackerel caught in Himeshima, \u6c34\u63da\u3052\u3055\u308c\u308b\u59eb\u5cf6\u306e\u9c06\uff08\u30b5\u30ef\u30e9\uff09\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-022.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-022-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-022-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Weighing over 2.5 kg each, the fatty Spanish mackerel caught from November to March are humanely killed on the spot and packed in ice for six hours to ensure freshness. Fished treated with this procedure, which has undergone continuous improvement and is now fully manualized, is sold as the high-grade brand <em>tokusen honsawara<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-346\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-020.jpg\" alt=\"Weighing over 2.5 kg each, the fatty Spanish mackerel \u9ad8\u9bae\u5ea6\u51e6\u7406\u65b9\u6cd5\u3067\u51e6\u7406\u3055\u308c\u305f2.5kg\u4ee5\u4e0a\u306e\u30b5\u30ef\u30e9\u306f\u30d6\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u304c\u3064\u304f\u306e\u3067\u8a08\u91cf\u3082\u771f\u5263\u3067\u3059\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-020.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-020-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-020-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s finally lunch time!<br \/>\nOne of the real pleasures of the Uotabi Tour is the food. Jizakana Bank prepared a special boxed lunch made using local fish caught in Himeshima for this tour.<br \/>\n\u30fb Bento Lunch: Spanish mackerel rice, fried mahi-mahi, Spanish mackerel grilled in <em>koji<\/em> (rice malt), octopus dumpling, Itoshima vegetable side dish<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-347\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-030.jpg\" alt=\"Special boxed lunch made using local fish caught in Himeshima, \u3046\u304a\u65c5\u7279\u88fd\u306e\u5f01\u5f53\u3001\u30e1\u30a4\u30f3\u306f\u59eb\u5cf6\u306e\u5730\u9b5a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-030.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-030-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-030-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-030-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-348\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-029.jpg\" alt=\"Special boxed lunch made using local fish caught in Himeshima, \u3046\u304a\u65c5\u7279\u88fd\u306e\u5f01\u5f53\u3092\u56f2\u3093\u3067Fukuoka Now\u306e\u30e2\u30cb\u30bf\u30fc\u3082\u7b11\u9854\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-029.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-029-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-029-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-029-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After filling up on food, it was time to take a walk around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.itoshima.lg.jp\/s026\/s040\/010\/020\/010\/060\/himesimap.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Himeshima<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We headed to Himeshima Shrine, which is also the origin of the island\u2019s name. It is located on a small hill, and when we looked back over the houses below, the view of the ocean beyond the roofs added a little something extra to make this trip special.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-349\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-036.jpg\" alt=\"View from Himeshima shrine in Itoshima, \u59eb\u5cf6\u795e\u793e\u304b\u3089\u773a\u3081\u308b\u5f15\u6d25\u6e7e\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-036.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-036-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-036-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-036-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A short walk from the shrine, there is a monument and the restored jail cell where the poet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/botoni-nomura-female-poet-of-the-late-edo-era\/\">Nomura Botoni<\/a> was imprisoned during the upheaval at the end of the Edo period. Eventually, after about six months in exile, she escaped thanks to arrangements made by the samurai Takasugi Shinsaku, and it is interesting to note that one of the acts of the Meiji Restoration took place on the island of Himeshima.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-350\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-037.jpg\" alt=\"Monument and the restored jail cell where the poet Nomura Botoni in Himeshima, \u59eb\u5cf6\u306e\u91ce\u6751\u671b\u6771\u5c3c\u5fa1\u5802\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-037.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-037-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-037-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-037-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Himeshima is also home to a wooden school building, Himeshima Elementary and Junior High School. Here there are displays of materials that tell the history of the fishing industry and the fishing methods that support the island\u2019s economy. We were given a special tour of the displays for the Uotabi Tour. (In fact, these displays were handmade by the locals!)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-351\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-039.jpg\" alt=\"Wooden school building, Himeshima Elementary and Junior High School, \u59eb\u5cf6\u5c0f\u5b66\u6821\u3001\u59eb\u5cf6\u4e2d\u5b66\u6821\u306f\u6728\u9020\u6821\u820e\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-039.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-039-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-039-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-039-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-352\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-042.jpg\" alt=\"Displays of materials that tell the history of the fishing industry and the fishing methods in Himeshima, \u59eb\u5cf6\u306e\u6f01\u696d\u3092\u4f1d\u3048\u308b\u6a21\u578b\uff08\u6f01\u6cd5\u3084\u6f01\u5177\uff09\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-042.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-042-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-042-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-042-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-353\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-040.jpg\" alt=\"Displays of materials that tell the history of the fishing industry and the fishing methods in Himeshima, \u59eb\u5cf6\u306e\u6f01\u696d\u3092\u4f1d\u3048\u308b\u6a21\u578b\uff08\u6f01\u6cd5\u3084\u6f01\u5177\uff09\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-040.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-040-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-040-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-040-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The climax of the second tour was a cruise around Himeshima on a fishing boat.<\/p>\n<p>On the north side of the island, opposite to where the village is located, you can see steep terrain, including strange rock formations like Bozu no Kubi (so named because it looks like the shaved neck of a monk) and two 10-meter-high holes called Ubu no Ana (\u201cbirth holes\u201d), which are said to be the birthplaces of the island\u2019s gods. Neither of these can be seen on the ferry trip over to the south side of the island.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-051.jpg\" alt=\"cruise around Himeshima on a fishing boat, \u6f01\u8239\u3067\u59eb\u5cf6\u4e00\u5468\u30af\u30eb\u30fc\u30ba\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-051.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-051-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-051-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-051-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-056.jpg\" alt=\"steep terrain including strange rock in north side of Himeshima \u59eb\u5cf6\u306e\u5317\u5074\u306f\u96c6\u843d\u304c\u306a\u304f\u5730\u5f62\u306f\u967a\u3057\u3044\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-056.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-056-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-056-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-056-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the cruise, members of the Itoshima Fishing Cooperative, who are knowledgeable about the sea around Itoshima, explain the fishing methods of Himeshima and Itoshima.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-356\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-144.jpg\" alt=\"On the cruise, members of the Itoshima JF guided Himeshima and Itoshima, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u6f01\u5354\u306e\u30b9\u30bf\u30c3\u30d5\u3068\u6f01\u8239\u306b\u4e57\u3063\u3066\u59eb\u5cf6\u30af\u30eb\u30fc\u30ba\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-144.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-144-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-144-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-144-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The small mackerels caught in the fixed nets are farmed and raised until they are large enough to be shipped. They are fed with fish fry that is also caught in the fixed nets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-357\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-067.jpg\" alt=\"Farming local fish around Himeshima, \u59eb\u5cf6\u306e\u5730\u9b5a\u3092\u990a\u6b96\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-067.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-067-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-067-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-067-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After observing how the fish are caught and the fishing grounds where they are raised, the next step is to get hands on and learn how to cut fish. Shoko Sato, a culinary researcher with ties to Himeshima, carefully demonstrated how to cut and descale various types of fish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-358\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-078.jpg\" alt=\"learn how to cut fish, \u5730\u9b5a\u306e\u634c\u304d\u65b9\u30ef\u30fc\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d7\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-078.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-078-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-078-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-078-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cornetfish is a flute-mouthed, brightly colored fish. Despite its striking appearance, its sweet white flesh is delicious. It is a high-grade fish that is rarely seen in stores but sought out by high-end Japanese restaurants. She also taught us how to prepare thread-sail filefish, by mixing the liver with soy sauce to make a sauce.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-359\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-072.jpg\" alt=\"Itoshima local fish, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u59eb\u5cf6\u3067\u7372\u308c\u305f\u5730\u9b5a\u3002\u53e3\u304c\u9577\u304f\u3066\u8d64\u3044\u9b5a\u306f\u30e4\u30ac\u30e9\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-072.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-072-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-072-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-072-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back at Kishi Fishing Port, we had dinner at Ekimae no Bar, which is another meeting place for Jizakana Bank activities. Here, we tried our hand at making sushi. After a toast to get us in the mood and a lecture on sushi by Mr. Mabuchi, we were ready to practice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-360\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-100.jpg\" alt=\"Making sushi with Itoshima local fish, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u5730\u9b5a\u3092\u4f7f\u3063\u305f\u5bff\u53f8\u63e1\u308a\u4f53\u9a13\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-100.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-100-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-100-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-100-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, all the ingredients were from Itoshima. On the day of the tour, the local fish and seafood caught using environmentally friendly and sustainable fishing methods included: Squid (shrimp trawling), konoshiro gizzard shad (fish trap), flounder (shrimp trawling), sunfish (pole-and-line fishing), clam (hand-digging), red sea bream (surrounding net fishing), Spanish mackerel (pole-and-line fishing), wavy-back skipjack tuna (pole-and-line fishing)\u2026 and more!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-103.jpg\" alt=\"Making sushi, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u5730\u9b5a\u306e\u5bff\u53f8\u63e1\u308a\u4f53\u9a13\u3002\u81ea\u5206\u3067\u63e1\u3063\u305f\u5bff\u53f8\u306f\u5927\u304d\u3044...\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-103.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-103-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-103-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-103-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The large, fresh and fatty Spanish mackerel has a transparent white, sweet flesh that is delicious when eaten as sashimi. It is a popular red fish because it can be eaten seared, grilled, fried or even marinated in miso. (Although the flesh looks white, it is classified as a red fish like tuna.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-108.jpg\" alt=\"Seared Spanish Mackerel, \u672c\u9c06\u306e\u7099\u308a\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-108.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-108-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-108-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-108-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guests who celebrated their birthdays during the Uotabi Tour were treated to a sushi cake made with local fish from Itoshima.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-cl01_.jpeg\" alt=\"Sushi Cake made by fish \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u5730\u9b5a\u3092\u4f7f\u3063\u305f\u5bff\u53f8\u30b1\u30fc\u30ad\" width=\"1400\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-cl01_.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-cl01_-300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-cl01_-1024x703.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-cl01_-768x527.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day 2! Morning broke on the second day of this fish-filled tour, and the atmosphere of Kafuri Fishing Port felt different than when we visited yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-111.jpg\" alt=\"Kafuri fishing port in Itoshima \u671d\u306e\u52a0\u5e03\u91cc\u6f01\u6e2f\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-111.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-111-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-111-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-111-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not to mention, it is a stone\u2019s throw away from the front door of Rakuten Stay House.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-365\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-112.jpg\" alt=\"Itoshima Rakuten Stay House in Kafuri fisher port \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u52a0\u5e03\u91cc\u6f01\u6e2f\u306b\u3042\u308b\u5bbf\u6cca\u65bd\u8a2d Rakuten Stay House\uff08\u697d\u5929\u30b9\u30c6\u30a4\uff09\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-112.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-112-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-112-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-112-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-366\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-116.jpg\" alt=\"Making sun-dried fish, \u9b5a\u3092\u5e72\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u5e72\u7269\u4f5c\u308a\u306e\u68da\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-116.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-116-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-116-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-116-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-367\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-113.jpg\" alt=\"Morning walk around Itoshima fishing port \u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u52a0\u5e03\u91cc\u6f01\u6e2f\u3092\u6563\u6b69\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-113.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-113-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-113-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-113-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guests enjoyed a special Uotabi Tour breakfast at Shima no Kaisendonya located inside Shimanoshiki, which is operated directly by Itoshima JF (Japan Fisheries Co-operative).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-368\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_breakfast_2021-WEB-001.jpg\" alt=\"Itoshima morning set, \u7cf8\u5cf6\u7523\u306e\u7269\u3060\u3051\u3067\u4f5c\u3063\u305f\u3046\u304a\u65c5\u30b9\u30da\u30b7\u30e3\u30eb\u671d\u98df\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_breakfast_2021-WEB-001.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_breakfast_2021-WEB-001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_breakfast_2021-WEB-001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_breakfast_2021-WEB-001-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The menu was adjusted suddenly to add freshly caught large amberjacks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-369\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-123.jpg\" alt=\"big amberjack \u5fd7\u6469\u306e\u6d77\u9bae\u4e3c\u5c4b\u306e\u30ad\u30c3\u30c1\u30f3\u3067\u30d2\u30e9\u30de\u30b5\u3055\u3070\u304d\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-123.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-123-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-123-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-123-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-370\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-122.jpg\" alt=\"Itoshima local fish at the direct sales market, \u5fd7\u6469\u306e\u56db\u5b63\u306f\u7cf8\u5cf6\u306e\u5730\u9b5a\u304c\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-122.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-122-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tour ended with some souvenir shopping.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the Uotabi Tour focused even more on local fish, and the schedule was adjusted to make it more leisurely. Going forward, the tour organizers will continue improving the tour to make it even more enjoyable for more people. Keep an eye out for our next report on the third test tour to be held in December.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-371\" src=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-136.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-136-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-136-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/itoshima-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/itn_uotabi-tour02_2021-WEB-136-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November in Itoshima is when winter seafood starts to come into season and people can enjoy the delicious delicacies the region has to offer. 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