Three hundred stalls on 800 m of quay, only on Sundays at dawn: it closes by 8:30.
Every Sunday from March to December, about three hundred stalls take up 800 metres of the quay at Hachinohe fishing port: it opens at sunrise, around 4:00 in the morning, and closes by 8:30, before the fish and the seats run out. By number of stallholders, it is considered one of the largest morning markets in Japan.
A Sunday market on the quay of Tatehana fishing port, run by the traders’ association of the Minato Sunday market.
ℹ️ Held every Sunday from March to December, from dawn to about 8:30 (closed on 17 May 2026 for the Umineko city marathon). On foot, 10 minutes from JR Mutsu-Minato Station; by car, 20 minutes from the Hachinohe interchange; Sunday shuttle bus ‘Isaba-go’ to the ‘Tatehana-gyokō-mae’ bus stop.
🚉 Mutsu-Minato · 14 min walk
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