The 10 Best Restaurants You Must Visit at Hakodate Morning Market, Hokkaido

Hokkaido is famous for its great seafood dishes, and Hakodate is famous for its seafoods as well like squid, kombu, and tuna (no.1 in Japan). The city is also famous for its high quality octopus and sea urchins as well. Hakodate Morning Market is famous for its great collection of restaurants serving Kaisendon, and today we have listed up 10 different stores at Hakodate Morning Market that worth every penny of you!

1. Ikkatei Tabiji

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Ikkatei Tabiji is famous for its exceptional Kaisendon, which only uses fresh caught squid only. The main ingredients of the Kaisendon are: fresh caught squid, salmon roe, fresh fish, and tuna.

The fresh caught squid was cut when it was still alive, so sometimes you can see that the squid is still moving in the bowl.

2. Asaichi No Ajidokoro Chamu

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At Chamu, you can enjoy eating a bowl of exceptional Kaisendon for a very decent price. The most famous menu is the Hakodatedon, consisting homemade salmon roe, raw sea urchin, and crab meat; available for JPY 1,600.

Perfect for seafood lovers, don’t forget to stop by Chamu when you’re visiting the town!

3. Kuudontei

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Different from the other donburi restaurants at Hakodate Morning Market, Kuudontei opens until the evening, and it offers one of the best Kaisendon in Hokkaido.

At Kuudontei, you can enjoy delicious seafood breakfast for JPY 600 only, making this shop famous among the locals and the foreigners as well.

4. Hakodate Asaichi Ekiniichiba Squid Fishing Area

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Hakodate Asaichi Ekiniichiba Squid Fishing area is a fun place to explore. You can fish fresh squid, and have them cut into sashimi after you catch them. The price of the squid starts from JPY 500 to JPY 1,500, which is not expensive at all.

5. Hakodate Shokudo

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Hakodate Shokudo is famous for its superb ikameshi (squid filled with mochi rice), which only uses fresh caught squid only.

The shop is also famous for its wide varieties of Kaisendon: Kanidon, Ikuradon, Gomokudon, Shake Oyakodon, Squid Sashimidon, and many more.

 
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6. Hakodate Asaichi Hiroba

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Hakodate Asaichi Hiroba had its last renovation few years ago, and the place sells fresh vegetables, fresh seafoods, and fresh meat as well. The place also accommodates 5 restaurants selling decent seafood products and fresh juice.

We strongly recommend you to visit Suzuya Shokudo for its delicious shio ramen, and you should definitely visit “agristand” for its superb fresh juice. On top of that, you can find various types of Kaisendon at this place, so make sure you try one of them when visiting Hakodate Asaichi Hiroba!

7. Uni Murakami

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Uni Murakami is the best place for you to get fresh and natural sea urchin at the market. The sea urchin sold at Murakami are all natural, so those sea urchin are not using any added artificial substances or preservatives at all.

The sea urchin at Murakami taste very sweet and they melt right away in your mouth. At Murakami, you can enjoy shopping seafood products, and you can also try one of its wonderful sea urchin bowls as well!

8. Kaisendokoro Hakodateyama

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Hakodateyama is very famous among the locals, and it serves not just great Japanese sake, but it also serves one of the best Kaisendon as well!

Hakodateyama only uses the freshest ingredients available in the market, and it is famous for its superb seafood sashimi and squid sashimi!

9. Katsuzakana Ryori Ikasei

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Ikasei is a restaurant specializing in fresh seafood dishes, and the restaurant is very famous for its superb fresh squid sashimi!

In addition to that, you can also enjoy eating its decent grilled squid, spicy cod roe marinated squid, and fried minced squid cutlets also!

The restaurant also has a huge collection of awesome local sake and shochu as well!

10. Kaikoubo

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Kaikoubo is a store specializing in fresh crab, and it offers superb boiled, sashimi, and grilled crab to its guests. One of its best dishes is the King Crab soup, which uses only the best and the finest King Crab as its main ingredients.

Enjoy great food from Hakodate!

Hakodate Morning Market is one of the best place to explore in the city, as you can find many fresh seafood products and dishes there. You can buy fresh seafood products home as souvenirs, and you can also try the dishes there as well. Don’t forget to visit at least one of this place when visiting Hakodate!