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November 8, 2015 - One Day trip to Murakami-city

November 8, I went on a day trip to Murakami-city (村上市).

村上市 is located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture (新潟県) and the city faces the Sea of Japan.

The population is about 62,000.


村上市 prospered as a castle town of Murakami clan, even now there are still vestiges of Samurai (武士) and merchant (商人) town.

It is famous as tea -growing district of the northern limit, salmon and Murakami Beef (村上牛).

Especially it's famous about salmon.

There is first salmon museum in Japan.

If we go to the museum we can know ecology or life of salmon, history and culture of the people associated with salmon.

On the way to 村上市 we stopped and looked around a place called Akashiba Gorge (赤芝峡), but unfortunately the best time to see autumn leaves had already finished.

My purpose was to eat Kaiseki Ryori (会席料理) of salmon in 村上市.

会席料理 is like a multi-course of Japanese cuisine.

I had salmon meal in a Japanese restaurant "Notoshin" that has continued for 270 years.

They were traditional cuisine, boiled, roasted or raw, not only salmon flesh, roe and heart.

Sashimi (刺身) and roa (イクラ) were very fresh because that was caught in the morning and served in lunch.

I ate salmon heart for the first time.

The heart is a delicacy, I've never seen until that time.


Next, let me introduce to you a salmon specialty shop.

The name of this shop is "Kikkawa".

Only salmon was in the shop, it had been processed variously.

I could not count how many kinds of are.

I'm sure there was almost 100 kinds.

The appearance of the shop and the back of Kikkawa.

Salmon hung to dry from the ceiling like that.

Hanging salmon like that from ceiling or shop frontage were very common sight in the central of 村上市.

Because the entrance of the butcher was like that !

Scenery on the way to Murakami-city

Akashiba Gorge (赤芝峡)

Akashiba Gorge (赤芝峡)

Kaiseki Ryori (会席料理) of salmon

Salmon sashimi, can you see a bird (crane)?

looking outside from inside

The appearance of the shop "Kikkawa"

The back of the shop Kikkawa

He has a good knowledge of salmon in Japan

The entrance of a butcher

Strolling the vestige place as a castle town with a guide

Scenic area called Sasagawa flow (笹川流れ)

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List of Posts:
2015/11/17 - Fuboukaku of Aone hot spring
2015/11/08 - One Day trip to Murakami-city
2015/01/04 - 2014 Dewa-sanzan
2015/01/02 - 2014 Nebuta Festival in Aomori
2015/01/02 - 2014 Autumn Ouchijyuku