Hatanaka Shouten

fresh fish
dried salted fish
processed fish
deli

Hatanaka Shouten was established 75 years ago. The current, third-generation owner of this family-run fish shop humbly says, “In Nishiki Market, where many stores are over 100 years old, we are still in the middle of the pack.” The shop offers fresh fish, sashimi, grilled dishes, and simmered dishes. Currently, they are focusing on processed products that can be taken home, such as homemade ayu sweetfish with roe simmered in Japanese pepper, fish pickled in miso, heshiko fermented fish, and chirimen sansho (dried baby sardines with Japanese pepper).

Their most popular item, saba-zushi (mackerel sushi), is made by the owner’s brother, who runs a Japanese-style restaurant. Unlike most saba-zushi in Kyoto, it is topped with shiroita kombu. It is delicious and reasonably priced. It is sold in limited quantities.

Homemade items are lined up on platters. Grilled squid, grilled scallops, and more entice passersby on the street.

The fermented salted fish directly shipped from Yamada-cho, Iwate Prefecture, and the homemade chirimen sansho are gems that cannot be bought in other stores.

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