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title: Honetsuki Marugame Dori
url: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/honetsuki-marugame-dori/
lang: en
journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/sakura/
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# Honetsuki Marugame Dori

Places we stopped along the way　/　Kagawa, Ehime & Tokyo

A honetsukidori restaurant in Toricho, within walking distance of JR Marugame Station. I gripped the radish-sprout-topped chicken with a paper napkin, bit in, and enjoyed it with a mug of beer.

87-2 Toricho, Marugame, Kagawa

## This moment in the journey: Honetsukidori, and a trip only the blossoms can plan

Dinner was honetsukidori, a Kagawa specialty. On a night street in Marugame I found a shop with a sign reading Honetsuki Marugame Dori, and a big honetsukidori sign standing by the door.

A mug of beer to start. Then came a bone-in chicken leg, heaped with radish sprouts. I gripped the bone with a paper napkin and bit right in. With this dish, the very act of tearing into it makes it taste even better.

This cherry blossom trip was supposed to start in Kyushu and simply head north. Instead it took me unexpectedly east and west. Only the cherry blossoms know where I'm going next, and that's part of the fun.

![The entrance, with a big honetsukidori sign](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/sakura/s98-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://tabelog.com/en/kagawa/A3702/A370202/37001837/
- Sources: https://retty.me/restaurant/100000855318/

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/sakura/