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title: Kinoshita Suisanbutsu Fresh Tuna Self-Service Shop
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# Kinoshita Suisanbutsu Fresh Tuna Self-Service Shop

Places we stopped along the way　/　Nachikatsuura, Wakayama

A self-service shop run by a fresh-tuna wholesaler. Packs of fresh tuna sashimi are laid out on a blue counter, with the day's special written on a board on the wall. You pay by putting the money in the box at the front. I bought a tuna collar and a pack of sashimi.

8-6-5 Tsukiji, Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, Wakayama

## This moment in the journey: The self-service tuna shop

I passed under the "Welcome to Katsuura" gate and through the Izakata Street arcade. Around Katsuura port, I had heard, there are several unstaffed shops selling fresh tuna. How could I not be curious?

The one I stopped at had a sign reading "Fresh Tuna Self-Service Shop." A board on the wall announced today's special: chewy, wild-caught fresh yellowfin. Packs of fresh tuna with handwritten prices were laid out on a blue counter. I decided to buy a tuna collar too. You put the money in the payment box. Thank you, come again.

![Standing at the front of the self-service fresh-tuna shop](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/nachikatsuura/s69-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://www.yukoyuko.net/onsen/spot/s0001444

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