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title: Uogashi Maruten (Numazu Port)
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journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/numazu-port/
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# Uogashi Maruten (Numazu Port)

Places we stopped along the way　/　Numazu, Shizuoka

A seafood restaurant founded in 1966 and one of the best known at Numazu Port. Its signature dish is the seafood kakiage bowl: a huge fritter of shrimp, scallops and onion standing up out of the bowl like a tower. You break it with your chopsticks, tip it over and pour on the tempura sauce. Mine came with fish-bone soup and a small side dish. There are two Maruten restaurants at the port, so check the official site before you go.

## This moment in the journey: The seafood kakiage bowl, at last

Beyond the sign of the Kuzura bus stop, Mt. Fuji caught the evening light. After a rest on the veranda, I headed for Numazu Port.

The seafood kakiage bowl had caught my attention the last time I was here. At a restaurant under a sign reading Uogashi Maruten, what arrived was a kakiage fritter standing up out of the bowl like a tower. Now, how do I eat this? I broke the top with my chopsticks, tipped it over, and poured on the tempura sauce. The flavor of shrimp and scallops and the sweetness of onion, all in one bite.

I had wondered whether I could finish it, but I never tired of it. I poured a bottle of non-alcoholic beer into a glass. Both my curiosity and my stomach were filled with happiness.

![The seafood kakiage bowl standing like a tower, with a soup bowl](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/numazu-port/s55-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://www.uogashi-maruten.co.jp/
- Sources: https://rurubu.jp/andmore/article/13335
- Sources: https://rurubu.jp/andmore/spot/80062844

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/numazu-port/