KINKI
Kushimoto
Travel journal from Kushimoto, with 16 notes on the places I ate, the dishes I cooked and the sights: Cape Shionomisaki, the southernmost point of Honshu, Kushimoto Marine Park (aquarium and underwater observatory), The coral of Kushimoto's sea, The Turkish Memorial Museum and the Ertugrul.
Journeys: 1 · Notes: 16
Journeys
01
Cook the local flavors once more
Dishes made in borrowed kitchens, and how each one connects to the land.
Kushimoto, Wakayama
Katsuo chazuke (bonito over rice with hot broth)
Bonito dressed in sauce is laid over rice and eaten with hot broth poured on top.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Flying fish and citrus carpaccio
Besides tuna and bonito, Kushimoto's port lands flying fish and saury.
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02
A little of each town’s story
Sights, specialties and how the towns came to be: small cultural notes beside each journey.
Kushimoto, Wakayama
Cape Shionomisaki, the southernmost point of Honshu
The southernmost point of Honshu, at 135°46′E, 33°26′N.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Kushimoto Marine Park (aquarium and underwater observatory)
An aquarium that recreates the sea of Kushimoto with seawater and creatures from the waters right in front of it.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
The coral of Kushimoto's sea
The coastal waters of Kushimoto hold the world's northernmost large coral communities.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
The Turkish Memorial Museum and the Ertugrul
A museum beside the memorial to the Turkish frigate on Kashinozaki, Kii-Oshima, displaying a model of the Ertugrul along with relics, photographs and documents.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Tanami Theater
A theater beside JR Tanami Station, built in 1950.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Tanami Station
A station on the JR West Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), opened on August 8, 1940.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Hashigui-iwa rocks
About forty rocks of various sizes stand in a line for roughly 850 meters from the Kushimoto shore toward Kii-Oshima.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Saury sushi
A traditional dish of southern Wakayama.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Ozaki no Himono dried tuna
From a dried-fish shop in Kushimoto with more than seventy years of history, where craftsmen hand-split fish one at a time, both fish caught in the waters aroun…
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Kushimoto ponkan juice
Juice made by the Kasaneyama fruit growers' cooperative, formed by ponkan farmers of the Hime and Ikushi districts of Kushimoto.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Ryoma 1865
A non-alcoholic beer from Nippon Beer, brewed from malt, hops and carbonation only, with no additives and 100% malt.
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Places we stopped along the way
What we ate and bought, with shop details checked against published listings.
Kushimoto, Wakayama
Marine Park Restaurant Acropora
The restaurant next to the aquarium at Kushimoto Marine Park, with the Pacific outside the windows.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Cafe Lapin
A cafe at the start of the path to Kashinozaki Lighthouse and the Turkish Memorial Museum on Kii-Oshima.
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Kushimoto, Wakayama
Kushimoto Hashiguiiwa Roadside Station
A roadside station looking straight out at the Hashigui rocks, a national scenic spot and natural monument.
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