---
title: Nachikatsuura
url: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/places/nachi/
lang: en
---

# Nachikatsuura

Travel journal from Nachikatsuura, with 11 notes on the places I ate, the dishes I cooked and the sights: Nachi Falls (Hiro Shrine), Kumano Nachi Taisha and the Yatagarasu, Katsuura Fishing Port Nigiwai Market and the Umi no Yu footbath, Ochazuke with saba heshiko.

## Journeys

- [Nachikatsuura: the sea from a fishing-village window](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/nachikatsuura/index.md): A dreamy old house（2023-01-09）

## Cook the local flavors once more

- [Ochazuke with saba heshiko](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/ochazuke-with-saba-heshiko/index.md): Heshiko is a traditional preserved food of the Wakasa region of Fukui: gutted mackerel is salted, then packed in rice bran and left to cure for months.
- [Charcoal-grilled tuna collar](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/charcoal-grilled-tuna-collar/index.md): Nachikatsuura is a fishing town that boasts Japan's largest landings of fresh tuna.
- [Fresh tuna sashimi](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/fresh-tuna-sashimi/index.md): Katsuura's fresh tuna, never frozen, has a soft, chewy texture.

## A little of each town’s story

- [Nachi Falls (Hiro Shrine)](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/nachi-falls/index.md): One of Japan's three great waterfalls: 13 meters wide at the lip, with a 10-meter-deep basin, it drops 133 meters in a single fall.
- [Kumano Nachi Taisha and the Yatagarasu](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/kumano-nachi-taisha-and-the-yatagarasu/index.md): One of the three grand shrines of Kumano, born of the worship of Nachi Falls, with a history of about 1,700 years.
- [Katsuura's fresh tuna](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/katsuuras-fresh-tuna/index.md): With the Kuroshio current flowing offshore and a deeply indented coastline, Nachikatsuura is a fishing town with Japan's largest landings of fresh tuna.
- [Katsuura Fishing Port Nigiwai Market and the Umi no Yu footbath](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/katsuura-fishing-port-nigiwai-market/index.md): A market beside Katsuura Fishing Port, with a direct-sales area for fresh tuna, dried local fish and vegetables, and a food court of tuna dishes, sushi and set meals.
- [Saba heshiko](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/saba-heshiko/index.md): A preserved food of the Wakasa region of Fukui: mackerel is salted and then cured in rice bran for about half a year, giving it a strong, salty, almost smoky flavor.

## Places we stopped along the way

- [Ichiba Gohan Shige](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/ichiba-gohan-shige/index.md): A rice-bowl stand in the food court of Katsuura Fishing Port Nigiwai Market, ordered through a ticket machine.
- [Kinoshita Suisanbutsu Fresh Tuna Self-Service Shop](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/kinoshita-suisanbutsu-fresh-tuna-self-service/index.md): A self-service shop run by a fresh-tuna wholesaler.
- [Fruit Market Ichigi](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/fruit-market-ichigi/index.md): An unstaffed roadside farm stand.