Misaki Maguro Kippu - Tuna Ticket

If you visit Misaki Port, "Misaki Maguro Kippu (Tuna Ticket, in Japanese)" has good value.  You can buy the ticket at Keikyu Line stations in Tokyo area and Yokohama. 

This is Maguro Kippu, comes with a small pamphlet.  The ticket includes train and bus tickets, a meal coupon, and one ticket for selected entertainment.  Let's open the meal coupon's guide book and check which restaurant you would like to go during train ride. It takes about 1 hour from Shinagawa station to Misakiguchi station by Keikyu Line

From Misakiguchi station, take a bus to Misaki sea port.  The bus departs from No.2 bus stop about every 15 minutes. Not all buses go Misaki port, so check with the bus driver.  It takes about 20 minutes from Misakiguchi station to Misaki port. 

The ticket includes your choice of entertainment, you can choose one from:

1.  Admission fee of Aburatsubo Marine Park (You need to take bus to Aburatsubo)

2.  Hot Spa admission of Jogashima Keikyu Hotel, Hotel Keikyu Aburatsubo, or Maholova-minds Miura. (Jogashima Keikyu Hotel is near Misaki port, you can go Jogashima island by a boat, 5 minutes.)

3.  Glass boat admission for Nijiiro Sakana Go. (This departs from Misaki port)

We chose Nijiiro Sakana Go, in Japanese, Rainbow color fish boat.

It was not rainbow... but we could see the fish in the sea.  This boats runs from 9:20 till 16:00, 8 times per day. Here is the time table.
http://www.umigyo.co.jp/enjoy.html

And I think this is the highlight for this trip, eating tuna at your choice of restaurants. This time, we went to Sushi Uooto because we are already hungry and this restaurant opens from 10 am.

At this sushi restaurant Uooto, we could choose from 3 meals, a tuna sushi assortment, a local seafood sushi assortment, and a tuna bowl. I ate a tuna bowl, I could taste all parts of tuna, red meat, fatty part, eggs, heart, and guts...

My husband ate a local seafood sushi assortment, to be honest with you, I think his was better than mine, haha.

I think Kurobatei might be better even though I could not eat there because it is famous restaurant in the area. You can choose from these 3 meals with Maguro Kippu. http://www.kurobatei.com/keikyu/

Also, you might able to see that somebody is ordering tuna head piece at this restaurant, which even I have never seen in real before... ummm I should visit there again. 

Keikyu Maguro Kippu cost: JPY3,060 from Shinagawa station.

The cost without this ticket: total JPY5,160

Train: JPY 930 x 2, Bus: JPY300 x 2, Glass boat ride: JPY1,200, Lunch: JPY1,500

So I could save JPY2,100! Not bad, isn't it?

Let's leave Tokyo early in the morning to avoid the traffic jam!

Experience Japan!

Tuna Auction at Misaki Port and Jogashima island

Have you missed the tuna auction at Tsukiji Market? Don't you want to wait 1.5 hour from 4 am in the morning for the auction? Would you like to enjoy tuna and also peaceful countryside? Then, try visiting Miura port. It takes about 1.5 hour from Tokyo to this location.

We took a train from Shinagawa station to Misakiguchi station by Keikyu Line for 1 hour, then took a bus from Misakiguchi station to Misaki port for 20 minutes, got off the bus at Misaki port. Misaki wholesale market is 3 minutes walk from the bus stop.

  

The auction starts at 8 am. The visitors can watch the auction area from the second floor. No reservation and no getting on a line required.  The auction is quieter than that in Tsukiji because auction system is different, but the tuna amount is almost the same.  It depends on the visiting date, but you can also see the auction of other fish such as mackerels and sea breams.  When we visited there, there are only 10 visitors and we could see it as long as we want. The auction lasted about 1 hour. On the same floor, Misaki Shokudo restaurant opens at 6 am and you can enjoy seafood there, too. (closes at 15:00 and Wed is holiday)

Checking the tail meat is important! Japanese people LOVE tuna...

If you want to buy some fish, go to the fish market "Urari" near the wholesale market. You can see various kinds of fish and tuna. Here are red snappers, high grade fish.

Jogashima Island is on the south part of Miura port.  Let's go to see the dynamic Pacific Ocean!  This small boat "Hakushu" runs between Miura port and Jogashima Island from 10:45 till 16:00. The trip is only 5 minutes and costs only JPY200 per one way.  This boat runs by bio gasoline and no CO2 is emitted.

Let's walk to the other side of the island, going through small stores and walking daffodil roads... Watch out the kite birds, they are always watching your food.

You can see the Pacific Ocean and the rock beach.  If you are lucky, Mt Fuji and Boso peninsular can be seen.



The view from Glider Square is the best. Can you see a glider is flying? On the left side of the square, you can see the rock gate

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If you go Miura port in Feb, do not forget to see Kawazu cherry blossoms at the Misakiguchi station.

To check the wholesale market holidays, you can check here.

http://www.city.miura.kanagawa.jp/ichiba/documents/ichibayasumi25.pdf

The left side is tuna auction holidays and the right side is other fish auction holidays.

The market's homepage is

http://www.city.miura.kanagawa.jp/ichiba/ichiba_index.html

View Miura port and Jogashima island in a larger map

Experience Japan!