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Towns tagged “Great fish”
51 towns that Machigatari wrote up under “Great fish”, across 16 prefectures.
“Great fish” is an editorial tag, chosen town by town. This is not a complete count of every town in Japan that fits, and a town missing here is not a town that doesn't fit. Towns are listed by prefecture in local government code order, with no ranking.
Iwate Prefecture1
Iwate Prefecture pageChiba Prefecture1
Chiba Prefecture pageKanagawa Prefecture1
Kanagawa Prefecture pageToyama Prefecture5
Toyama Prefecture page- Toyama CityCanal soil made an old riverbed downtown.Fugan Canal, old Jinzū bed
- Uozu CityA 2,000-year-old forest below sea level.Uozu Buried Forest
- Himi CityJapan's first excavated cave site.Ōzakai Cave
- Namerikawa CityIts giant octopus made it into ukiyo-e.Giant octopus of Namerikawa
- Imizu CityA ferry sailed as the port was cut open.Koshinokata–Horioka ferry
Ishikawa Prefecture1
Ishikawa Prefecture pageFukui Prefecture8
Fukui Prefecture page- Tsuruga City763 orphans came ashore at this port.Tsuruga Port, Polish orphans
- Obama CityTwo Kamakura-era treasures in the hills.Myotsu-ji hall and pagoda
- Sakai CityFive- and six-sided rock columns run 1 km.Tojinbo
- Echizen TownNobunaga's “Oda” is said to be from here.Tsurugi Shrine, Oda clan shrine
- Mihama TownJump into a winter canal, tear the rope.Hiruga Tug of War
- Takahama TownOnce 1.5M a summer; now a Blue Flag.Wakasa Wada Beach
- Oi TownA valley library named to waste no drop.Jakushū Itteki Bunko
- Wakasa Town70,000 years of mud, now a world scale.Lake Suigetsu varves
Shizuoka Prefecture7
Shizuoka Prefecture page- Shizuoka CityThe world’s plastic models start here.
- Numazu CityAt the far end of Japan's deepest bay.Numazu Port, Suruga Bay
- Atami CityFireworks over the sea, even in midwinter.Atami sea fireworks
- Fuji CityThe city that makes about 40% of Japan’s toilet paper.
- Yaizu CityFour in ten skipjack tuna land at this port.Yaizu Port
- Higashiizu TownSix hot spring villages along the sea.Hot springs, Okawa to Inatori
- Yoshida TownShizuoka's second-smallest town, with 15 tsunami evacuation towers.
Hyogo Prefecture7
Hyogo Prefecture page- Akashi CityJapan sets its clocks by this town.The 135th meridian east
- Aioi CityBoats rowed by 32 people cross the bay each May.Peron boat racing
- Toyooka CityThe storks came back to the sky.Oriental stork releases
- Ako CityTwenty-one of the forty-seven lived in this castle town.Home of Chushingura
- Minami-Awaji CityForty puppet troupes; one is left.Awaji Ningyoza
- Kami Town99.9% of Japan's black wagyu dams descend from one bull here.Tajiri-go, Tajima cattle
- Shin'onsen TownWater at 98°C rises from the valley floor.Arayu, Yumura Onsen
Tottori Prefecture2
Tottori Prefecture pageShimane Prefecture1
Shimane Prefecture pageYamaguchi Prefecture1
Yamaguchi Prefecture pageTokushima Prefecture2
Tokushima Prefecture pageKagawa Prefecture2
Kagawa Prefecture pageEhime Prefecture3
Ehime Prefecture pageKochi Prefecture5
Kochi Prefecture page- Tosa CityA pilgrim pass road keeps its old form.Shōryū-ji Road, Tsukajizaka
- Sukumo CityA turtle is said to have borne the bell.Enkō-ji Bell, Red Turtle legend
- Tosashimizu City"Father of Shikoku Henro" built a hall.Shinnen-an, Daishi hall
- Nakatosa TownFish are cut up at the sink by the door.Kure Port and Fishing Town
- Kuroshio TownPupils carried bricks too, it is said.Kumai Tunnel, JSCE heritage
Oita Prefecture4
Oita Prefecture pageLANGUAGEEnglish日本語