Shopping Guide
* Store information may be changed, so please check with the store for the latest information.
Dried fish / fish products
Kanefuku Mentai Park Oarai
-A mentaiko-themed park for families-
[Phone number] 029-219-4101 (Japanese only)
[Address] Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Isohama-cho (Oarai Port 2nd Pier) 8255-3 GoogleMap
[Business hours] 9:00 to 18:00 Factory operating hours 9:00 to 16:30
* The factory temporarily stops on Sundays and holidays from 11:00 to 12:30.
[Regular holiday] Open all year round
Official website(Japanese)
[Shop Introduction] This is a theme park established by Kanefuku, a long-standing mentaiko (spicy pollock roe) manufacturer.There are factory tours available,and food court where you can buy mentaiko products and try big mentaiko rice balls.
Moritora Himono Kan (dried fish shop)
~ A dried fish shop with an elegant display ~
[Phone number] 029-267-2514 (Japanese only)
[Address] Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Isohama-cho 16 GoogleMap
[Business hours] From 8:30 am to 5 pm
[Regular holiday] Wednesday
[Store introduction] This store offers freshly dried goods from the factory next door. It has more than 20 popular kinds of dried fish, which are carefully produced one-by-one. You can choose your favorite dried fish using a bamboo tray and tongs.
Iiokaya Suisan Main Store
- A well-established seafood store (established in1869) -
[Phone number] 029-267-2839 (Japanese only)
[Address] Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Isohama-cho 679 GoogleMap
[Business hours] From 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
[Regular holiday] January 1st
Official website(Japanese)
[Shop introduction] A long-established seafood store with a history of over 100 years. The store has a wide selection of dried fish, shirasu, seasoned abalone, boiled clams, and boiled salmon. The prices are reasonable, too. Local customers and many tourists have enjoyed shopping here for a long time.
Onose Seaweed Shop
~ A long-established seaweed and dried goods wholesaler that has existed in Oarai for five generations. ~
[Phone number] 029-267-3747 (Japanese only)
[Address] Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Onuki-cho 249-1 GoogleMap
[Business hours] From 8 am to 6 pm
[Regular holiday] Irregular holiday
[Shop introduction] This store sells an assortment of products which use the flavor of various kinds of seaweed such as wakame, kombu (kelp), grilled seaweed paper and seaweed flakes. Please come and try our store on your visit to Oarai.
Fresh fish shop
Oarai Seafood Market
-A Fish shop in front of Oarai fishing port-
[Phone number] 029-267-0121 (Japanese only)
[Address] Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Isohama-cho 8253-56 GoogleMap
[Business hours] Weekdays from 7:30 am to 7 pm
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays: From 6:30 am to 7 pm
* Business hours may vary depending on the season.
[Regular holiday] Open all year round
Official website(Japanese)
[Shop introduction] A shop with many kinds of fish products such as dried and fresh fish,and shellfish caught at Oarai Port. You can also enjoy grilled clams, scallops, shrimp, squid and more, all freshly served. Its attached restaurant, “Kaisen Donburi Tei,” is also popular.
Iiokaya Suisan Iki Iki Shop
~ A long established fish shop selling fresh and dried fish ~
[Phone number] 029-266-1197 (Japanese only)
[Address] Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Isohama-cho 8253-18 GoogleMap
[Business hours] From 7:30 am to 6pm
[Regular holiday] Open all year round
Official website(Japanese)
[Shop introduction] A shop run by a long-established seafood store since 1896. In addition to the large clams from Kashima, there are a variety of marine products such as freshly caught fresh fish, dried fish and Oarai Shirasu (sardines). Popular anko (anglerfish) soup and grilled octopus are made and sold at the storefront for take-out.
Brewery・Local alcohol shops, wine
Tsukinoi Sake Brewery
~ Oarai's long-established sake brewery ~
[Phone number] 029-266-2168 (Japanese only)
[Address] Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Isohama-cho 638 GoogleMap
[Business hours] From 9 am to 5 pm
[Regular holiday] During the New Year holiday period
Official website(Japanese)
[Store introduction] A well-established sake brewery that has been in business for over 150 years. Their representative brand “Tsukinoi” has been loved by local fishermen as a celebratory liquor that is indispensable for the departure and arrival of fishing boats. This multiple prize-winning brewery is a must-try when you come to Oarai.
Sake Osonoe Store
~ Special sake shop specializing in local sake ~
[Phone number] 029-264-5788 (Japanese only)
[Address] Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Isomichi 146 GoogleMap
[Business hours] From 10 am to 7 pm
[Regular holiday] Wednesday and the 2nd Sunday of every month
Official website(Japanese)
[Shop introduction] A liquor store that offers a variety of Japanese sake including delicious local nihonshu (Japanese rice wine), shochu (Japanese spirits), wine, plum wine and liqueur.
Vintage Club Murai
~ Jazz-bar & cafe ~
[Phone number] 029-267-3438 (Japanese only)
[Address] Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Isohama 891 GoogleMap
[Business hours] 10 am to 8 pm (last order)
[Regular holiday] Monday
Official website(Japanese)
[Shop introduction] A liquor store & cafe bar where Oarai townspeople gather. A real yacht sits on top of the store as a symbol. The cafe’s interior design is based on the inside of a ship, which gives it a high-class, antique atmosphere. You can enjoy drinking draft beer, wine, sake, and coffee here all at reasonable prices.
Vegetables, pickles, meat shops, lunch boxes, side dishes
JA Mito Iki-Iki Shop
~ A popular farmer’s market that directly sells locally-grown vegetables directly ~
[Phone number] 029-266-0831 (Japanese only)
[Address] Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Isohama-cho 8253-18 GoogleMap
[Business hours] April-September 8:30 am-6 pm, October-March 8:30 am-5:30 pm
[Regular holiday] Irregular holiday
Official website(Japanese)
[Shop introduction] This store sells freshly-picked vegetables grown by local farmers. Because it sells directly, you can enjoy fresh and reasonably-priced produce. In addition, locally-handmade rice cakes, rice balls and special products are also available. Please try Oarai’s delicious vegetables!
Lunch box Mannenya
~The Sanpin Takomeshi "Ekiben" (train station lunch box) is available only in Oarai ~
[Phone number] 029-267-5104 (Japanese only)
[Address] Oarai Station GoogleMap, Aqua World Oarai GoogleMap
[Regular holiday] Irregular holiday
Official website(Japanese)
[Shop introduction] The “Sanpin Takomeshi Bento”, a lunch box with octopus sashimi over rice, is sold only in Oarai Station and Aqua World. Please try it when you come to Oarai!
Ume café WAON
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-Japan's first plum specialty cafe-
[Phone number] 029-229-1223 (Japanese only)
[Address], Ibaraki-ken, Higashiibaraki-gun, Oarai-machi, Isohama-cho 624 GoogleMap
[Business hours] 10 am to 6 pm (last order 5 pm)
[Regular holiday] Closed on Wednesdays and other irregular holidays
Official website(Japanese)
[Shop introduction] A cafe which specializes in plums that have been carefully selected by a dried plum and pickle specialty store that has been around since 1830. In addition to café-style rice dishes such as Ochazuke and Onigiri, you can choose from nine types of pickled plums. Umeboshi and other kinds of pickles are also sold here.