Shimonoseki & Moji
Shimonoseki Fish Market Karato/Kamon Wharf
Day1
From Himeji Station we took a Shinkansen to Shin-Shimonoseki Station and transferred to a train to get to Shimonoseki Station. Normally, it'd be about 3.5 hours to get there, but there was a delay as there was a warehouse fire and the Shinkansen was stopped until the fire by the tracks was taken care of and put out.
After a long morning traveling on trains, we took a 20 minute bus ride to Karato Fish Market. It has a lot of fresh seafood, available especially their specialty, fugu (pufferfish). The fish market was packed with people and even the restaurants nearby at Kamon Wharf had a long wait time for lunch. We eventually found a place with only a 45 minute wait and ate their fugu sashimi lunch set. It was delicious and we walked around the fish market afterwards.
On our walk back to our hotel, we stopped at Kaikyo Yume Tower to enjoy a nice panoramic view of the city. It was a nice stop to get out of the cold and wrap up the day by seeing the sunset.
Day 2
We took a bus to Kanmon Bridge. The bridge connects Shimonoseki and Moji on the neighboring island of Kyushu. The other cool feature is that there is an underground pedestrian tunnel. On the Moji side it leads out to Mekari Shrine. We hadn't planned on spending a lot of time in the Moji side but we walked to Norfolk Plaza and then continued on to the Mojiko Retro area and ended up staying there for most of the day. We ate yakicurry, a Moji specialty, and then checked out the Moji Customs Building, a shopping mall, and the historic Moji Station before walking back to the tunnel to get to Shimonoseki side.
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