Hakodate Morning Market Ekini Market Live Squid Fishing Moat — Local services in Hakodate

Very interesting squid fishing. 1500 yen per squid. During this period, we were offered to take one time of lucky draw and prizes was different. We got a 100 yen voucher to be spent at shops within the ekini market.

You can try to hook the squid as many times as you liked until you successfully hooked a squid. It was easy to hook the ear of the squid.

Then, the chef will clean and cut the squid into slices, and we ate the sashimi at surrounding tables. While the chef cut the squid, the tentacles still move. When we ate the sashimi, the tentacles still miving. The squid was so delicious, bouncy, and addictive.

After eating, we needed to self clean the table and throw all food waste at...

I wanted to bring my son somewhere where he could experience fishing and he only knew about fishing from books and videos. He had a great time doing the squid fishing. It isn't really fishing but rather just snagging a squid as it swims buy, still he enjoyed it. For me the best part was watching them clean and cut the squid then eating it all while it was still moving. The fresh squid...

The squid fishing and sashimi serving is the biggest attraction in Hakodate. This can be found elsewhere too but this particular place really made it famous, probably due to being right in the middle of the market and nicely decorated compare to others around the market.

Recommend to come here really early before 8am to have a better chance for shorter line and...