Glass Float Bluefin tuna (kuro-maguro or hon-maguro) Restaurants and Direct-sales Stores 2018.3.12 450 kg catch Heaviest catch at the Katsuura Fish Market Tuna Also known as the “Black Diamond,” the Bluefin tuna is synonymous with high-grade tuna, but its fishing output is small. It is a top-grade fish that can be caught in waters near , the Atlantic Ocean, and the Kishu Bluefin tuna Mediterranean Sea.

Big-eye tuna( mebachi-maguro, bachi, or daruma) Its name is derived from its perfectly Katsuura round large eyes. It is used for sashimi. Most tuna What is a Glass Float (bindama)? fishing is done in comparatively warmer areas of the “Bindama” is glass sphere that used as buoy in “Longline Fishing”. The environmen- Big-eye tuna sea. Big-eye tuna comprises most of the sushi that tally friendly Bindama is match up with “Longline Fishing”. Nowadays, Plastic Buoy Japanese people eat. is used, but in Nachikatsuura Town that proud as “Tuna’s Landing Number 1 in Japan”. “Bindama” is used as Artwork and displayed arond Katsuura Port, Ranked first in Japan for tuna catches Yellowfin tuna (kihada-maguro, or kiwada) Nachikatsuura Shopping District and Bindam Street. Yellowfin tuna (kihada-maguro, or kiwada) are tuna with a slightly yellow colored skin. Their meat is pink, so there is no distinction between the tuna belly and red flesh. As there is little change in their skin color, they Yellowfin tuna are often used in canned food and fish sausages, in Longline Fishing addition to sashimi. Albacore (binnaga-maguro, binchou or tonbo) Albacore (binnaga-maguro, binchou or tonbo) are the smallest species of tuna with the longest pectoral fins. Albacore The characteristic softness of tonbo sashimi makes it the most popular for local dinner tables.

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Access to Nachikatsuura What is Longline Fishing? By JR “Longline Fishing” is fishing method invented in Japan. The mechanism is branch rope with fishhook attached in hundred meters of trunk rope. By Approx. 4 hours from Kyoto on the express “Kuroshio” Map ○ Kyoto Shin Osaka Tennoji Kii-Katsuura Approx. 3 hours 50 mins from Shin Osaka on the express “Kuroshio” arranging the bait used in this fishing method, fisherman can selectively choose the size of Tuna they catch and avoid small Tuna so the resource is maintained. ○ Nagoya Kii-Katsuura Approx. 3 hours 30 mins on the express “Wide View Nanki”

By car Hanshin Nishi Meihan R169 Expressway Expressway R24/169 /R309 ○ Osaka Matsubara JCT Koriyama IC Yoshino Kumano R42 R24 R168 Katsuura (Approx. 4 hours 30 minutes) Hanwa/Yuasa-Gobo/Kisei Gojo Shingu Expressway R42 R42 Susami-minami IC Kushimoto Katsuura Onsen (Approx. 4 hours) Higashi Nachikatsuura Meihan Ise Kisei Kumano- Expressway Expressway Expressway Owase Road R42 Tourism ○ Nagoya R42 R42 Seki JCT Seiwa-taki Owase- Owase- Kumano- Shingu Katsuura Onsen Organization JCT kita IC minami ICT Odomari IC (Approx. 3 hours 30 minutes) Instagram By bus Mie Kotsu Group (Shingu Sales Office) TEL 0735-22-5268

○ Tokyo (Ikebukuro East Exit) Katsuura Onsen (Approx. 10 hours)

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Japan Airlines Fixed-route bus JR ○ Haneda Airport Nanki-Shirahama Shirahama JR Kii-Katsuura Sta. (Approx. 4 - 5 hours) (Approx. 1 hour By taxi (Approx. 1 hour 10 minutes) Airport 30 minutes) In the facility, visitors can see the cutting of a fresh tuna Limousine bus caught at Katsuura Port, and raw tuna is also sold. Enjoy JR Kii-Katsuura Sta. (Approx. 4 hours) *Only one departing from the aiport at 10:25 a.m. eating and drinking while admiring the view of Katsuura Port.

Live show! Suita JCT Kyoto Minami IC Kusatsu JCT Nagoya IC Watch the live tuna Chugoku Expressway cutting show! Kyoto Katsuura Gyokou Shin-Osaka Kinki Shin-Meishin Nagoya Higashi- Expressway Nigiwai Ichiba Market 5 minute walk from JR Kii-Katsuura Sta. Expressway  Yokkaichi JCT 5 minute walk from the bus terminal Wangan Route Kameyama-nishi JCT Oji Nara Tennoji Kameyama JCT Kameyama IC Nishi-Meihan  Expressway Kameyama Ise-Seki IC Kansai International Matsubara JCT Tenri IC Airport  Tsu Hineno Kashihara Takada IC Gojo Kita IC Chubu Izumisano JCT Hashimoto IC Gojo International JR JCT  Airport Wakayama Sta.  Ise IC Wakayama IC Koyaguchi Hashimoto Seiwa-Taki JCT Koya-Ryujin Arida IC Mt. Koya Kii Nagashima IC  Skyline     Kisei Yuasa-Gobo Route Expressway Owase Kita IC Opening hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Last orders for the food and drink booths is 3:30 p.m.) Gobo IC Ryujin  Owase Minami IC Closed: Tuesdays Capacity: 80 people TEL 0735-29-3500

Minabe IC Hongu Kumano City Kumano Odomari IC  JR Kii-Tanabe  Various inquiries Sta.  Nachikatsuura IC  Taxi Fixed-route bus/Regular sightseeing bus Nanki Tanabe IC Kamitonda IC Nanki Shirahama IC Crystal Taxi (Katsuura Branch) Kumano Gobo Nankai Bus (Katsuura Branch) Hikigawa IC Nachikatsuura IC 0735-52-0444 0735-52-0028 Nanki- JR JR Shingu Sta. Kumano Daiichi Kotsu (Kumano Branch) Accommodations guide Shirahama Shirahama Ichiya Airport Sta. Shingu Minami IC 0735-52-2358 Nanki Katsuura Onsenn Ryokan Association  JR 0735-52-0048 Susami IC Kii-Katsuura Sta. Nachikatsuura Tourism Association From Tokyo (Haneda) Kisei Expressway Susami Minami IC JR Kusimoto Sta. TEL 0735-52-5311 Tsukiji 6-1-1 Nachikatsuura, Higashimuro District, 649-5335 Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture