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Embark on a journey to Aomori's northern coast to tackle Japan's largest tuna bowl, a massive food challenge featuring fresh, high-quality local tuna, followed by a hunt for unique cat gifts at a secondhand store.

1 plan · 3 places · 1 experience

Plan · 3 places · Aomori, Japan

Aomori's Tuna Challenge & Cat Gift Hunt

“After exploring the art pieces around Aomori, we took on the giant tuna bowl challenge, then went to Hard Off to find gifts for our cats. It was a weird day, but a full one.”

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Aomori Tourist Center ASPAM
Souvenir store · Aomori
3.9 (540)Open · until 7 PM
Iconic triangular building with a tourist info center, gift shops, dining & an observation deck.
Aomori Prefecture Tourism Information Center ASPAM, 1 Chome-1-40 Yasukata, Aomori, 030-0803, Japan
Experience · 1 place
Tackling Japan's Biggest Tuna Bowl
1 hour
Head to Sudouya Shokudou in Asamushi, a small fishing village on Aomori's Northern Coastline, for the monster food challenge: the 'Hon Maguro Don'. This place is famous for its Aomori tuna, considered some of the best in Japan. The ceiling is caked in stickers, and even the washroom walls are covered, making it hard to find the door! You'll be served a huge bowl of fresh tuna piled high on rice. The bottom rice is warm, while the tuna on top is refrigerated and freshly chopped. Use the provided plate to offload the tuna and eat it like sashimi. Be warned, it's a ridiculous size, much bigger than photos suggest, but the quality is extremely good, comparable to Tsukiji Fish Market level. You have about a 20-minute window before your body realizes how full you are, so scarf it down fast!
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Sudouya Shokudou
Japanese regional restaurant · Aomori
4.2Closed · opens 4:30 PM
Casual restaurant serving grilled meat & fish, plus sashimi, ramen & soba noodles.
Osanai, 1F 1 Chome-1-17 Shinmachi, Aomori, 030-0801, Japan
Hon Maguro Don (Giant Tuna Bowl) · ¥4400 — This is Japan's largest portion of tuna, featuring fresh, delicious cuts of Aomori bluefin tuna piled high on a bowl of rice. It includes about 20 pieces of expensive cuts on top, with shredded and fatty tuna underneath. The rice at the bottom is warm, contrasting with the cold, fresh tuna. It's an 'excavation' to get to the rice, but the quality is extremely good, not cheap cuts as one might expect for the price. It costs ¥4,400.
Salmon Sashimi — A separate plate of salmon sashimi, brought out as an additional offering. The creator notes that salmon is their favorite sushi and it looks good.
Free T-shirt — The restaurant gives out free t-shirts to customers, adding to the pressure to finish the food challenge. The t-shirts are extra-large, described as '3L like extra extra extra large'.
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Hard Off Aomori
Second hand store · Aomori
3.6 (53)Open · until 8 PM
2 Chome Higashiono
Hard Off, 2 Chome-８-7 Higashiono, Aomori, 030-0847, Japan
- Cow Print Pizza Crisp Bag Cat Bed — A thickly padded, cow-print bag designed to look like a pizza crisp bag. The creator's cat, Tuna, loves to dive into bags and claim them as his own space, making this a perfect, warm winter bed.
- Baby Sling Cat Carrier — A baby sling repurposed as a cat carrier. The creator's cat, Maro, enjoys falling asleep tucked inside a shirt, so this sling would allow carrying the cat on the shoulder like a baby.

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