Hinase and Mushiage Oyster Markets

Oyster eaters paradise in Okayama Prefecture

Judith Mikami Jul 15, 2012 - 1 min read

Oyster festival where you can pick your own

The race to buy your container of oysters during the featival

Open BBQ where you can cook and eat fresh oysters

An oyster bed sitting calming in a bay in the Seto Inland Sea

Lifting oysters off the beds, getting ready to take them to a warehouse for opening and packing

The process of opening oysters before packing into containers

Every year from October to March Mushiage port village in Setouchi City and Hinase port town in Bizen City become the centers for oyster harvesting, markets that celebrate the bounty from the sea and with the recent win in the B grade gourmet contest by placing 9th in Japan, the oyster okinimiyake (oyster Japanese pancake) has made the amount of visitors increase ten-fold to these areas. If you are thinking where to go during autumn and are a fan of eating oysters a million different ways, then consider visiting Okayama.

Judith Mikami @judith.mikami

Hi, I’m Judith Mikami originally from Auckland, New Zealand. I came to Japan about twenty years ago to experience a culture and country very different from my homeland. Like many who have ventured to Japan I fell in love with the people, culture and places and before I knew it I would meet my hus...