# Michi-no-Eki Senzakitchen

> Senzaki's fishing-port food hall on Senzaki Bay. Buy fish or dried seafood at the counter and grill it yourself next door, or sit down for a local seafood bowl. Around 4.35 million people came in its first five years.

- Prefecture: Yamaguchi
- Type: Michi no eki
- Address: Nagato, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–18:00
- Hours note: The market opens 9:00 to 18:00 and closes on the second Thursday (open in August and on public holidays) and 1 January. Restaurants, the Grill House and the toy museum keep their own hours.
- Parking and toilets: free, open 24 hours
- Official site: https://www.city.nagato.yamaguchi.jp/soshiki/13/20011.html

Senzakitchen opened on 20 April 2018 on the Senzaki waterfront in Nagato, overlooking Senzaki Bay and about 450 meters from JR Senzaki Station. The name is a pun: the city wanted a kitchen that gathers Senzaki's food in one place. It worked. By its fifth anniversary the station had counted about 4.35 million visitors.

The fish counter is the heart of it. Buy whatever looks good, fresh or dried, and carry it to the Grill House next door to cook over the coals yourself; it is indoors, so rain does not end the plan. If you would rather be served, more than ten food outlets share the site, including Senzakidon for local-fish rice bowls and Sengoku for sushi.

The Nagato Toy Museum on site is built around wooden toys made from local timber, which makes this a good stop with children. Senzaki is also the hometown of the poet Kaneko Misuzu, whose memorial hall stands near JR Senzaki Station, and Omijima sightseeing cruises leave from the harbor. Check cruise times separately, as sea conditions can cancel them.

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Source: Michi-no-Eki Senzakitchen — Japan Voyage