Akashi is a major port particularly well known for its seafood, retailing local specialities like sea bream ã¿ã¤ tai, octopus ã¿ã³ tako and conger eel ç©´å anago.
Uo no Tana Shotengai
éã®æ£ååºè¡, (http://www.uonotana.or.jp/). huge seafood market retailing everything that swims, creeps, crawls or just sits on the sea bottom. unlike tokyo's tsukiji, this is actively tourist-friendly, with lots of prepared produce for souvenirs and restaurants for eating the stuff. on the road between station and port.