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Where to catch Olive flounder (hirame) in Japan: ports and boats

Season: Mainly autumn and winter (some areas have an opening date)

In the last 60 days, 61 fishing boats at 37 ports in 16 prefectures reported 268 catches (2026-11-06).

📘 Fishing guide for this fish (Japanese)

Ports near Tokyo

飯岡港 (Chiba, about 90 km from Tokyo) 41 reports ・ Map

and 3 more

大原港 (Chiba, about 70 km from Tokyo) 31 reports ・ Map

and 1 more

鹿島港 (Ibaraki, about 90 km from Tokyo) 23 reports ・ Map

and 2 more

外川港 (Chiba, about 100 km from Tokyo) 19 reports ・ Map
片貝港 (Chiba, about 60 km from Tokyo) 10 reports ・ Map
波崎港 (Ibaraki, about 100 km from Tokyo) 8 reports ・ Map
鹿嶋港旧港 (Ibaraki, about 90 km from Tokyo) 7 reports ・ Map
鹿嶋新港 (Ibaraki, about 90 km from Tokyo) 6 reports ・ Map

Ports near Sendai

荒浜漁港 (Miyagi, about 20 km from Sendai) 25 reports ・ Map
相馬港 (Fukushima, about 50 km from Sendai) 22 reports ・ Map
塩釜港 (Miyagi, about 10 km from Sendai) 5 reports ・ Map
富岡漁港 (Fukushima, about 100 km from Sendai) 4 reports ・ Map
小石浜漁港 (Iwate, about 120 km from Sendai) 1 report ・ Map

Ports near Nagoya

豊浜港 (Aichi, about 50 km from Nagoya) 7 reports ・ Map
香良洲漁港 (Mie, about 70 km from Nagoya) 4 reports ・ Map
石鏡漁港 (Mie, about 80 km from Nagoya) 3 reports ・ Map
師崎港 (Aichi, about 50 km from Nagoya) 1 report ・ Map
御前崎港 (Shizuoka, about 140 km from Nagoya) 1 report ・ Map

Ports near Osaka

大阪港 (Osaka, about 10 km from Osaka) 4 reports ・ Map
宮津港 (Kyoto, about 100 km from Osaka) 2 reports ・ Map
印南港 (Wakayama, about 100 km from Osaka) 1 report ・ Map
江井港 (Hyogo, about 70 km from Osaka) 1 report ・ Map

Ports near Sapporo

余市港 (Hokkaido, about 50 km from Sapporo) 4 reports ・ Map

Ports near Hiroshima

江崎港 (Yamaguchi, about 80 km from Hiroshima) 1 report ・ Map

Other areas

平潟港 (Ibaraki, about 160 km from Sendai) 12 reports ・ Map
宮古港 (Iwate, about 180 km from Sendai) 1 report ・ Map

To book, see How to book a fishing boat; for words used on board, see the phrasebook.

Counts are catch reports (one boat, one day, one post). Always check departures, prices and booking on each operator's official website. This site does not take bookings.

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