Early lunch in Hindori Shopping Arcade

We have comfortably arrived in Onomichi without any issues. The Shinkansen ran on time, and the local train was easy enough to navigate from Fukuyuma Station. We have chucked our backpacks in a coin locker for the day so that we can wander about freely without any luggage whatsoever, as our Airbnb is up on a mountainside and won't be available until after 4pm.

We were pretty hungry, and so we've decided today is going to be an "early lunch, early dinner" kind of day, especially given there isn't much dining around our Airbnb. That way, we can just buy snacks to munch in the evening if we get peckish. We've stopped in our first destination of the day, Hindori Shopping Arcade. Like most of Asia, the Japanese sleep in, and so many things are closed, but we will duck back here to collect our backpacks later in the arvo and see them then.

For now, we are cosied up in a small eatery having Onomichi Ramen sets. These sets come with a bowl of Onomichi Ramen (the local speciality), a bowl of fried rice, and a side of either karaage chicken or gyoza. We got one of each. Super yum across the board! The fried rice here tastes like the fried rice I grew up with in my hometown. It's amazing!! Also, the chicken pieces were huge. We ended up with leftovers, unable to finish our meals because of the size!Read more