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  1. Asa-ichi

    The morning market is the place for fresh fish. Seafood donburi (a bowl of rice with toppings) is a local favourite. If you prefer to eat your seafood in a restaurant, see if one will whip up a Hakodate version of oyakodon ; meaning 'mother and child donburi ', it's usually made with chicken and egg in the rest of Japan; in Hokkaidō it's made with salmon and its roe.

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