Areas
Tokyo Bay
The bay closest to the Tokyo metropolitan area, with many spots reachable by train and a good supply of managed fishing parks and built-up seawalls. Being an inner bay, swell rarely gets in, and something is in season all year: sabiki fish, goby, flounder and cutlassfish. It is also the area where checking whether fishing is allowed matters most, because so much of the waterfront is closed to entry.
- Prefectures
- Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa
- Waters
- Southern Pacific coast
Fish you can catch in this area
Fish biting this month are shown first
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Dusky Rabbitfish
アイゴ / Siganus fuscescens
August
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Yellow Grouper
アオハタ / Epinephelus awoara
August
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Knobsnout Parrotfish
アオブダイ / Scarus ovifrons
August
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Blacktip Grouper
アカハタ / Epinephelus fasciatus
August
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Ara
アラ / Niphon spinosus
August
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Chicken Grunt
イサキ / Parapristipoma trilineatum
August
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Spotted Knifejaw
イシガキダイ / Oplegnathus punctatus
August
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Barred Knifejaw
イシダイ / Oplegnathus fasciatus
August
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Azurio Tuskfish
イラ / Choerodon azurio
August
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Unicorn Leatherjacket
ウスバハギ / Aluterus monoceros
August
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Round herring
ウルメイワシ / Etrumeus micropus
August
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Areolate Grouper
オオモンハタ / Epinephelus areolatus
August
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Weedy Scorpionfish
オニカサゴ / Scorpaenopsis cirrosa
August
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Whitefin Trevally
カイワリ / Kaiwarinus equula
August
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Japanese Anchovy
カタクチイワシ / Engraulis japonicus
August
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Skipjack Tuna
カツオ / Katsuwonus pelamis
August
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Greater Amberjack
カンパチ / Seriola dumerili
August
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Yellowfin Seabream
キチヌ / Acanthopagrus latus
August
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Yellowfin Tuna
キハダ / Thunnus albacares
August
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Multicolorfin Rainbowfish
キュウセン / Parajulis poecilepterus
August
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Bigeye Trevally
ギンガメアジ / Caranx sexfasciatus
August
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Longtooth Grouper
クエ / Epinephelus bruneus
August
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Grey-spotted Puffer
クサフグ / Takifugu alboplumbeus
August
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Pacific Bluefin Tuna
クロマグロ / Thunnus orientalis
August
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Crescent Sweetlips
コショウダイ / Plectorhinchus cinctus
August
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Blue Mackerel
ゴマサバ / Scomber australasicus
August
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Mangrove Red Snapper
ゴマフエダイ / Lutjanus argentimaculatus
August
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Painted Sweetlips
コロダイ / Diagramma pictum
August
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Japanese Striped Eel Catfish
ゴンズイ / Plotosus japonicus
August
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Japanese Sardinella
サッパ / Sardinella zunasi
August
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Common Dolphinfish
シイラ / Coryphaena hippurus
August
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Sharpbeak Terapon
シマイサキ / Rhynchopelates oxyrhynchus
August
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Japanese Whiting
シロギス / Sillago japonica
August
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Bullet & frigate tuna (souda-gatsuo)
ソウダガツオ / Auxis rochei / Auxis thazard
August
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Doubleline Fusilier
タカサゴ / Pterocaesio digramma
August
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Bright Knifefish
タカベ / Labracoglossa argenteiventris
August
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Flagtail Triggerfish
ツマジロモンガラ / Sufflamen chrysopterum
August
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Rainbow Runner
ツムブリ / Elagatis bipinnulata
August
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Japanese flyingfish
トビウオ / Cypselurus agoo
August
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Scalpel Sawtail
ニザダイ / Prionurus scalprum
August
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Japanese Eel
ニホンウナギ / Anguilla japonica
August
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Horn Dragonet
ネズミゴチ / Callionymus curvicornis
August
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Grey Drummer
ノトイスズミ / Kyphosus bigibbus
August
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Redfin Velvetfish
ハオコゼ / Paracentropogon rubripinnis
August
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Spangled Emperor
ハマフエフキ / Lethrinus nebulosus
August
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Longspined Porcupinefish
ハリセンボン / Diodon holocanthus
August
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Almaco Jack
ヒレナガカンパチ / Seriola rivoliana
August
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White-spotted Snapper
フエダイ / Lutjanus stellatus
August
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Sea Mullet
ボラ / Mugil cephalus
August
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Japanese Horse Mackerel
マアジ / Trachurus japonicus
August
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Whitespotted Conger
マアナゴ / Conger myriaster
August
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Japanese pilchard
マイワシ / Sardinops melanostictus
August
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Pacific Chub Mackerel
マサバ / Scomber japonicus
August
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Common Octopus (East Asian)
マダコ / Octopus sinensis
August
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Convict Grouper
マハタ / Epinephelus septemfasciatus
August
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Snubnose Dart
マルコバン / Trachinotus blochii
August
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Temperate Scad
ムロアジ / Decapterus muroadsi
August
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Grey Seabream
メイチダイ / Gymnocranius griseus
August
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Coral Grouper
ユカタハタ / Cephalopholis miniata
August
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Giant Trevally
ロウニンアジ / Caranx ignobilis
August
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Horsehead Tilefish
アカアマダイ / Branchiostegus japonicus
August
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Striped Barracuda
アカカマス / Sphyraena pinguis
August
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Japanese Lates
アカメ / Lates japonicus
August
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Olive Goby
ウロハゼ / Glossogobius olivaceus
August
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Devil stinger
オニオコゼ / Inimicus japonicus
August
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False Kelpfish
カサゴ / Sebastiscus marmoratus
August
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Thread-sail Filefish
カワハギ / Stephanolepis cirrhifer
August
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Yellowback Seabream
キダイ / Dentex hypselosomus
August
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Fivebar Flagtail
ギンユゴイ / Kuhlia mugil
August
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Japanese silver-biddy
クロサギ / Gerres equulus
August
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Blackhead Seabream
クロダイ / Acanthopagrus schlegelii
August
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Japanese Seabass
スズキ / Lateolabrax japonicus
August
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Japanese cutlassfish
タチウオ / Trichiurus japonicus
August
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Yellowback Seabream
チダイ / Evynnis tumifrons
August
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Javelin Goby
ハゼクチ / Acanthogobius hasta
August
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Daggertooth Pike-conger
ハモ / Muraenesox cinereus
August
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Yellowtail Kingfish
ヒラマサ / Seriola lalandi
August
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Japanese Amberjack
ブリ / Seriola quinqueradiata
August
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Tarwhine
ヘダイ / Rhabdosargus sarba
August
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Starspotted Smooth-hound
ホシザメ / Mustelus manazo
August
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Yellowfin Goby
マハゼ / Acanthogobius flavimanus
August
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Redlip Morwong
ミギマキ / Goniistius zebra
August
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Brassblotched Rockfish
ムラソイ / Sebastes pachycephalus
August
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Bigfin Reef Squid
アオリイカ / Sepioteuthis lessoniana
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Rosy Seabass
アカムツ / Doederleinia berycoides
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Stone Flounder
イシガレイ / Kareius bicoloratus
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Golden Threadfin Bream
イトヨリダイ / Nemipterus virgatus
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Korean Black Scraper
ウマヅラハギ / Thamnaconus modestus
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Temminck's Surfperch
ウミタナゴ / Ditrema temminckii
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Splendid Alfonsino
キンメダイ / Beryx splendens
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Blackedge Nibbler
クロメジナ / Girella leonina
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Japanese Black Seaperch
クロメバル / Sebastes ventricosus
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Golden Cuttlefish
コウイカ / Sepia esculenta
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Dotted Gizzard Shad
コノシロ / Konosirus punctatus
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Japanese Halfbeak
サヨリ / Hyporhamphus sajori
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Japanese Spanish Mackerel
サワラ / Scomberomorus niphonius
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Togot seaperch
トゴットメバル / Sebastes joyneri
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Tiger Puffer
トラフグ / Takifugu rubripes
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Starry Flounder
ヌマガレイ / Platichthys stellatus
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Blackfin Seabass
ヒラスズキ / Lateolabrax latus
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Olive Flounder
ヒラメ / Paralichthys olivaceus
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Japanese Parrotfish
ブダイ / Calotomus japonicus
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Spiny Red Gurnard
ホウボウ / Chelidonichthys spinosus
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Marbled Flounder
マコガレイ / Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae
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Red Seabream
マダイ / Pagrus major
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John Dory
マトウダイ / Zeus faber
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Purple Puffer
マフグ / Takifugu porphyreus
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Gnomefish
ムツ / Scombrops boops
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Smallscale Blackfish
メジナ / Girella punctata
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Bigeye Tuna
メバチ / Thunnus obesus
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Japanese Red Rockfish
メバル / Sebastes inermis
Main fishing facilities in this area
Daikoku Sea Fishing Facility
Kanagawa
A fee-based fishing pier on Daikoku Wharf in Yokohama, part of the city's official Fishing Piers, popular for long-casting.
Futtsu Minato Park
Chiba
A free embankment park near Futtsu Port with 24-hour parking and restrooms, popular for goby, whiting and black seabream.
Honmoku Sea Fishing Facility
Kanagawa
One of Yokohama's three official sea fishing piers, with rental gear, a shop and restrooms, open daily for a fee.
Ichihara Original Maker Sea Fishing Park
Chiba
A pier-style paid sea fishing park at the mouth of the Yoro River with rental gear, a shop, a restaurant and on-site lifeguards.
Isogo Sea Fishing Facility
Kanagawa
A fee-based fishing pier in Yokohama's Isogo Ward, part of the city's official Fishing Piers, known for larger catches.
Jogashima Park
Kanagawa
A prefectural park at the southern tip of the Miura Peninsula whose rocky shore is officially noted as a good spot for rock fishing.
Jonanjima Seaside Park
Tokyo
A Tokyo metropolitan seaside park where fishing is officially permitted only at the Minato Plaza facing the first shipping channel.
Nakanoshima Park
Chiba
A free park off Kisarazu Port reached via a footbridge, with a fenced embankment popular for goby, sea bass and flounder fishing.
Oi Wharf Central Seaside Park (Nagisa no Mori)
Tokyo
A Tokyo metropolitan seaside park where visitors can fish for free at several named rocky coves such as Shioji-iso and Hazetsuki-iso.
Urayasu Chidori Coastal Embankment
Chiba
A free municipal seawall in Urayasu fully opened to the public in April 2025, with fall-prevention fencing, good for sea bass and black seabream.
Wakasu Kaihin Park
Tokyo
A free waterfront park run by Tokyo Port Terminal Corporation offering breakwater, artificial reef and embankment fishing areas.
Yokosuka Umibe Fishing Park
Kanagawa
A free municipal fishing park in Yokosuka with a railed embankment, open from 5am to 10pm (parking is paid).
Seasons and rules vary by place and time. Check current local information before fishing.