Japan - Fishing Village to visit?

Wondering if anyone can provide suggestions on a "fishing village" to visit within the Kanto or Kansai regions. Looking for a place to visit that's somewhat quaint and time forgot where we can stroll along the town and maybe visit some shops. Touristy is ok. For lack of better examples, something similar to Steveston (in Vancouver) or the towns in Cinque Terra.

TIA.

At the entrance to Tokyo Bay is a fishing village called Misaki. It is famous for tuna courses. You can take the Keikyu line south to the end past Yokotsuka. Then take a bus into town. On the way is a great view of the Fujiyama across the Sagami Bay.

I had a late afternoon flight out of Narita and arrived into Haneda on an early morning flight. Then took the southbound express from Keikyu Kamata and had lunch at the Misakiya. It was an all tuna course and had an upstairs tatami room overlooking the harbor. Didn't have enough time to visit the island across the causeway. Went back to Yokohama station and caught a NEX to my flight.

I don't think "quaint" and "fishing village" exist in the same sentence in Japan.
Maybe "crappy" and "fishing village" or "stuff strewn everywhere" and "fishing village". The quaint you're thinking of probably exists more in the mountains in Japan.

Hakodate or Otaru in Hokkaido. Cities but otherwise fit the profile.

Not a fishing village, but what about Kamakura? You've got beach, shops, a big old Buddha...

Wondering if anyone can provide suggestions on a "fishing village" to visit within the Kanto or Kansai regions. Looking for a place to visit that's somewhat quaint and time forgot where we can stroll along the town and maybe visit some shops. Touristy is ok.
Forget it. Actual Japanese fishing villages are miserable hovels of concrete and rust that smell like seaweed and rotten fish guts, with the coastline scarred for miles on end by endless lines of tetrapods. For an island nation, it's really remarkable how little even halfway pleasant seaside scenery there is to be found anywhere in Japan...

The pleasantest seaside place I can think of within striking distance of Tokyo is Enoshima (http://wikitravel.org/en/Enoshima), a stone's throw from the aforementioned Kamakura. However, it's far from a quaint fishing village: it's more of a Japanese attempt at California, where kids with bleached hair go to (attempt to) surf on the totally tubular one-foot swells.

Not necessarily fishing, but what about Matsushima?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsushima

Thanks for the start. I'll see if I can pull up more info on the places. Kamakura was already on the list of potential places to visit but we're not sure if it'll make the final cut yet.

But yes, I've read a few things that said beaches aren't really enjoyable and other reviews of some fishing villages that were a weird mix of some historical quaintness and heaps of concrete.

Thanks for the start. I'll see if I can pull up more info on the places. Kamakura was already on the list of potential places to visit but we're not sure if it'll make the final cut yet.
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If you are thinking of Kamakura, do this triangle route starting from Tokyo early in the morning:

1. Down to JR Ofuna Stn on Tokaido line then change over to the Yokotsuka line. Several places to see near the Kami-Kamakura Stn. then down to Kawakura for lunch. Out of the JR Kamakura stn, walk left and there will be a temple at the end with many shops and restaurants along the way.

2. After lunch, find the Enoden located behind the JR stn. This is an early electrified narrow gauge that snakes along the coast toward Enoshima and terminates at Fujisawa. The Daibutsu (Big Buddha) is located a short walk from the Hase stn. Get off at the Enoshima station and follow the crowds to the left. The street end at the beach. In the summer time it is full of people and activities. In the winter time is as tranquille as you will find anywhere in Japan. This is the town with bicycles equipped with surfboard racks. The Shonan license plate on cars denotes the driver is of the "in crowd".

3. Walk past the Enoden stn and find the Shonan Mono Rail stn. built on the side of a small hill. Take the Mono Rail back to Ofuna and find the 100 yen sushi place on the back street and have dinner before heading back to Tokyo. If you want to spend more, find the restaurant on the front street that serves fresh ika sashimi. The ika came in clear then turn to white after about an hour. They give you a piece of shark skin to grind your own wasabi fresh from a piece of this root.

You can even do all this (except dinner) before late afternoon flight at Narita because there is a NEX from the JR Ofuna stn., about 2 hours to Narita.

2 Places that I've been that is near enough to Tokyo that are associated with "fishing"

Sleepy:
Amatsu, Chiba (http://www.amatsukominato.com/english/index.html). South-eastern location on the Boso Peninsula. Around 2 hours train from Chiba station (previous link gives you options on how to get there). Archetypal sleepy town where most of the young have moved off to the big cities with enough remaining to prevent town from totally dying. It is however still a working fishing village with several charter boats for rent if you want to fish yourself. Also has a museum on the fishing industry in the past, plus a a live boat cruise to
spot the shoals of red sea breem (http://www.chuokai-chiba.or.jp/tainoura/)

Other things to do: Kamogawa Sea World two towns away (20 minutes), Nambo Paradise etc. Accommodation: I typically stay at either the Kominato Green Plaza or at Kamogawa Seaworld.

Would I go all the way out there just to see the fishing village? No. But if someone wants to see a sleepy fishing village, this is definitely one of them; touristy enough to be slightly interesting. I found it, as the OP puts it, "somewhat quaint and time forgot"

Big:
Kujukuri/Choshi Port (http://www.asia-planet.net/japan/kanto.htm). I took my kids to Kujukuri when they wanted to go to a beach with sandy beaches. Nice enough a beach. Huge fishing industry in Choshi. About 1 hour plus away from Chiba station, north-east Chiba, close to the border to the next prefecture to the north: Ibaraki. Definitely not quaint though.