［Nishiki Market is a 390 meter-long shopping street that stretches from Teramachi Dori to Takakura Dori in Kyoto. It is said to have been established about 400 years ago, and is lined with about 130 stores selling fresh fish, ingredients for Kyoto cuisine, processed foods, snacks, and souvenirs. Also known as "Kyoto's Kitchen," it is well known not only to people in Kyoto City, but also to tourists from Japan and abroad.

［Nishiki Tenmangu Shrine, located on Shinkyogoku Dori at the eastern end of Nishiki Market, is dedicated to Sugawara Michizane, the famous god of learning. In addition to academics, many people visit the shrine to seek various benefits, such as prosperous business, good fortune, and protection from bad luck. The shrine grounds, which cover an area of approximately 200 tsubo (approximately 1.5 square meters), are filled with flowers from season to season, and the shrine is blessed with "Nishiki no mizu," famous spring water of high quality, which provides healing and comfort to many visitors.

The company sells authentic olive oil Kiyoe, which is used by many Michelin chefs, as well as products using the olive oil. Kiyoe is said to be an excellent match for Japanese cuisine, bringing out the true flavor of the ingredients. Among its popular products is the Yuba Cream Croquette made with yuba and soy milk, which has a refreshing aftertaste that does not interfere with the original aroma and flavor of the yuba and soy milk.

Food and beverage space: Available *Contains products from other restaurants
Access/3 min. walk from Exit 9 of Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Stn.
Method of payment / cash
Voice of the shopkeeper.
The staff favorite is the Kiyoe Chicken Matcha Croquette with chicken and matcha green tea. The light chicken meat is kneaded with matcha green tea, which mellows out the entire dish, making it easy to eat even for those who do not like matcha green tea.
Editor's Voice.
The croquettes, served freshly fried, are crispy, light and addictively delicious!

［Kyo-no-Onikudo Hiroshi has its main restaurant in the Sanjo Shopping Arcade. The Nishiki branch is the only one where both take-out and eat-in are available. The famous beef tenderloin aburi-zushi has a melt-in-your-mouth flavor and the sweetness of the meat fills your mouth with exquisite taste. In addition to meat sushi, Japanese beef steak skewers are also popular. Enjoy meat dishes to your heart's content.

Eating and drinking space: Yes
Access/5 min. walk from Exit 11 of Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Stn.
Payment methods: cash, credit card, e-money
Voice of the shopkeeper.
The service of choosing a steak in the store and eating it in the restaurant is also very popular, so please enjoy the meat with Hiro's specialties.
Editor's Voice.
［All of the wagyu beef served at [Hiroshi] is purchased from a whole cow, so it is fresh and tasty. Because we do not use a middleman, you can enjoy high quality meat at a reasonable price.

Enjoy "takotamago" (octopus eggs), a gourmet dish popular on SNS and other social networking sites, at Oar Kai, a restaurant specializing in furikake (sprinkles), delicacies, and snacks. Tako-tamago is a popular food item that consists of an octopus head on a skewer with a quail egg inside. The octopus is slowly simmered in a sweet and spicy soy sauce-based sauce, resulting in a soft and addictive taste. The cute, impactful appearance is also appealing and makes people's hearts skip a beat.

Eating and drinking space: None *Standing food is available at the storefront.
Access/4 min. walk from Exit 9 of Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station", 8 min. walk from bus stop "Shijo Takakura".
Payment methods / cash, credit card, e-money
Voice of the shopkeeper.
In addition to octopus eggs, the "Shocking Sesame" furikake series is also popular as a souvenir. These sesame furikake are coated with eight different flavors of fragrant sesame seeds, which have high nutritional value and are also called "eating pills.
Particularly popular is the soy sauce-based sesame bonito, which is a perfect match of sesame and bonito flavor. Its versatility makes it ideal for use in a variety of dishes, such as boiled spinach, cold tofu, and salads, not to mention rice.
Editor's Voice.
Octopus eggs are available in three sizes: small, medium, and large! Choose the size you like.

Tanaka Chicken & Egg" is a dashimaki specialty restaurant that has maintained the same taste since its establishment. The dashimaki is seasoned with only salt and light soy sauce, and the rich aroma of the dashimaki spreads the moment you put it in your mouth. The umaki, which is made with an abundance of Japanese eel, is a delicious combination of the smooth texture of the dashimaki and the flavor of the eel, and once you try it, you will want to eat it again.

Eating and drinking space: not available *Standing meals are available at the front of the restaurant.
Access/3 min. walk from Exit 12 of Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Stn.
Method of payment / cash
Voice of the shopkeeper.
Other than umaki, we recommend the simple dashimaki. Kyo Dashimaki is available in several sizes: large, medium, and small.
Editor's Voice.
The dashimaki is light and easy to eat. This famous restaurant is loved by many people, not only tourists but also local regulars! If you tell them you want to eat in, you will receive a set of chopsticks.

［As the name suggests, Taco Hai is a place where you can enjoy takoyaki and highballs. The popular product, Zakusaku Kujo Negi Mayo with Dried Bonito Dashi, is an irresistible takoyaki with a rich sauce and Kyoto's Kujo negi (green onion). This rich takoyaki is also recommended for lunchtime drinking.

Eating and drinking space: Yes
Access/3 min. walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 13
Method of payment / cash
Voice of the shopkeeper.
The staff recommends mentaiko mayo and shio takoyaki. The recommended way to eat it is plain takoyaki topped with green onion and ponzu (Japanese citrus juice). It tastes so refreshing that you can eat as many as you like.
Editor's Voice.
The casual atmosphere makes it easy for any person to use!

Thickly sliced dashimaki sandwiches are a popular product of Nishiki Hirano, a long-established delicatessen with a history of over 100 years. The freshly baked dashimaki is sandwiched between two luxurious bread rolls and is made with a broth carefully drawn from dried bonito and kelp. The fluffy texture of the dashimaki and the rich flavor of the broth will surely become addictive. Many people from all over the country come to Nishiki Ichiba to enjoy this famous dish.

Eating and drinking space: Yes
Access/3 min. walk from Exit 14 of "Karasuma" station on the Hankyu line,
Payment methods: cash, credit card, electronic money (Pay Pay)
Voice of the shopkeeper.
Freshly baked dashimaki rolls baked in the store are also available at the eat-in space, so please take your time to enjoy them.
Editor's Voice.
We recommend the thickly sliced dashimaki sandwiches, which are juicy and satisfying, as well as the shrimp tempura skewers, which have an irresistibly crispy texture!

［Kyo Tofu Fujino has its main store near Kitano Tenmangu Shrine. The store's tofu and sweets store, KONNA MONJYA, offers not only tofu and fresh yuba made with the utmost attention to detail, but also soy milk doughnuts, which have been on sale since the store's opening. By kneading soy milk into the dough, the doughnuts are made fluffy and less sweet. Freshly fried doughnuts are served at the store, and there is often a line of customers waiting in line. There is a bench on the east side of the store where you can eat in and enjoy the freshly made, hot doughnuts.

Eating and drinking space: Yes
Access/3 min. walk from Exit 14 of Hankyu Karasuma Sta.
Payment method / cash, e-money
Voice of the shopkeeper.
SOY amazake is another recommended menu item. It is made by mixing more soy milk with amazake and has a refreshing taste without being too sweet.
Editor's Voice.
The soy milk doughnut is bite-sized and easy to eat, and tastes great hot or cold! The donuts have a slight sweetness to them as they are, making it easy to gobble them up.

Terakoya Honpo Nishiki-Ten, located just outside the west entrance of Nishiki Market, specializes in mochi rice crackers made from 100% domestic glutinous rice and made using traditional methods. The name "Mochiyaki Sembe" comes from the fact that the square-shaped rice cakes are made from high-quality glutinous rice and baked in a number of steps, one by one, as if each rice cake were carefully baked. The baked rice crackers are coated with soy sauce and then topped with shichimi (seven spices), nori (seaweed), etc. Each piece is sold separately, making it easy to purchase.

Eating and drinking space: Yes
Access/2 min. walk from Exit 16 of Hankyu "Karasuma" Station
Payment methods / cash, credit card, e-money
Voice of the shopkeeper.
In addition to rice crackers, the Nure Okaki (wet rice crackers) with yam, which are soaked in a secret soy sauce sauce and have a chewy texture, are also very popular!
Editor's Voice.
Check out the various types of rice crackers available in the store, including seasonal and limited-time-only products.

［As you stroll through Nishiki Market, the fragrant aroma of tea wafts through the air. That aroma is that of Bancha tea from YAMADASHIYA. Roasted tea, which is roasted daily, is called "Bancha" in Kyoto. The restaurant's standard restaurant obancha has a savory aroma, low bitterness, and low caffeine content, making it popular with men and women of all ages.

Access/3 min. walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi" exit 11
Method of payment / cash
Editor's Voice.
Materials explaining the characteristics of the tea and how to make a delicious brew are available in English and French for people from overseas!

［Masugi is a Kyoto pickles specialty store with three branches in Nishiki Market: the main store, the North Store, and the East Store. Local people have long loved the tsukemono pickles that are made by skilled artisans using traditional methods and taking full advantage of the natural flavors of seasonal vegetables. In addition, the owner is certified as a "Future Master Craftsman" of Kyoto City's traditional industries, and the skilled craftsmen are certified as "Aji no Takumi: Kyoto's Food Meister. Enjoy the "real thing" taste of carefully pickled vegetables.

Eating and drinking space: Yes *Cutting service for purchased items available
Access/4 min. walk from Hankyu "Kyoto Kawaramachi Station" Exit 13
Payment methods: cash, credit card, transportation system IC, iD
Voice of the shopkeeper.
Senmaizuke is also recommended with Gion chazuke, a lightly pickled Mibuna greens for 324 yen, or wrapped with smoked salmon or salmon roe. It goes well not only with Japanese food but also with Western food.
Editor's Voice.
They always have more than 50 varieties of traditional Kyoto pickles such as Suguki and Senmaizuke, as well as seasonal products.

Nishiki Ichiba is crowded with people during the day as "Kyoto's kitchen," but at night it offers a different kind of enjoyment. After the market is closed, creative paintings are painted on the shutters. These are the works of Ito Jyakuju, a painter who grew up in the Nishiki Market's produce wholesale shop. The shopping street, which has regained its serenity after the bustle of the daytime, looks like a museum at night. Why not take the time to view the works of Ito Wakaki at night, when the market has changed from its daytime appearance?

Gion Matsuri, one of the three major festivals in Japan, is a grand annual festival held in Kyoto from July 1 to 31 to pray for the banishment of evil spirits and epidemics. While the Yamahoko-junko is the most famous festival, the main event is the procession of three portable shrines (Shinkosai and Kankosai) dedicated to the deity of Yasaka Shrine. The three portable shrines will parade through the shrine's town, arriving at the Otabisho in Shijo Teramachi on the evening of July 17 and returning to the head office on July 24. One of the three, called "Nishi Goza," is an octagonal-shaped portable shrine with a phoenix on its roof, and is carried by the Nishiki Mikoshi Kai, a group of merchants from Nishiki Market, which was commissioned by Yasaka Shrine.

Q1: Is there a restroom?
A1: You can use the restrooms at the Kyoto Nishiki Market Shopping Center Promotion Association office or at each store. (Only users of Nishiki Market can use the restrooms.) Please use other public restrooms in the neighborhood.

Q2: Are trash cans available?
A1: Please use the trash cans at the store where you purchased the product or take it home. Littering or leaving trash behind is prohibited.

Q3: Can I drink and walk around?
A3: Both eating and drinking are prohibited while walking. Please use the front of the store or eat-in space. Please refrain from sitting in front of stores or on public streets.

Located in the heart of Kyoto, Nishiki Market is smoothly accessible by public transportation. ［The Teramachi entrance on the side of Nishiki Tenmangu Shrine is accessible from Kyoto Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Line, Shijo Kawaramachi bus stop, or Gion-Shijo Station on the Keihan Line. ［The Takakura entrance, which begins behind the Daimaru Kyoto Store, is accessible from Hankyu Karasuma Station, subway Shijo Station, or bus stop Shijo Takakura.

Nishiki Market, where you can enjoy a variety of gourmet foods, is a popular spot where just walking around is exciting. The more you learn about this lively market, the more you will find out about not only the gourmet food, but also the paintings everywhere and the deep relationship with the Gion Festival.
Let's enjoy Nishiki Market with good manners!