NISHIKI MARKET
Experience the traditional Japanese market
Nishiki Market,
``the Kitchen of Kyoto`` !
Nishiki Market , is a narrow shopping street, located on a road one block north
and parallet to shijo. Nishiki is about 390 meters long and runs east-west,
from Teramachi Street to Takakura street. Along both sides of the 5 meters
wide road, line about 126 shops and stalls,selling traditional Japanese food,
ingredients and order novel items.
Many kind of pickles, Japanese sweets, dried food ,sushi,and fresh seafood and vegetables
can be found here. Nishiki have a very long history, the first store( fish store) opened
as early as the 1311. Then in the Edo peiod ( 16th century ), Nishiki became a prosper fish
market, with several wholesale fish stores operating. Later ,the market shift from wholesale
to retail sale , and store selling items other than seafood opened too.
Access:
Hotel Iida to Subway Kyoto station ( 3 min walk )
Get off Subway Shijo station ( 5 min )
Shijo station exsit ② to Nishiki Market ( 3 min walk )
Time : 9:00 - 18:00 *Differ from each shop.
The museum is a public-praivate partership of Kyoto Seika University and the city of Kyoto.
The city provided the building and land.The university operated the facility under the oversight of a joint committee.The museum is divied into multiple public zones.One is the gallery ;another is
the research zone;the third is the collection zone.There are permanent and special exhibits,a Tatsuike history room, a museum shop,and a kissaten( cafe).The 140m of stacks hold 40,000 volumes in the "manga wall".
The museum hold many items of historical,as well as contemporary,interest,Highlights of the museum`s collection include Japan punch. Published by Charles Wirgman in Yokohama,it ran from
the year Bunkyu 2 (1862) to Meiji 20 (1887).
Japan`s first manga magazine was Eshinbun Nihonchi from 1874. The nation`s first children`s magazine was Tokyo Pakku ( established in 1907 )
Open : 10:00 - 18:00
*Closed on Wednesday
Admission: Adult 500yen
Student 300yen
Elementray student 100yen
Acess : From Subway karasuma-line Kyoto st
to Subway karasuma-line Oike st ( 10 min )
Take a exit 2 ( 1 min walk )
