店舗 - 京都錦市場商店街

Kidoairaku

The husband, Yosuke, works with the potter's wheel and his wife, Chie, paints the pottery. The couple creates their pottery together and sells it at this shop. The kiln is located in the storehouse at back of the traditional Kyoto-style townhouse, known to be as long and narrow as “an eel’s bed.” The potter's wheel is located inside the shop, and if you happen to visit at the right timing, you can see the potters at work. Tasting and sales of sake by Tanzan Sake Brewery are also available at the store.

Tableware and sake

Tobeian

A signboard on Nishiki Koji invites you into a little alleyway. As you go through the alley, you come to an opening where the restaurant stands. This dramatic approach to the restaurant is exciting in itself. The name of the restaurant, "Tobeian," is a pseudonym of the painter Ito Jakuchu (116-1800). Ingredients in season are purchased from famous stores in Nishiki, and the chef carefully checks them each time, thinking about how he can make the best dishes out of them.

Kyoto Cusine

Nishiki Murasaki

“The roots of this restaurant lie in an oshiruko (sweet bean soup) and noodle store started by my father around 1945. I am committed to delivering the best-tasting food by cherishing the spirit of dedication that was taught to me by my father,” says the owner of Nishiki Murasaki. Drawing on his own experience working at a confectionery store, he now focuses on peanuts, Kyoto sweets, and old-fashioned Japanese sweets. “Every morning we purchase the highest grade peanuts from Enshu (Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture), which are freshly roasted, and only enough for that day's sales.”

Sweets

Clothing

Kikuya

As one would expect from a Nishiki Market delicacy store, Kikuya has shelves after shelves of unique foods. There are many rare items, and even just looking through the shelves and refrigerators is exciting. There are more than 400 items. Not only are there seafood delicacies, such as karasumi (dried salted mullet roe pouch) and sea urchin, but also frozen foods, ingredients for tea ceremonies, nuts, dried fruits, etc. You will find a wide range of rare and tasty products. Kikuya is not only a shop with a wide variety of snacks that go well with drinks. It is also a shop that supports the growing appreciation of Kyoto’s cuisine.

Delicacies

Sake

Karikari hakase

This popular takoyaki shop has a line of people waiting in front of it anytime one passes by. Why are there so many couples? Perhaps it is because the young and cheerful staff makes it easy to enter the shop. That may be one reason, but it may also be because of the delicious and reasonable price (280 yen for one pack of takoyaki). The crunchy takoyaki live up to the shop’s name (“kari kari hakase” ≈ “Doctor Crunch”).