Information of Shops

Nishiki Sushi Shin Main store

“We serve our finest Edomae-zushi (Tokyo-style sushi) over a counter made of a single piece of hinoki cypress wood,” they say.
“We purchase our sushi ingredients from all over Japan, especially fresh fish directly from the Sea of Japan, including Miyazu and Maizuru in Kyoto. For lunch, we offer not only sushi, but also sea bream chazuke (rice in a clear soup or tea) and fresh seafood chirashi-zushi, etc., which can be enjoyed casually. At night, we offer an omakase (“leave-it-to-us”) sushi course. Please enjoy the many kinds of sushi we offer. We carefully choose between red vinegar and white vinegar for each type of sushi.”

• Sushi

Nishiki Soya

Nishiki Soya is located by the Ito Jakuchu monument at the west entrance of Nishiki Market. It sells tofu and runs a restaurant serving tofu dishes. The shop offers set meals for lunch only. You can enjoy a healthy lunch with main dishes such as tofu hamburger steak, okara soy pulp croquettes, and mapo tofu soymilk hot pot with seasonal side dishes. A wide selection of tofu, Kyo-age fried tofu skin, fried silk tofu (soft and smooth tofu), soymilk, nama-fu (raw wheat cake), hirousu (deep fried tofu mixed with vegetables, etc.), okara tofu pulp, etc. are available for purchase.

• Tofu Cuisine

Nishiki Daiyasu

Founded in 1921, this shop specializing in raw oysters has been in business for about 100 years. The current owner’s great-grandfather started peddling oysters from Hiroshima by an oyster boat by the Shijo Ohashi Bridge, and later opened a shop in Nishiki Market. In addition to raw oysters, the shop offers fresh sashimi, Kyoto home-style dishes, tempura, and other dishes. The 200-year-old building has a dining area in the back, from which you can enjoy a nice view of the garden.

• Oysters

TerakoyaHonpo

This sembei (rice crackers) and dango (rice dumplings) shop is located just inside the west entrance of Nishiki Market. They stick to the traditional method of making sembei. Domestic sticky rice is steamed and pounded into rice cakes, which are then baked with a soy-sauce-based sauce made with a secret recipe. The most popular products are mochi rice crackers made from 100% domestic sticky rice, nure-okaki (rice crackers with a chewy inside), and dango made of sticky rice.

• BakedMochi Ricecookie

Nishiri

“Our goal is to bring health and happiness to our customers by respecting the Japanese food culture under the theme of ‘seasonal, delicious, and mild,’” they say. “In addition to traditional pickled products such as senmaizuke sliced turnip and suguki turnip, we also offer the ‘Kyo-no-assari-zuke (light Kyoto pickels)’ series, which brings out the flavor of vegetables with less salt than usual, and the ‘Nishiri Labre’ series, which utilizes the lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus brevis KB290, abbreviated as ‘Labre,’ discovered in suguki-turnip.”

• Kyo Pickles

Nishiki Daimaru

The storefront is filled with a wide variety of fresh fish, salted and dried fish, and prepared and processed foods such as grilled fish, miso-pickled fish, and sushi. Each item looks delicious and catches the eyes of passersby on Nishiki St. The store starts preparing for the day from 6:00 a.m., and the day’s sashimi, grilled dishes such as eel and salted mackerel, and simmered dishes such as simmered sea bream head are all lined up. All of these dishes can be enjoyed at the store, as there are seats for customers to dine in.

• Fresh Fish, Dried Fish

Tanabeya

Tanabeya is a long-established dry foods store that has been in business since 1830. There are many stores in Nishiki Market that were established generations ago in this location and still continue today. Among these, Tanabeya is the sixth oldest, following Iyomata (sushi), Kimura (fresh fish), Tsunori (fresh fish), Tsunoki (liquors), and Yubakichi (yuba) in order of establishment.

• Dried Food

Yuuzen

Chopsticks can be the perfect souvenir of Kyoto. It is fun to choose from among about 800 varieties with expert advice at this shop. In addition to chopsticks, the shop also has chopstick rests, Kiyomizu-yaki and Mino-yaki tableware, and Ishizuka glassware. They offer a service of engraving names, dates, and messages on chopsticks free of charge. These chopsticks will become a memorable gift.

• Chopsticks specialty store

Toritoyo

It has been about 90 years since Toritoyo opened in Nishiki Market. It is a shop with a warm atmosphere run by a mother and son. The glass case in the storefront gives the impression that they specialize in poultry, but they also provide river fish. The river fish is purchased directly from Shiga Prefecture. Many of the dishes they offer are homemade, such as ayu sweetfish simmered in sweet soy sauce and moroko (a fish endemic to Lake Biwa) simmered in soy sauce. Ultimately, however, duck is most popular at this store.

• Duckmeat,Tsukudani

Ochanoko saisai

Ochanoko Saisai is a specialty store that sells chili pepper seasoning, which is a must for those who love spicy food. In particular, the “Maiko Han Hee Hee (literally, ‘Maiko scream’)” series is captivating hot spicy food lovers. Made with domestically produced habanero chili peppers, it is characterized by a hot spiciness that lingers in the mouth. In addition, there are many other specialty products such as yuzu shichimi (shichimi seven spices with yuzu citrus), black shichimi, and “Kyo-Rayu (chili oil) Furikake,” a delicious topping that makes eating rice irresistible.

• Kyo Condiment specialty store