Nishiki Market

錦市場（錦小路通）

A covered 400m lane of Kyoto pickles and snacks

⚠ No eating while walking

Hours

Varies by shop, roughly 10am–5pm; some close Wed or Sun

Address

Nishikikoji-dori between Teramachi and Takakura, Nakagyo-ku

Known as Kyoto's kitchen, this lane barely 3 metres wide packs about a hundred stalls into 400 metres. Pickle sellers, dried fish, tofu and Kyoto vegetables sit between snack stalls selling baby octopus on a stick (with a quail egg inside), soy milk doughnuts and dashimaki omelette. The market asks you not to eat while walking, so eat in front of or inside the shop where you bought it. The east end runs straight into the Teramachi and Shinkyogoku arcades.