Information of Shops

Kinshin

Kinshin operates from early in the morning. The work starts by around 5 am. They do not do retail, as they cater to professionals only. They are a fish store that has everything from fresh fish to frozen fish, delivering specialized ingredients to restaurants and ryokans in Kyoto and Shiga as well as other parts of Japan. It is a highly specialized store, unique to Nishiki.

• fresh fish

Inumaeya

Opened in the spring of 2023, this shop serves beef skewers, mainly Kobe beef, and yakitori chicken skewers with a sauce made by their special recipe. They have seating inside, so you can enjoy the freshly grilled skewers right away.

• restaurant

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.

• Japanese sweets
• seasoning

Nishiki Ichiha & Mamemono toTaiyaki

Nishiki Ichiyo in Nishiki Market sells drinks and sweets using Uji green tea, as well as taiyaki (fish-shaped pancakes) from Mamemono-to-Taiyaki, a popular sweets shop located in Arashiyama, Kyoto.

• sweets

Ooshima

Since 1946, Ooshima has been popular as a store for everyday footwear for people working in Gion, Kiyamachi, and Ponto-cho. The first thing that catches the eye upon entering the store is the large number of geta (Japanese clogs) and zori (Japanese sandals) that are characteristic of Kyoto. Among them, takageta (high clogs) are purveyed to cooks. It is said that their original purpose was to allow cooks to adjust themselves to the height of cutting boards and cooking tables. Zori are sold wholesale to shrines and temples and stores selling priests’ robes.

• household goods

Mori

Mori delivers Kyoto pickles that bring out the natural flavors of the ingredients. This shop not only purchases the ingredients, but also grows them on its own farm in Kameoka, Kyoto. Mori also maintains its traditional method of pickling passed down through generations. ri is committed to making traditional Kyoto pickles, it also focuses on creating pickles that transcend traditional boundaries.

• pickles

Nishiki Hanatsune

“We are always striving to sell flowers at the most reasonable prices in the world,” they say.

“We want our customers to enjoy flowers more easily in their daily lives, so we have a large selection of top-class domestic and foreign flowers, rare varieties, flowers for tea ceremony rooms, and branches at reasonable prices for our customers to choose from.”

• flower

Yakitori Torisyo

We specialize in yakitori, which is carefully grilled over charcoal. Larger than usual yakitori are grilled over high heat using carefully selected charcoal for an aromatic flavor. A wide range of dishes are available, from the popular tare-yaki (grilled chicken with sauce) to wasabi, ume plum, and tsukune with mozzarella cheese, and can be ordered from a single piece. Please enjoy our specialty yakitori in the restaurant where the aroma of charcoal grills wafts in the air.

• yakitori

Aritsugu

This shop has a long history dating back to 1560 when it was originally founded as "Swordsmith Fujiwara Aritsugu." In the shop, an impressively wide variety of knives, pots, and other cooking utensils handmade by skilled craftspeople are lined up as if reflecting the long history of the store. It is supported by a wide range of customers, from top chefs of Kyoto cuisine to ordinary households.

• cooking gear

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.”

• pickles
• restaurant