Nishiki Market

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"A lively Kyoto food market featured as a guided stop with a local chef, offering visitors the chance to sample regional ingredients, street foods, and culinary specialties while learning about local food culture." - Katie Nadworny Katie Nadworny Katie Nadworny is an Istanbul-based writer who specializes in stories at the intersection of culture and politics in Turkey, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. She has lived in Turkey for nearly a decade and has traveled extensively around the region. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

"Kyoto’s Nishiki Market Nishiki is Kyoto 's main food market and it is a delight for foodies. I spent a week in Kyoto and visited every day (sometimes more than once)! Inside the market is a temple, and before refrigeration, the temple was the source of cold water. Merchants and city residents visited to collect water for their stores and their homes. The modern market has plumbing, but many merchants still bring their containers to collect water as it is a source of good luck. Kyoto's water is well known which is why they are known for their agricultural products including special Kyoto vegetable. There are ancient shops, modern shops, sake shops, as well as the famous Aritsugu knife shop. Green tea matcha everything, dumplings, noodles, fresh fish and vegetables, spices and treats. Try everything!"

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"The covered food market is not a secret by any means. But it's a delightful way to fit together an impromptu lunch with the prepared food from stalls."

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"We ordered sushi standing at a busy lunch counter and ate sparrow teriyaki on a stick at Nishiki Market; we grilled meat on a hibachi and boiled it, shabu-shabu style; we went to a tofu restaurant and a restaurant where every item on the menu was some form of unagi (eel)."