nishiki market - kyoto

here is an photo album of nishiki market in kyoto - taken in april 2010

approaching the market

a restaurant at the entrance

the signature stained glass ceiling of the market as seen in many travel photos

i think this stall sells takoyaki

one of many fresh seafood stalls

fresh bamboo shoots

i probably should drop with word fresh as it is so redundant in this context

a meat stall

more seafood stall

a sweet bun - i didn't like it

this stall sells ready made food

pickled vegetable stall - most of these are ago old family business and the quality are generally unparallel

still more seafood stalls - many of them sells whale meat too

you are welcomed to sample the pickled vegetable - as long as you don't act like tourist and sample them like free for all

seafood snacks

again kyoto travel sites love to show a picture of fermented eggplant (or a similar squash-like vegetable); i think the yellow paste is wine lee from making sake

grilled fish with a teriyaki-like glaze

an odd china store

Kyoto is a very expensive city to live in. Everything in Nishiki market is so expensive with reference how little we spend on food in the United States.

I have been to markets in smaller cities in Japan and the prices there are much much lower.