Nishiki Market (with baby)

Nishiki Market – Fun to Explore, But Not the Best Place to Eat Nishiki Market is a lively and unique alley filled with small street food stalls and local snacks. It’s a fun place to walk through—whether with friends or on your own—and grabbing a skewer of grilled meat or seafood while browsing makes for a nice cultural experience. That said, it’s definitely become a tourist trap. Many of the ite...

It's a great place to taste street food in Japan. The Wagyu beef, snow crab, shrimp, oysters with the salmon eggs on top and many more that I don't remember. The place swarms with people after 12 pm, so it's recommended to make it here before 11 am. Yes it thins your wallet, but it's worth it if you get to try them all in one street market.

This was my first time visiting this market. This is an absolutely massive market. We walked around for about 3 hours and we did not see all of it. The food that is sold there is very cool but it's been expensive. They focus mostly on seafood but you can find other things there too. If you are in the area it is a must see for sure.

One of the main attractions in the Foodie world for anyone travelling around this area. Yes, it has a great orientation towards tourism and can get very crowded, BUT it is a great opportunity to try a lot of different things. I would suggest to get a street food tour so that you can get a local to walk you through the market and learn a bit more about the food that is specifically a local dish, a...

2 years later I'm back again here and the place feels exactly the same! Wonderful experience to try local food and buy local products. Of course the prices are a bit higher than in other places around the city but is understandable given the location and the amount of tourists that visit, still worth it in my opinion. This opportunity I had some yakitori skewer and some dumplings which very very t...