We
identified this Japan trip as a culinary and traveling journey. That’s the
reason why we tried to find places that served famous, delicious, and unique
foods. Now here in Osaka, we visited Kuromon Market (黒門市場) that is also known as Osaka’s Kitchen. According
to local history, since 1822, some fish merchants gathered in this area every
morning to sell and buy fish. It was believed as a starting point of Kuromon
Market. Until the end of Meiji era, Kuromon Market used to be called Emmeiji
Market, because there was a large temple named Emmeiji nearby. Later, this
market was called Kuromon Market (Black Gate Market) due to the color of the
temple’s gate.
We
took off in Nippombashi Station (日本橋駅) and walked about 5 minutes to reach Kuromon Market.
We arrived at about 10 AM and we were so happy because we could find everything
here, such as fresh seafood, meats, clothes, souvenirs, and others.
Currently,
there are 191 stores in this 580-meters-length shopping district. We explored
around the market and found out that fruits in Japan were much more expensive.
One slice of watermelon (スイカ) cost 100 yen and melon (メロン) cost 200 yen. But as you could see, all
stuffs in Japan are made in high quality, including fruits. Osaka’s
favorite snacks are surely takoyaki (たこ焼き) and okonomiyaki (お好み焼き). Kuromon Market has a lot
of stalls that sells them but we tried to hold back because we had already planned
to eat Takoyaki in Takoyaki Museum (Universal City Walk) and Okonomiyaki in Dotonbori.
Generally,
people have a strong perception that Kuromon Market was only for locals. Many of
the customers are professional chefs in Japanese restaurants that come due to
its qualities and quantities. But nowadays, with Japanese government’s big
promotion of Japan, you could see not just locals but also a lot of
international tourists have a culinary wandering trip here.
We
bought grilled scallop and octopus that cost 700 yen each. Those tasted fresh
and very juicy. Remember to finish your meals in a place before you started to
continue again because eating while walking is forbidden in Japan. Restaurants
in here have their own specialties such as tuna sashimi, sushi, fugu sashimi,
kobe beef, eel rice set, udon etc. Some of them are very affordable but don’t
let yourself be deported back to your country due to lack of money after all
your spending here! Hahaha.............
If
the day you visit the market is your last day in Japan, don’t forget to
purchase souvenirs for your people back home. They provide so many items like
Japanese traditional snacks, sweets, Japanese pickles, Japanese tea, kimonos etc.
Kuromon
Market is done.Time to explore the other side of Osaka.
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| credit : kuromon.com |
Location:
542-0073, 1-15-6 Nippombashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
Website : www.kuromon.com
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