Walking around Central Wholesale Market and Shimabara

 I went to the Central Wholesale Market, the center of Kyoto's food culture, to buy tableware.

 

Hotel Emion KYOTO The brand new Hotel Emion KYOTO opened in 2020, directly connected to JR Umekoji Station.



The Central Wholesale Market is currently under partial reconstruction.


A narrow street among the jumble of stores on the west side.





Oh, this is a barbecue place. It seems that fresh meat and fish from the market can be cooked and eaten here.




I came to the pottery shop I wanted to visit. Of course, there are many pottery stores in Kyoto, including Kiyomizu-yaki pottery, a specialty of Kyoto, but strangely enough, this is where I find the perfect items for our daily use.



We successfully found our favorite item. We headed for our next destination.

We walked north through the central wholesale market, and halfway through the market, we turned right and went under the JR elevated railway tracks, which led us to the area known as Shimabara.



Shimabara's famous large ginkgo tree.




The old townscape continues, completely different from the previous one.




We came to one of our favorite restaurants. It is a very popular fish restaurant among Kyoto people who are picky about food. I don't tell you the name of the restaurant because I don't want too many people to come (if you are interested, please do your best to find out). It is located on the first floor of an apartment building without a sign. The Corona disaster is nowhere to be seen, and there are customers lined up outside at lunchtime.





As a restaurant under the direct management of a marine products wholesaler, the freshness of the sashimi is superb.



As you leave the restaurant and head east, you will find the Shimabara's Great Gate. In the past, many people came to Shimabara to visit, passing through this daimon.





Shimabara used to be a place where many brothels were located. Among Kyoto's Kagai (i.e. red light district), Shimabara was one of the most prestigious, with highly educated tayuu in poetry and other arts, who dealt with the nobility and the imperial family. Tayuu were required to be well versed in dancing, acting, Japanese instruments, calligraphy, incense, flower arrangement, poetry, and other classical games.

Today, the area is completely deserted, and the only vestiges of the place can be seen in the Daimon, and Wachigaiya, the only Okiya where tayuus stay, as well as the Sumiya Omotenashi Culture Museum.

 

Two buckwheat noodle cups I bought today.

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