{"id":3534,"date":"2014-10-03T07:30:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T17:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suggestionofmotion.com\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2014-10-02T17:16:32","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T03:16:32","slug":"japan-kyoto-nishiki-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suggestionofmotion.com\/blog\/japan-kyoto-nishiki-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Nishiki Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tokyo, Aomori, and Nagoya all have shopping districts, but Kyoto’s Nishiki Market is unlike anything we’ve seen before.<\/p>\n

This is something completely different.<\/p>\n

\"Crowd\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As we head further south through Japan, we’ve noticed that different regions have their own unique way of doing things– even how shopping is done.<\/p>\n

In Aomori<\/strong>, you have wide boulevards with shops lining both sides of the street. This is something you can only do in a place like Aomori where there’s room to breath and spread out.<\/p>\n

\"Boulevards<\/a><\/p>\n

Tokyo<\/strong> is so immense and sprawling that they have entire cities<\/em>— such as Ikebukuro and Akihabara– each devoted to a different type of entertainment and shopping.<\/p>\n

\"Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n

Head further south and you’ll find cities like Nagoya<\/strong> that take the shopping underground<\/em>, with subterranean networks of tunnels full of shops.<\/p>\n

\"Underground<\/a><\/p>\n

Now we’re standing in front of Kyoto’s Nishiki Market<\/strong>, which might be best described as a shopping alley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Entering<\/a> \"Shoppers\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Natural light fills the narrow space and the high ceiling makes it feel like you’re still outdoors despite being fully enclosed.<\/p>\n

\"Technicolor<\/a><\/p>\n

We walk down the market’s alley, where shops selling all manner of goods stretch out into the distance. High-fashion boutiques are neighbors with fishmongers selling the fresh catch of the day.<\/p>\n

Here you can buy fresh veggies for dinner, or grab a counter seat at the ramen shop for a quick bowl of homemade noodles.<\/p>\n

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