Osaka · Namba and Dotonbori
Kuromon Market
Kuromon Market is a covered street of about 580 meters south of Sennichimae Avenue, with about 150 shops. According to the Osaka tourism bureau, the market began around 1822, when merchants gathered by a black gate of Enmyo-ji temple and sold fish that came from Sakai and the Kii Peninsula. The name Kuromon means 'the black gate'.
The temple and the gate burned in the fire of 1912, and the market burned again in the bombings of World War II and was rebuilt after it. Because of the restaurant chefs who shop here, it has many fish and fugu shops. Today many of the stalls grill and serve on the spot: sushi, rice bowls with fish, tempura, and skewers of meat and fish.
Good to know
- Many shops have a small seating corner, where you eat what you buy.
- At the end of December, before the Japanese New Year, the market is especially crowded with shoppers for the holiday meals.
- Most of the ready food in the market is fish, seafood and meat, and there is no kosher place in it.
What is nearby
Approximate walking minutes from the entrance of Kuromon Market.
- HereKuromon Market
- 1 min
Takoyaki Doraku Wanaka Kuromon Food
A Wanaka branch inside the market, which also serves okonomiyaki and yakisoba. Cash or PayPay only. The takoyaki contain octopus.
- ~6 min
Okonomiyaki Mizuno Food
A family okonomiyaki restaurant at the entrance to the arcade from Dotonbori, which according to its website has been running for more than 70 years. Its dish is yamaimo-yaki, okonomiyaki with a base of grated mountain yam.
- ~6 min
Nipponbashi Den-Den Town Shopping
The Akihabara of Osaka: retro games, figures and maid cafes.
- ~7 min
Sennichimae Doguyasuji Street
An arcade of restaurant supply shops: knives, pots, serving ware, noren, paper lanterns, signs and plastic food models like the ones in restaurant windows. Hours vary by shop.
- ~7 min
Takoyaki Doraku Wanaka Sennichimae Honten Food
Wanaka's first branch, in the area of the Namba Grand Kagetsu theater. Only here and at two other branches do they serve 'wanko-dako', takoyaki in hot broth, Akashi style. The takoyaki contain octopus.
- ~10 min
Jiyuken Namba Honten Food
A yoshoku restaurant, Western food in Japanese style, opened in Namba in 1910. The house curry is still cooked in this branch's kitchen and sent to the other branches. 38 seats.
More in Namba and Dotonbori
Appears in: Osaka in one day: the castle, Kuromon Market, Shinsekai and Dotonbori at night