Kanazawa · Central Kanazawa

Omicho Market

Omicho is called 'the kitchen of Kanazawa's residents': about 170 shops along narrow covered lanes, with fresh fish, vegetables, fruit, meat and restaurants. Residents and chefs shop here, and tourists come mainly for seafood bowls and sushi made from Sea of Japan fish.

The market counts its years from 1721, and marked 300 years since its opening with a ceremony in April 2021.

According to the shop pages on the market's website, a kaisendon bowl, rice with raw fish, costs from ¥1,200 for a small bowl up to about ¥2,900.

Good to know

From Kanazawa Station it is 15 minutes on foot, or a bus from the East Exit to Musashigatsuji.
If you arrive before 09:00 you will find some of the stalls closed, but some of the bowl and sushi restaurants open earlier.
No restaurant in the market is kosher. If you keep kosher, you can buy whole fruit at the fruit and vegetable stalls.

What is nearby

Approximate walking minutes from the entrance of Omicho Market.

Here
Omicho Market
1 min
Iki-iki-tei, Omicho Market Food
A 10-seat counter inside the market, with fish from Kanazawa Port. The special 'Hokuriku' bowl ¥2,500, a small bowl ¥1,200, and sushi by the plate. Easy for solo travelers too.
07:00-15:00, closed on Tuesday (when Monday is a holiday, on Wednesday)Maps Source
1 min
Kaisendon Ichiba, Omicho Market Food
A small bowl stall in the center of the market. Seasonal bowl ¥1,880, a bowl with nodoguro and white shrimp ¥2,380, and the large 'Daimyo' bowl ¥2,890. The seats fill up fast.
Until the evening, irregular closing daysMaps Source
1 min
Morimori Sushi Omicho Food
Conveyor belt sushi with Hokuriku fish. The best-known dish is a plate of three: large botan shrimp, uni and fatty tuna. You can sit at the counter and watch it being made.
08:00-16:30, every dayMaps Source
~2 min
Higashide Coffee Cafe
A roastery inside the market, with about 20 kinds of beans from light to dark roast, plus homemade pudding and cheesecake.
09:00-18:00, closed on Wednesday, Sunday and holidaysMaps Source
~6 min
Morihachi Main Store Shopping
On the second floor of the main store of Morihachi, a confectioner that served as sweets supplier to the ruling dynasty of Kaga, you press d
¥1,870 · ≈ $12Maps

Appears in: Kanazawa: Omicho Market, the geisha district, Kenroku-en Garden and gold leaf

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