Kuromon Ichiba

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October 22, 2018: Inside the Kuromon Ichiba market.
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An Osaka landmark for over a century, this 600m-long market is in equal parts a functioning market and a tourist attraction. Vendors selling fresh fish, meat, produce and pickles attract chefs and local home cooks; shops offering takeaway sushi or with grills set up (to cook the steaks, oysters, giant prawns etc that they sell) cater to visitors – making the market excellent for grazing and photo ops.

It's one block east of Sakai-suji, about 10 minutes' walk from central Namba.

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