Ōmichō Market近江町市場

The reason most people come. Iki-iki-tei (いきいき亭) opens at 7:00 with 10 counter seats: a Mini Kanazawa-don at ¥1,200 and a Tokusen Hokuriku-don at ¥2,500. It shuts when the fish runs out, usually by 15:00, and takes no cards.

Sashimi-ya's house bowl is ¥3,000. For nodoguro (rosy seabass) on its own, Noka Mansai Tonariya cooks it into a rice pot (¥3,300, about 20 minutes, 7:00–15:00).

Ishikawa's male snow crab (Kanō-gani, with a blue tag naming the landing port) goes on sale on 6 November 2026 and runs to 20 March 2027. Females (kōbako-gani), prized for their roe, are sold only until 29 December.

Single-crab plates at the market's restaurants start around ¥4,000. In spring look for hotaru-ika (firefly squid), March–May.

Open since 1930 with 80 seats, so it still has a table when the counters are sold out: seafood bowls, sashimi, grilled and simmered fish, and jibuni, Kanazawa's duck stew, at ¥980. A nodoguro set is the photo above.

It is open until 22:00 (Sundays 20:00) and closes only on 1–4 January. Cards and QR payments work; e-money does not.

Fruit, vegetables, pickles, sweets and souvenirs fill the lanes between the fish shops. It is a market that people still shop in, so keep to one side of the aisle and ask before photographing a stall.

Eating while walking is not allowed. Take your food to the shop's table or a designated rest area; many counters have stand-only seats for this.