If you have a chance to be in Kyoto, make sure you try the octopus. The time has come, so off I will go rummaging through Kyoto’s famous Nishiki Markets. Come with me and see what we’ll find.
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Octopus Delights at Nishiki Market
Rummaging through Kyoto’s famous market
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Kyoto's famous Nisihiki Markets.
Kyoto's famous Nisihiki Markets.
Lots of pickle shops at Kyoto's famous Nisihiki Markets.
This one is certainly not octopus, but it sure has lots of tentacles.
This shop only has fish.
Grilled Japanese eel
Getting close
Not the famous Nishiki octopus but…
Very tasty..yum
Let’s continue. This shop sells various kinds of fried meatballs.
What is this? The answer will be in the next article.
Oh yes, That’s it! Lots of tentacles like this could not be wrong.
Introducing to the famous Nishiki octopus, there is a surprise, a boiled quail egg, hiding in the octopus head.
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