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SHOPPING
TENJIN-SAN MARKET
OFFLINE MAP
( 天神さん 北野天満宮露天市 ; 461-0005; Kamigyō-ku, Bakuro-chō, Kitano Tenman-gū; 1min walk
from Kitano Tenmangū-mae bus stop, bus 50 or 101 from Kyoto Station) This market is held from dawn to
dusk on the 25th of each month at Kitano Tenman-gū ( CLICK HERE ) and marks the birthday
(and coincidentally the death) of the Heian-era statesman Sugawara Michizane (845-903).
It's pleasant to explore the shrine before or after you do your shopping.
| FLEA MARKET
NISHIJIN TEXTILE CENTER
OFFLINE MAP
( 西陣織会館 ; 451-9231; Imadegawa Minami iru, Horikawa-dōri, Kamigyō-ku; 9am-5pm; 1min walk
from Horikawa-Imadegawa bus stop, bus 9 from Kyoto Station) The Nishijin Textile Center ( CLICK HERE )
is part museum, part event hall and part shop. Downstairs, it occasionally hosts kimono
fashion shows, highlighting the area's distinctive Nishijin-ori weaving. Upstairs there are
displays where artisans demonstrate the use of traditional looms and dyeing techniques. A
variety of goods, including kimono and obi (kimono sashes), are for sale on the 2nd floor.
These days, it's a little overrun with big tour groups.
| KIMONO, OBI
 
 
 
 
 
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