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Rozan-ji
Kyoto•652m(8 min walk)
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Demachi Masugata Shopping Street
出町商店街Kyoto
Shopping
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At a Glance
Demachi Masugata Shopping Street is a neighbourhood market street in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, near Demachiyanagi Station. Its entrance lies about 200 metres west of the station, across the Takano and Kamo rivers. The covered Masugata arcade runs 164 metres and holds 44 shops, mostly selling food and clothing.
The street is known as the end of the Saba Kaido, the old mackerel route, and a monument marking that terminus stands by Demachi Bridge. Food shops began to gather here after a market opened around 1924. Tiles showing sea creatures, made by local children, are set into the stone paving, and a mackerel figure hangs from the arcade roof. The Demachiza cinema opened inside the arcade in 2017, and the arcade was the model for the shopping street in the anime Tamako Market.
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Visit Duration
60 minutes
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