大阪 黒門市場 Kuromon Market, Osaka

大阪 黒門市場 Kuromon Market, Osaka

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This market has been around since the late Edo period, of which it had functioned as a place for both wholesale and retail businesses, as well as fulfilling the hunger of the Osaka locals. Within a space of about 580 meters south from Sennichimae, about 150 stores selling fresh seafood, vegetables and fruits, food and drink, clothing and such, stand side by side to each other, all servicing about 18,000 visitors in the weekdays, and as much as about 150,000 during the end of the year. The origins of this market date back to around 1822 to 1823, when merchants gathered in the black mountain gates near the Enmyoji temple in Nipponbashi to sell the fish they sourced from Sakai and Kishu. Until it was destroyed along with the temple in the Great Namba Fire of 1912, it went by the name of “Enmyoji Market.” Later, it was destroyed again in the Osaka air raids, but have since been rebuilt after the war and continues to this day. Due to the market being frequented by the itamae-chefs of Japanese restaurants, there are many shops that offer puffer fish and fresh seafood at this market. At the end of the year, the market becomes flooded with crowds of shoppers.

黒門市場（くろもん いちば）は、大阪府大阪市中央区日本橋1丁目・2丁目に所在する市場、商店街。

堺筋から一つ東の筋を中心に、千日前通の南側に展開する。商店街の類型は超広域型商店街で[2]、キの字形に伸びる総延長距離約580メートルのアーケード街におよそ150～160店舗が軒を連ねる（2019年時点）。商店街は7つの町会で構成されており、生鮮三品を始めとする食料品を幅広く扱う。大阪においては、東成区の鶴橋市場、豊中市の豊南市場などと並んで食の宝庫として知られる。