Your Ultimate Guide to Night Markets in Asia

Discover the best day and night markets across Asia, organized by country and location to help you find local treasures.

Eat, shop and wander Asia's markets

Discover night markets, flea markets and everything in between, with opening days in plain words.

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Tsuruhashi Market and Hondori (Korea Town)

Osaka's Korea Town: a dense maze of covered lanes selling kimchi, chijimi, Korean groceries and yakiniku.

Cultural Experience
Local Delicacies
Open Days Daily, daytime
Ikuno Korea Town, Osaka (illustrative)

Tsuruhashi, in Ikuno and Higashinari wards, is the centre of Osaka's Korean community, built around covered market lanes and Hondori.

What to expect

Stalls and small shops selling kimchi, banchan, rice cakes, groceries and street food, with yakiniku restaurants all around.

What to eat

Chijimi (Korean pancakes), kimchi, tteokbokki and grilled meat.

Visitor tips

  • Shops are generally open about 10 AM to 6 PM; restaurants stay later.
  • Short walk from Tsuruhashi Station on JR, Kintetsu and Osaka Metro lines.
  • Hours are from map listings.

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Every country has its own collection, with the cities that have the most markets.

City and country guides

Routes, timing and what to order, written for first visits.

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NIGHTMARKET.ASIA: night, food and flea markets across Asia. Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons.