Omicho Market Seafood Alley

Kanazawa's 300-year-old 'Kitchen of Kanazawa' occupies a covered arcade where 170 vendors hawk Sea of Japan catches: snow crab legs as thick as your arm, sweet shrimp still twitching, and nodoguro (blackthroat seaperch) grilled on the spot. Navigate past the tourist-heavy entrance to the back alleys where locals buy seasonal vegetables, pickled turnip, and dried kelp at wholesale prices.