Miyukidōri, Osaka's Korea

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photo by Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert · CC BY 4.0

Three hundred metres and a hundred and fifty shops: it is the largest Korea in Japan.

Three hundred metres between Tsuruhashi and Momodani stations, and the signs are in hangul: homemade kimchi, delis, traditional clothes, stalls with food to eat as you walk. The shops are run by the Korean residents of Japan who live here, and you can also have a go at making kimchi or learning the alphabet.

The name comes from Miyukinomori Shrine, built where, according to tradition, Emperor Nintoku stopped in the fifth century while visiting the people who had come from the kingdom of Baekje and lived here. Today's Korean community formed in the twentieth century and is the most concentrated in the country.

ℹ️ Public street, always open to walk along; opening hours are those of the individual shops. Ten minutes on foot from Tsuruhashi (JR, Kintetsu, Osaka Metro) or from Momodani (JR). ⚠️ It is a lived-in neighbourhood before it is a destination: you shop here, you do not photograph the people.

🚉 Tsuruhashi · 12 min walk

Sources: osaka-info.jp

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