Notoyo

freshwater fish
processed fish
tsukudani
deli

This is a shop specializing in river fish, of which there are only a few in Kyoto and only three in Nishiki Market. The products lined up in the store are fileted, cut into chunks, and cooked in large pots in the back of the store, where they also prepare products for wholesale delivery to kaiseki restaurants.

They still use groundwater supplied from a communal well. This water, they say, is the water of life for this shop. "Without it, we would not be able to do business. We use this water for all the live fish swimming in the shop."

The eel kabayaki (a type of teriyaki) with their sauce made with a secret recipe, grilled over binchotan charcoal, is the signature product of this shop.

The number of shops specializing in river fish is few in Japan, so they are attracting attention from all over the country.

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