Pulala Tenma ( Tenma Ichiba Market Building ) — Attraction in Osaka

If you get a kick out of browsing outdoor markets in foreign countries this would be a place to visit, but it's indoors. There's a vegetable section beef section chicken section fish section eels squid octopus giant fish cross-sections vegetable section fruit section pickle section hot sauce section and that's all just on the ground floor. One floor down there is a giant grocery store with excellent prices and selection. This building sits beside over 100 tiny little restaurants in Temma so they all come here to get their supplies. but of course the residents of this building shop here and others come from afar to haggle and pick up fresh stuff. the prices are certainly lower than for example Life. It's conveniently located on the JR line and it's very fun to wander around a little side streets of restaurants in the evening. you can get lost, in a good way. (This is also the location of Beer Belly, one of the few beer places in the city shaped like an actual bar and...

2nd floor is a boxing club (I guess) 1st floor is a market B1 is a supermarket. The market is very active from 8am to the beginning of the afternoon. Restaurants and families come here to buy fresh food. Vegetables, meat, fish, they have it all. It's not expensive, it's not cheap, it's ok. It's a great place for foreigners to compare what is sold in their home country and what is sold in Japan. Please, please, please, the market is very narrow, if you don't buy anything (and even if you buy something), mind other people, especially the oldest ones. You know how people can quickly stigmatize an entire country/race if you behave badly, let's keep it nice for everyone. Seller are...

This is where I shop for fresh vegetables, fruits, seafood and Japanese beef at reasonable prices. There is a shop on the ground floor near the toilet which is favoured by locals for its prices. I recently paid 105 yen for 2 packs of bananas (total of 10 bananas) here!! Also on the ground floor is a fresh fish seller who will discount heavily around 2pm to clear all its stock. Really...