“Okinawa’s Kitchen”, the First Makishi Public Market built anew after deterioration from age. (20mr23)
Splendor of Okinawa: Brassica, roadside Uruma, 17mr23 Construction has been completed on rebuilding the Naha ‘s First Makishi Public Market, a popular tourist attraction, after its deterioration from age. On 19 March, its unique foods were laid out on display at the Market for its renewal opening. Its popular “Take up”, where food bought on the first floor could be carried up to the second to have it cooked, was inherited from the former market and is aimed at enamoring the market to tourists and locals alike. The site area of the new market is 1747 meters square, with 3 floors constructed above ground. The first floor is lined with 72 small shops dealing in raw meat, fresh fish, and perishables. The shops are built facing the street giving rise to a sense of harmony with the surrounding Machigwa- Shopping Street. The second floor is a shopping hall with 12 linked eating and drinking shops. The third floor has a newly established culinary experience classroom. Some businesses closed do...