If you want to immerse yourself in a city, it's definitely the best place to talk to the locals. The easiest place to talk to people, apart from the local taverns, must be the lively market. For SC Johnson, limited-time markets are often a must-have.

However, Kyoto is one of the most popular travel destinations to encounter markets, because Kyoto people who love to be lively and know how to live hold various kinds of markets every now and then. If you find the right time, you can feel the charm of Kyoto from the market.

The handicraft market is attended by full-time handicraft authors, housewives who are good at handicrafts, young chefs who can cook simple dishes, and elderly people who have started to try their hand at handicrafts out of interest after retirement.

Although there are no explicit regulations, there are almost no booths or manufacturers with their products brought by companies in this kind of market, as if their presence will spoil the small atmosphere of the market. Maybe the stalls are very simple in layout and decoration, maybe the handmade goods are a little rough, and even some careless sellers sometimes forget to price their goods.

But there is more communication, smiling faces and surprises than shouting and bidding with each other, and more people here than professional businessmen, who only do their crafts seriously but do not buy and sell.

They are doing their best to maintain the market's non-humble and competitive environment, and even the citizens and tourists who come to the market will invariably wear medieval, natural or forest women's clothing, and cannot bear to spoil the uniform style of the market.

The city has always been known for the number of craftsmen, the variety of crafts, the exquisite techniques and the high level of completion of the work, but no one is born a good craftsman, regardless of the skill they have learned, they need to constantly repeat the process of creating, failing, revising, and re-creating, through this long and boring way to grow and hone their skills, so that one day they will become a recognized craftsman.

During this period, the handicraft market provided a good environment for their practice - there was no need for a high venue fee to participate in the handicraft market, and there was no stipulation on the level of the work to be reached, but all those who came to the market would naturally evaluate the work by inquiring, complimenting, asking for advice, buying, etc.

For a benign market, its price system and buyers are relatively mature, they know what kind of approximate price he (she) should buy products, which for those who are not good at pricing their works, participating in the handicraft market has become the best way to assist them in pricing, and the income from the sale is also the material basis to help them continue to create.

The main reason for this love of the handmade market is that it creates an opportunity for producers to exchange opinions and feedback directly with consumers. This not only provides inspiration for the craftsmen's future creations, but also for many craftsmen who are shy, not good at words, or even some lack self-confidence, a kind smile or a word of encouragement will make them feel warm and full of motivation to continue creating.

Come to Yaqiao, a time-honored brand that has been inherited for 300 years, one of the most representative dim sum, there are two kinds of raw Hachihashi and hard Hachihashi, the ancients ate mostly hard Hachihashi, and in modern times, Shenghachihashi uses a fresher and softer taste to make the sales and popularity of raw Hachihashi far higher than that of hard Hachihashi.

The shape of the raw Yatsubashi is a triangular dumpling, and the skin is made of rice flour and the inside is wrapped in a sweet filling such as red bean paste, making it soft and delicate. The most well-known Yahashi is the Holy Guardian House, known as the LV of the Yatsuhashi class. It also produces Yatsuhashi with different flavors and packages according to the season, and it is great to eat and give away.

Not far away is the only long-established shop specializing in the production of Jinping candy, which does not have a fixed recipe for the production of Jinping candy, and relies on the experience of the craftsmen who have cultivated the sugar state for a long time, and then adjusts it according to the climate and temperature.

It takes about 18 days to make a piece of kinpeito, and the fact that the clear water of the Tsukijuan has been passed down to this day is inseparable from this dedication and sincerity.

It has a delicate aroma in the mouth, and it does not have a strong taste at first, but the sweetness slowly spreads until the whole mouth is filled with a sweet taste, which is a candy that needs to be savored.

Traditional handicrafts carry the wisdom and unique charm of a nation, although there is a decline under the impact of large-scale machine production, but excellent craftsmen also adapt to the development of the times and constantly bring forth the new.

Eirakuya, a nearly 400-year-old shop, was originally a cotton cloth merchant used by Oda Nobunaga. It was not until the 14th generation head Hosotsuji Ibei took over and reformed the brand that the company was revived and became what it is now.

It has three brands with different customer segments, 12 stores, Yonggakuya Hoshitsuji Ibei, RAAK, and Ibei. The latter two new brands are younger overall, with a mix of trendy and traditional Kyoto style.

The most famous is the Jingfeng handkerchief, which was also turned over in one fell swoop. These Beijing-style handkerchiefs are delicate and retro with patterns from the Meiji and Showa eras, and the Maiko handkerchiefs are also the signature, with a strong Kyoto color.

These long-established shops in Kyoto have been doing a simple craft to perfection for hundreds of years. In the impetuous times, it seems to be a calm force, and people may be able to find some different philosophies of life here.