--- name: "Omicho Market" lat: 36.5718658 lng: 136.6557781 official_url: "https://ohmicho-ichiba.com/" fee: "Childcare at the play area costs ¥500 an hour, up to 4 hours a day; it is a paid childcare service, not an entrance fee to the play area." last_verified: "2026-10-13" url: "https://www.piggybackjapan.com/spots/spot_0000279/" publisher: "Piggyback Japan" method: "Each fact below was read from the official page it links to. The date in the Verified column is the day we last opened that page." reuse: "Free to reuse with the check date kept. A link back is appreciated, not required." --- # Omicho Market That play area, Chibikko Hiroba ("little kids' plaza"), has a big red steam train, slides, toy cars and picture books. Its "elephant" corner is for babies up to 2 and early walkers. In its "giraffe" corner, children up to preschool age play with a parent. A mother of a 1-year-old found the market's kids' space big enough for 2 to 3 hours of play. Below it, the market itself, packed with shops, is fun for children to look at, so the visit is part playground, part food stop. - Area: Ishikawa - Type: Shop - Hours: Hours are 9:00 to 17:00 on weekdays and Saturdays and 9:00 to 16:00 on Sundays and holidays; fish shops start tidying an hour early and some close early, and the same page notes that this may be dated, since some shops closed at 16:00 during the pandemic. - Last verified: 2026-10-13 ## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date) | Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source | |---|---|---|---|---| | Nursing space | Yes | The nursing room is inside Ichiba-kan, on the third floor in the city's Omicho Koryu Plaza play area, which is open 10:00 to 18:00 and closed on Wednesdays (the next weekday after a holiday) and over New Year. | 2026-10-13 (web) | [source](https://www.kanazawa-kankoukyoukai.or.jp/spot/detail_10030.html) | | Diaper changing table | Yes | The official market map marks restroom, wheelchair-accessible and baby-seat symbols together on the west (highway) side of Ichiba-kan's basement floor (B1). | 2026-10-13 (web) | [source](https://ohmicho-ichiba.com/ohmicho_ichiba/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/map_112024.pdf) | | Family restroom | Yes | Ichiba-kan has a family restroom that anyone can use. | 2026-10-13 (web) | [source](https://www.bfmap-ishikawa.jp/detail/2541) | | Stroller friendly | Yes | The nursing room is listed in an app as able to take a stroller inside, as is the restroom; stroller rental is listed as none, and the entry was added from user reviews. | 2024-07-23 (web) | [source](https://mamamap.jp/spots/22457) | | Lost-child support | Not checked yet | | | | | Indoor / outdoor | Indoor | The market is under a covered arcade, and the prefectural tourism federation lists it under "Rainy-day OK! indoor sightseeing." | 2026-10-13 (web) | [source](https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/spot/detail_4755.html) | | Diaper disposal bin | No | The nursing room in the third-floor play area is listed as having no diaper disposal bin, based on user posts. | 2026-04-09 (web) | [source](https://mamamap.jp/spots/22457) | | Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet | | | | | Elevator | Yes | The official map shows elevator symbols at the northern Fureai-kan, the central union building and Ichiba-kan (also on its B1 and 2F plans); the market's lanes on the first floor (1F) are drawn flat. | 2026-10-13 (web) | [source](https://ohmicho-ichiba.com/ohmicho_ichiba/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/map_112024.pdf) | | English support | English menu & signs | Shop signs are in Japanese and English only; the market map leaflet comes in English, Chinese and Korean. | 2026-10-13 (web) | [source](https://ibarifuri.com/detailpdf/%E3%81%8A_%E8%BF%91%E6%B1%9F%E7%94%BA%E3%81%84%E3%81%A1%E3%81%B0%E9%A4%A8.pdf) | | Outside food allowed | Yes | At the shop Omicho Ichiba Sushi, bringing baby food in was said to be fine. | 2021-09-29 (web) | [source](https://www.nito.work/entry/2021/09/29/231246) | | Official family-friendly certification | Yes | The play area is registered as a "Baby Station" under the Ishikawa Angel Mark scheme, with nursing, diaper changing, a microwave and a baby keeper chair; its listed name is the Kanazawa Omicho Koryu Plaza Chibikko Hiroba (Ichiba-kan, third floor). | 2026-10-13 (web) | [source](https://i-prepass.i-oyacomi.net/shop/2060/) | | High chair | Yes | At Ichi no Kura (Ichiba-kan, second floor), a children's chair without a belt, for children who sit steadily, was brought quickly on request. | 2026-02-10 (web) | [source](https://kototabi.blog/oumicho-ichi-no-kura-kids/) | | Kids' menu | No | Ichi no Kura (Ichiba-kan, second floor) has no kids' menu, so you share dishes or order single items (rice alone is ¥198). | 2026-02-10 (web) | [source](https://kototabi.blog/oumicho-ichi-no-kura-kids/) | | Best-fit ages (guide) | Yes | The play area is for children from 0 to preschool age, together with a parent (Ichiba-kan, third floor). | 2026-10-09 (web) | [source](https://www4.city.kanazawa.lg.jp/soshikikarasagasu/omichokoryuplaza/gyomuannai/1/1/7141.html) | ## How to cite these facts Free to reuse. 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