Makishi Public Market, Public market in Naha, Japan

Makishi Public Market is a three-story public market hall in Naha, rebuilt and reopened on 19 March 2023 at Matsuo 2-10-1, about 150 metres down Market Hon-dori from Kokusai-dori. Entrances on three sides open onto pedestrian-only streets, so visitors can walk through and around the building. The ground floor holds the meat, fresh fish and produce stalls plus a service counter; the second floor has eateries and an event space, and the third floor houses the management office and a multipurpose room.

The market grew from an informal trading site after World War II and became officially established as a public market hall in 1951. This founding marked the formalization of commerce in the city and reflected Okinawa's economic recovery.

The market's name, Makishi, comes from the district; it has been called the "kitchen of the citizens" since the postwar years. On the ground floor, vendors sell pork, fresh fish and produce in small stalls, and the outer stalls face the surrounding lanes. Shoppers can buy ingredients on the first floor and have them cooked upstairs, a practice known as uchiage.

The officially designated nearest station is Miebashi on the Okinawa Urban Monorail, not Makishi; from there head straight along Oki-ei-dori toward Kokusai-dori. Buses stop at Tenbusu-mae (city lines) and Makishi (outside-city lines), and the market is about 150 m down Makishi Market Street from Kokusai-dori. There is no parking attached to the market, though small coin lots are scattered nearby and the surrounding lanes are narrow and tangled.

The market's "hold-up" (mochiage) system is not a lift: you buy meat or fish on the first floor and staff on the second floor cook it for you. The rebuilt hall, opened on 19 March 2023, has three entrances on three pedestrian-only sides, so you can walk through it. The arcade over the market, installed from the 1970s to the 1980s, was removed in 2020 and rebuilt in 2024.