A tour of Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo Japan, in 2023. See what there is, including non-fish and vegetarian options, plus how to get there and when to go.
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The inner market from Tsukiji has now moved to Toyosu (with the wholesale market and the tuna auction). However, the outer market is still there at Tsukiji, and it’s busier than ever! There are lots of restaurants, food stalls and places to get Japanese street food. It’s not just fish – in the video we try pizza from Peppers Cafe, amazake, a strawberry daifuku and wagyu beef, as well as a tuna rice bowl (kaisendon). There are also some stores selling kitchenware. The video also includes how to get to Tsukiji on the train with the Tokyo Metro, prices, opening times and when’s best to go.
00:00 Intro
00:38 Tsukiji vs Toyosu
01:01 How to get there
01:24 When to go
01:54 Honganji Temple
02:22 Tsukiji Market
02:48 Amazake
03:45 Peppers Cafe
05:37 How busy is it?
07:08 Strawberry daifuku
08:00 Tuna bowl
09:44 Wagyu beef
10:40 Review
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24 Comments
Awesome job Amy
Excellent job Amy & Tsukiji Fish Market looks amazing!
Hi, Amy! Do you plan to update your book? 😁 I will travel to Japan next year (in March) and I want to know if I have to wait for the "new and improved" version of your book! Thanks for all your work. It is a source of inspiration for me!
Hi Amy,
10 more weeks. and I'm going back to Japan too.,
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It's so crowded that I can't believe it was during the COVID pandemic. 😂
That market is huge 😂. Thank you for another excellent video Amy ❤
I've been there in July/August. And early in the morning around 7 to 7:30am the first shops open up. Around 8:30 it's getting really busy already. Some food stands are not there every day, I learned. At the corner of the street where the wagyu and the tamagoyaki shops are, there was a stand which sold really good onigiri on my first visit. A week later it was closed. Also I couldn't find other shops I saw on the first day. But the overall experience IS amazing.
Ah food glorious food
Congrats for the video! Could u make a vídeo taking abou the whole "fukushima water" impact on seafood in japan?
that looks fun!
Amazake is like Turkish SALEP I think:)
We didn't go to Tsujiki and I have to say those growds look bit overwhelming 😀
but I did have amazake at Fushimi inari. We were walking away from the tori gates where there is a lot of small shrines and I noticed a sign saying "Amazake" and pointing behind some of the shrines. There was this small old looking traditional house and really sweet old lady who served me a cup of amazake and green tea for 200yen if I remember correctly. It also came with some grated ginger you can add yourself and I drank half of it whitout ja half with it. I liked it very much both ways! Somehow this is one of my fondest memories from our trip 🙂
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That food all looked delicious. Thanks for the tour. May I ask how you communicate with the people who sell the food? Do you speak Japanese? Do they speak English? A bit of both? Is there lots of pointing to things? Laughter when there is miscommunication?
You are too old for pink hair. Time to grow up now.
I have planned to go to the Tsukiji Market, but I hope it will not be too crowded. I know I don't specifically need to go there to get great food, but I would love to experience it…
I regret not going to the original Tsukuji Fish Market when I had the chance, but there was SOOOO much I wanted to do in Tokyo alone, that I just couldn't fit it in!
Watching this video has unsurprisingly marked it as a must-visit place now. Food haven, so I'd be right at home.
Awesome video, Amy! Thank you for continuously being my go-to channel for Japan travel info!
I was there 11hrs ago, that fatty tuna was amazing on Monday im gonna try the wagyu uni 🤤
Thanks Amy!
Hey, Amy, our primary itinerary for Tokyo is to stay adjacent to Tsukiji and have our morning meal(s) there before heading to other parts of the city as it seems breakfast isn't much of a thing in Japan. Pepper's Pizza is something Paolo featured so we're chuffed to get your positive take on it, too!
gosh I bet the fish is absolutely incredible
Did you notice the tourist places were more crowded in general? I guess the good thing about Japan is you can get off the beaten track with relative ease to enjoy a more peaceful experience. Great video, as usual.
Great timing for me as I have just booked a hotel for my upcoming trip that is in the outer market. I arrive on a Saturday night so will get a chance to look around on Sunday when most places are closed so I can familiarise myself for the very early Monday start to snag some tuna fish cheeks! The Sushizanmai there is the main branch and open 24 hours so it’s Saturday night and probably Sunday too. 🍣
I've probably already said this in one of your videos but I don't get why would raw fish taste good?? Am I being like one of those people who don't like the taste of water???