Tuna Auction and Market Tour at 'Activity Maison Kissako'
Overview
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4 hours
Mobile ticket
Embark on an early morning adventure with a tour of Tokyo's Toyosu Fish Market.
Depart at dawn and meet your guide as the fresh tuna arrives. You will witness the excitement of buyers bidding for the finest tuna.
After observing the auction, take a tour of the wholesale area, which is only accessible to professional buyers. This is a rare opportunity to interact with local fishmongers.
Visit 5-7 renowned restaurants. Engage in insightful conversations with market personnel and get a glimpse into the vibrant daily life of the market.
Next, the tour takes you to a selection of unique shops that supply Tokyo's finest dining establishments. Explore a greengrocer featuring a wasabi master ,a historic knife shop dating back to the Tsukiji era. A glimpse behind the scenes of Tokyo's vibrant gourmet scene will leave you with cherished memories and stories.
Join us for an unforgettable morning at the Toyosu Fish Market.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Vegetarian, Vegan, Kosher, Halal, Allergy arrangements are all available; please contact us for such arrangement.
Walking speed in the professional section of the market may be a little quick.
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What‘s Included
Hotel Pick Up ＊Please be sure to tell your hotel when you book.
Hotel Drop Off
Supreme Breakfast
Insider Access to the wholesale area of Toyosu Fish Market
Specialized guide for tuna auction and fish market
Air-conditioned vehicle
Beverages in kitchen
Food and drinks in the market, unless specified
Tsukiji Fish Market unless requested
Meeting and Pickup
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What To Expect
Toyosu Market
Embark on an early morning adventure with a tour of Tokyo's Toyosu Fish Market. Depart at dawn and meet your guide as the fresh tuna arrives. You will witness the excitement of buyers bidding for the finest tuna. A live guide will explain how the auction works and the bidding prices, adding depth to this exciting event.
Toyosu Market
After observing the auction, take a tour of the wholesale area, which is only accessible to professional buyers. This is a rare opportunity to interact with local fishmongers. Visit 5-7 renowned restaurants, including the Michelin-starred restaurant "Yamako." Engage in insightful conversations with market personnel and get a glimpse into the vibrant daily life of the market. Next, we will visit a unique restaurant that supplies ingredients to some of Tokyo's top restaurants. This is the tea shop from which Michelin restaurants, including Sukiyabashi Jiro, source their green tea. A grocery store with a wasabi chef known for his work in the film "Jiro Dreams of Sushi," a handmade kitchenware store, and a historic knife store that has been around since the Tsukiji era. A glimpse behind the scenes of Tokyo's vibrant gourmet scene will leave you with cherished memories and stories.
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Tuna Auction and Market Tour at 'Activity Maison Kissako'
Pickup included
Reviews
3 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Wonderful visit to the market to learn about local fishes
Emily T,
Dec 16, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Technically I did this when it was at Tsukiji, a week before the market closed. I just realized my review never uploaded, so my visit was actually in autumn of 2018, not January 2019. At any rate it was wonderful. I'm a zooarchaeologist who specializes in fish faunas, so I had academic interests in the fishes for this tour. The tour guide translated my questions beautifully, the fish mongers and sellers were very informational, and I'm so thrilled I got to see the early morning fish market activity before it closed. The fish monger who was meant to guide me at the tuna auction had an emergency surgery, and the tour company worked really hard to find alternate plans and gave me several options. It was one of the highlights of my trip to Asia. The tour company is marvelous and I'm sad that old Tsukiji has closed, but if the tour is running things at the new location anything like they had at Tsukiji, it's worth it.
Everything was amazing
noextratimeatairport,
Jan 13, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I got a 1 x 1 tour with Naoko. She was really nice, informative and helped me have a great time. Seeing the tuna market was probably a once in a lifetime kind of thing to do. The breakfast afterwards was insane (and I've had a lot of sushi in my life). It was the only akami I've ever really enjoyed (I always enjoy chutoro and and otoro). It was amazing fish, amazing service and a fantastic time.
The BEST tour in Japan & Tokyo
Jucie K,
Jun 24, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The BEST tour in Japan & Tokyo. We met a guide at our hotel lobby, and first she took us to a studio in the fish market, where we had a tuna wholesaler speeches about tuna & market affairs in fluent English. So informative and so interesting, with a nice sense of humor. Then the guide took us to the inside of the fish market where is not allowed to visit for the public at the time. It was great to walk through the inner market in the early morning time before general public enters. The tuna auction was very exciting! It was only 10 minutes though, worth watching at least once in a lifetime. As basically there is no instruction nor explanation, the detailed guiding of our guide was so helpful. (Having a good spot to watch in the watching area is a thing. The guide did well for taking it.) After the auction, it ended with fresh tuna tasting in their kitchen. They said their tuna department sells tunas to some Michelin star restaurants in Tokyo, and indeed it was a thing!
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