Da da da dang! Our long-awaited Tsukiji Fish market for breakfast!
Tsukiji Market consists of an inner market where most of the wholesale business and the famous tuna auctions are taking place, and an outer market whose retail shops and restaurants carter to the public. We arrived around 9 a.m and of course didn't hope to witness any tuna actions as the wholesale market was already closed by then.
| Hours: | Outer Market: varies by shop, typically 5:00 to 14:00 Wholesale Area: open to visitors after 9:00am Tuna Auction: open to visitors from 5:00am to 6:15am (restricted to 140 visitors/day) |
| Closed: | Sundays, national holidays and some Wednesdays |
Make sure you check the closing days of the market before you go. You may check it at their website.
Tsukiji Market is just above Tsukiji Shijo Station on the Oedo Subway Line. Alternatively, it can be reached in a five minute walk from Tsukiji Station on the Hibiya Subway Line. The closest JR station is Shimbashi (covered by JR pass), from where you can walk to the market in about 15 minutes (Or take a taxi from Shimabshi, cost JPY710). It is also very near Ginza.
There are lots of restaurants in the market but we were looking for the very famous Sushi Dai. They have an advertisement in the station which includes a map, I forgot to take a picture.
Outer markets area which consists of many restaurants and retail shops.
Had tamago yaki ( 玉子烧).It's a slightly sweet grill egg and I like it.
Finally found the restaurant of great renown, Sushi Dai...
But look at the crowd, it is just 10% of the line!! Arrived before 6am to avoid the line if you can, now I truly understand the early bird catches the worm.
Another popular restaurant next to it... the line was shorter, but we didn't want to queue too.
This is a famous restaurant for sashime don but the line was long as Sushi Dai. We finally decided to give them a miss.
We went into the restaurant next to it and we were not disappointed at all.
Feel like in a Japanese drama...
Quite reasonably priced, I think
YUMMY! They were simply fresh! Look at the Uni (Sea Urchin) and Ikura (fish roes)!
I read from somewhere that a grade A sea urchin is bright yellow in color, with a firm texture and tastes a bit sweet... This is definitely grade A.
Super fresh sushi set, yummy too!
We headed to Hakone after this very satisfying breakfast.
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