Temple
Tsukiji Hongan-ji
Chuo•187m(2 min walk)
Tsukiji Outer Market
築地場外市場Chuo, Tokyo
Food area
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Tsukiji Outer Market is a network of food-shopping lanes known for seafood, sushi counters and Japanese kitchenware.
Fishmongers, produce sellers, tamagoyaki specialists and restaurants share the narrow streets with shops selling knives, tea, dried ingredients and tableware. The outer market remains in Tsukiji after the neighbouring wholesale operation moved to Toyosu in 2018. This entry covers the shopping district, rather than the former auction halls, one restaurant or a single Uogashi building. Browse the shop directory to choose food and kitchenware stops; individual businesses set their own opening days and hours.
- Seafood stalls and Japanese food shops
- Japanese knives and kitchenware
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How do I visit?
Admission
This record covers a shopping district, not one ticketed attraction. Food, purchases and paid experiences have separate shop-specific prices; no uniform district tariff is published.
Know before you go
Plan general shopping for 09:00–14:00 and check each shop’s own opening days. Professional buyers take priority before 09:00; Uogashi wholesale shopping before then is for professionals. The calendar is a wholesale-market reference, not a single schedule for every outer-market shop. Eat at the shop or in a designated area, keep aisles clear and ask permission before taking photos.
Tip from Goshuin Atlas, Source-based travel guidance
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