Toyosu Wholesale Fish Market

Went there late. Missed the morning Tuna bidding event. Walked to the restaurants nearby, lots of fresh seafood there with reasonable price. Don’t be panic, slow walk whole markets and restaurants. Here better than tsujiki market. I enjoyed my trip here. Recommend.

Toyosu Market offers a fascinating glimpse into the vibrant heart of Tokyo's seafood and produce distribution. The observation decks allow visitors to witness the impressive scale of the market, including the famed tuna auctions. We unfortunately weren't able to wake up early enough to catch it as the market starts at 5 a.m. There are plenty of restaurants at the Toyosu Market for fresh seafood but they might be slightly overpriced.

This is definitely worth waking up at 330AM to get to the market. The auction is insane and the sushi spots right there is the freshest you can get. It's a unique experience and in my opinion well worth it. Especially if you're in the hospitality industry or a foodie.

Unfortunately, by the time we arrived, the famous early morning auction was already over (by 8:30AM), and workers were busy cleaning up and putting away the leftovers. There wasn’t much left to see but the layout of the building made for overseeing the auction area was pretty neat - like a little museum.

Tourist trap. Closed Wednesday and Sunday. Good food but expensive. Not as many food vendors as I was expecting. Maybe ten of them at most. Happened to be in the area and decided to check it out. Tuna auctions might be worth watching, but that's early morning. Can be watched from the second floor viewing windows.

Entered the lottery for closer deck viewing, but all viewing seemed adequate to see the action of the auction. Early morning for us, but as we had just arrived from Chicago the evening before, it wasn’t too difficult to get up at 4am to take a reserved uber taxi across town for the 5:30am event. It was interesting to see Tokyo with fairly empty streets that time of day. With three children in our party, we were finished viewing within an hour. By then restaurants and shops within the building were already feeding people traditional Japanese fish breakfasts.

I don’t recommend waking up early to go see the fish market because it’s really underwhelming and there isn’t much to do. I recommend coming for the sushi restaurants (open early) in the market building or the edo type stores across the street which open regular hours!

Lucky lottery winners! The entire thing is incredibly well organized. We were slightly lost trying to find our way around the facility before and after but staff were posted sporadically around in yellow vests and were very helpful with directions. The auction itself was very interesting - there were other groups there that paid for tours. The tour guides were rather enthusiastic so we were able to catch some snippets of information which helped provide context as to what was happening. Toyosu itself had an English speaking volunteer who was super friendly and nice. The only reason I’m giving this 4/5 stars is that there was only one volunteer for a rather large group of people and minimal explanatory signage around the lottery winners viewing area. Given the crowd, it was a little difficult to get a good view or understanding about what was going on (thank goodness for the loud and paid tour guides). Bathrooms are easily accessible and clean. You’re behind a clear screen to view the auction so no need to worry about getting in the way of the workers or about getting your shoes dirty. Afterwards, we got some sushi at Daiwa - also amazing.

What a great experience! I usually do not eat sushi in the morning but we were jet lagged and came out here to watch the tuna auction. We were looking for a place to eat because the food here is suppose to be great. Some of the restaurants were not nice and did not want to seat us because my daughter was with us. Then we walked by here and the host and staff were so welcoming! They asked us to come in and were friendly before we even said we wanted to eat there. After sitting down they were so nice in helping us order even through the language barrier. When we got our sushi we were absolutely blown away! We did not realize how good sushi could be until we ate here and we love sushi. Even my little one liked all her sushi which was a first. We were very happy to be here and apparently so were many celebrities. They had pictures on the wall of famous people who had eaten there as well. Overall great experience!!

What's up: We're visiting Toyosu Market this morning! After visiting the tuna fish auction area, we wandered around checking out the shops and looked for a place to grab a bite to eat. We decided on this place because the menu on display had yummy looking food. Access: A 5 minute walk from Shijō-mae Station. Environment: A small cozy area with counter seats facing the sushi chefs. That means you get to watch the masters at work as they slice and prep your food! The staff members were friendly and welcoming; they also spoke English. After ordering, we were given hot green tea and a bowl of miso soup. Next came our food! Yum yum yum! Pay at the register near the entrance/exit when you're done with the meal. What was ordered: - Salmon Donburi (yummy salmon, salmon roe, and egg omelette on a bed of warm rice with nori flakes) Yay/Nay/Meh: Yay. That salmon bowl was so delish. I'm usually not a fan of the salmon roe, but this was so fresh, it made the meal taste so much better than what I was used to. Definitely an awesome find...and a line started forming right as we were finishing up. Good thing we got here early! Toyosu has free Wi-Fi available. Credit cards are accepted.

Absolutely fresh delicious sushi and one of the main reasons I've rarely eat sushi outside of z Japan! The sushi chef was incredible to watch!

AMAZING fish, amazing service, the kindest owner ever. We came to the fish market in search of fresh fish here, and found this place. The owner was present at the front, and even through the language barrier she gave us stellar treatment and tried to communicate with us. One member of our party could not eat raw fish, and the owner worked with us to create something that she could eat. The fish was incredibly fresh and soft. I normally prefer salmon to tuna, but the tuna here simply melted in my mouth. The sushi rice is also amazingly seasoned and paired so well with ikura in our rice bowl! Definitely go here. The owner got along with us so well despite the language barrier and gave us a small gift to take back after our trip!

Sushi Dai was closed quite early-ish in the morning so we just randomly lined up at a restaurant that seemed popular (nearly all of them had lines) but this seemed to be less 'touristy' so we came here. The wait was probably about 20 minutes and everyone working there was extremely friendly. I just came here because I'm sure they all get their fish from Toyosu's fish wholesale market and it's all fresh, so what's the difference? Price was about ~$30-50 per person which is quite expensive. This place is also CASH ONLY. Onto the food... I got the chef's 10 piece nigirizushi set (¥4000) and found everything to just be alright. I mean surely it tasted fresh but as for nigiri and sashimi I enjoy thinly sliced fish. Personally it was too thick for me to swallow everything within a bite. Some of the pieces felt somewhat dried like the ebi- and maybe it's supposed to feel that way (I'm no sushi expert though). Some of the nigiri also were a little too fishy and kinda too thick to 'melt in your mouth'. I'm very sensitive to sight and smell so I didn't enjoy the fishy ones or leaner tuna. The tuna rolled sushi were excellent though. The soup I believe was miso soup and it was slightly too salty but had 2 pieces of clams in them (which you usually never see in NY cause its filled with msg).