Tsukiji Outer Market Food Tour With 5 Tastings

Explore Tokyo's Tsukiji Outer Market on a one-hour guided walk with 5 tastings and a bilingual local food expert.

Getting started

Meet your expert English and Japanese-speaking guide at the Tsukiji Outer Market and join a small-group experience. After a brief overview of the route and tastings, you will set off on foot into the market streets for a one-hour guided walk. The tour begins at an easy pace so you can get oriented before your first food stop.

What to expect

Tsukiji Outer Market

This compact food walk focuses on the lively streets and specialty shops of the Tsukiji Outer Market, with five tastings that introduce key flavors of Japanese cuisine.

Features

• Start your route through the Tsukiji Outer Market on a one-hour guided walk, using the bustling stalls and narrow lanes as an open-air classroom for Japanese ingredients and daily food culture.
• Enjoy 5 tastings that include a freshly grilled wagyu beef skewer and one portion of sweet and fluffy Japanese tamagoyaki, each chosen to highlight different textures and preparation styles.
• Visit a long-established specialty shop for a Japanese tea tasting, where you compare flavor and aroma while your guide explains how tea fits into everyday life in Japan.
• Sample traditional sweet beans and roasted peanuts and then take part in a Japanese dashi tasting comparison, learning how this stock forms the foundation of Japanese cuisine.
• Walk with an expert English and Japanese-speaking guide who shares stories about Tsukiji and Japanese food culture and offers assistance purchasing additional food or market products beyond the included tastings.
• Make optional short stops at knife, chopstick, or tableware shops, using your guide's help to understand products if you decide to browse items such as kitchen knives, chopsticks, or other tableware.

Wrapping up

Your guided walk concludes inside the Tsukiji Outer Market, where you can continue exploring independently, seek out more snacks using your guide's recommendations, or head on to your next stop in Tokyo.