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Tokyo Private Walking Tour Tsukiji Kept Secrets
Tokyo, Kanto, Japan
$81.37
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Four hundred years ago, Tsukiji was a stormy stretch of open water. Legend says a prayer to the sea calmed the waves, clearing the way for a shogun to reclaim the land. Fishermen from Osaka built the area, and the food they created out of necessity still shapes what you’ll taste today.
While the wholesale market moved to Toyosu in 2018, Tsukiji’s outer market remains. Sample the street food that helped make this one of Tokyo’s most famous food destinations, while discovering the small shrines and hidden histories woven into the neighborhood.
With a local expert, connect Tsukiji’s land, faith and food through stories most visitors miss.
As a completely private tour, the experience is yours to shape. Linger at a shrine, follow your nose down a side street, or ask the questions guidebooks skip.
While the wholesale market moved to Toyosu in 2018, Tsukiji’s outer market remains. Sample the street food that helped make this one of Tokyo’s most famous food destinations, while discovering the small shrines and hidden histories woven into the neighborhood.
With a local expert, connect Tsukiji’s land, faith and food through stories most visitors miss.
As a completely private tour, the experience is yours to shape. Linger at a shrine, follow your nose down a side street, or ask the questions guidebooks skip.
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Tsukuji Walking Tour
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
- Flexible stops or itinerary adjustments where applicable.
- Personalized recommendations before, during, and after your experience.
- Professional Tour Leader with local expertise.
- Pre-experience planning conversation via the app.
- Personal purchases or optional activities.
- Food, drinks, or souvenirs purchased during the tour.
- Public transportation
Meeting point
Tsukiji Hongwanji Main Gate (Tsukiji Metro Line Station exit 1)
Your Local Expert will be waiting for you at the meeting point holding a sign with the company's logo, so you can easily identify them.
Return details
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Tsukiji Hongwanji TempleYour Tsukiji day starts with a surprise, and it has nothing to do with fish. Indian stonework, sweeping arches, and a facade with nothing in common with the typical Buddhist temples of Japan. Step inside and the surprises keep coming: a pipe organ, stained glass, and mythical beasts pulled straight from Japanese folklore, tucked into corners you'd never think to check.
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Tsukiji Fish MarketFor 83 years, this was the biggest fish market in Japan, and the sights, smells and shouts of stallholders still carry that history through the alleys. Tuna, octopus and produce piled high are the same professional-grade ingredients that still draw chefs and buyers through here before most tourists are even awake. Your local expert will guide you toward the flavors that built this market's reputation: tamagoyaki straight off a skewer, fried fish cakes, a bowl of the freshest sushi in the city, and a cup of Japanese tea to tie it all together. Come hungry, and get ready to eat like a local.
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Namiyoke Inari ShrineRight beside the market sits a shrine with an unusual origin story. Relentless waves, a deity set adrift on the water, and a prayer that finally let the whole neighborhood get built. Look closer and you'll find memorial mounds dedicated to sushi, eggs, shrimp and anglerfish. Your local expert will explain what they're really telling you about how finely divided Tsukiji's trades once were.
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TsukijiGlass display cases hold rows of polished Japanese knives and tools in a warmly lit shop, with a vendor in a red apron standing behind them. Sharp Edges and Sweet Endings Finish off your Tsukiji walking tour amongst the artisan knife shops, where blades from famous knife-making regions get finished with Tokyo craftsmanship. Then wind down at one of the small cafes nearby, the same kind that kept market tradesmen fueled through decades of early mornings. Before parting ways, your local expert will send you off with recommendations for wherever your Tokyo trip takes you next.
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Tokyo Private Walking Tour Tsukiji Kept Secrets
Tokyo, Kanto, Japan
$81.37
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
—
You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
—
We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
—
Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!