Tokyo Half-Day Private Tour: Explore Food & Culture with Licensed Guide
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28 Ratings
Toyosu
Immerse yourself in Tokyo's food and culture with a private half-day tour. Visit famous fish markets, explore local areas, and indulge in authentic street food. Book now!
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Toyosu Market - Toyosu Market (豊洲市場, Toyosu Shijō) opened on October 11, 2018 on the man-made island of Toyosu in the Bay of Tokyo. It took over the wholesale business from the aging Tsukiji Market and provides tourists with an opportunity to observe the market action and to dine at restaurants across its large, modern premises.

The huge wholesale market consists of three main buildings: two buildings for seafood and one for fruits and vegetables. All buildings are connected with each other and Shijo-mae Station via walkways, and tourists can enter them along dedicated routes and view the action from observation windows that look onto the auction and wholesale halls for tuna, other seafood and produce.

What's Included
  • Meet up with guide in Tokyo
  • Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
  • The pick up/drop off for this tour is on foot.
  • Customizable Tour of your choice of 2-3 sites from ‘What to expect’ list
What's Not Included
  • Transportation fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
  • Private Vehicle
  • You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
  • Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.
Additional Information

Enjoy an efficient, half-day tour inside Tokyo’s two famous fish markets, Toyosu and Tsukiji, as well as other local areas, on this food and cultural shopping themed trip accompanied by a government-licensed and experienced multilingual guide!

Your guide will meet you at your hotel to start the day, then take you to visit famous sites such as Toyosu and the outer Tsukiji fish market; Asakusa shopping street, filled with authentic Tokyo street food; and Ueno’s Ameyoko and Kappabashi, Japan’s kitchenware wonderland.

Let us know what you would like to experience and we will customize a four-hour tour that’s best for you!

Note1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customized itinerary.
Note
2: The National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

  • This is a walking tour. Pick up is on foot.
Location
Toyosu Market
6-6-1
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Libby
May 18, 2024
Highly recommend! Our guide Isao took us to some amazing places and we tried some amazing food! This is a must do! - We really enjoyed the tour and our guide Isao! The tour of the Tsukiji Market was very interesting and almost overwhelming with the food choices. That’s where Isao really demonstrated his expertise as a guide. All of the food that we tried was excellent as we followed Isao’s recommendations. I would not have tried some of the different foods had he not recommended them. Akihabara is a must do for anime, electronics , and video games. All along the way Isao was very attentive and provided excellent commentary and explanations of the areas we visited.
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Tracy_s
May 15, 2024
Wonderful guide! - Our guide Kay was warm and friendly as well as very knowledgeable. We thoroughly enjoyed our Tsukiji/Asakusa tour!
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Rebecca_k
May 13, 2024
Rainy day experience - The guide even though a rainy day did her best to do her job. A very diligent guide. She did her best to explain the sites we were visiting.
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W3527husaram
Apr 30, 2024
Great tour - We had a great tour with our guide Sam. He showed us many sites and was very knowledgeable. We visited temples, Tsukiji Market and he also took us to Asakusa. The perfect half day tour. We definitely recommend!
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Subhash
Apr 27, 2024
Tokyo fish market and culture and food tour - We were a group of 4 adults. Mr Yoshii Kenichi was our guide. What an impressive experience. We loved stories of his own travels and all the details he gave us about our tour. He was informative, careful, in no rush and went beyond the basics of the tour. If I need a tour guide again, I would request him.
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Robert_s
Apr 24, 2024
Excellent day with Katsu-san! - Please search my review done on TripAdvisor. Great tour with Katsu-san, but I don’t want to rewrite it here as well.
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Robcurl
Apr 23, 2024
A quality day with Katsu-san. - Katsu-san did an excellent job of providing us with a personalized tour. At our request, he showed us both Tokyo fish markets, followed by a delicious lunch at a local restaurant. Katsu-san was knowledgeable, informative and a great pleasure to spend time with. We would be happy to be guided by him again.
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Lizah516
Apr 10, 2024
Tour with a local! - Our tour with Naoko was wonderful. She was flexible and offered to meet us at a train station near our hotel. She also helped us navigate the tricky public transit system of Tokyo. She showed us around Tsukiji Market including the market halls and we ate at a great sushi spot for breakfast. We learned about the different seafood and produce sold there. Then we took the train again to Sensoji Temple where we learnt a great deal about the history, religions and customs there. Naoko was very patient, nice and knowledgeable and we were truly appreciative of her guidance!
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Tracy_d
Apr 9, 2024
Goreilo tour guide and friend. - Excellent tour. Goreilo was knowledgeable, kind, with a good sense of humor. He took us to the markets, auction, and Tokyo tower. All must sees in our book. Goreilo also explained how the tickets for the trains work which was a huge relief. We are a couple from a fishing town on the central oregon coast. We would recommend this tour. We would do another tour with Goreoli anytime!
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Mavourneen_m
May 7, 2024
Our guide was very... - Our guide was very knowledgeable and kind, he was not the problem. The start time (suggested by the tour company) was about 4 hours too late, the auction was long over and all the stores were closed, even the retailers only had a handful of booths still open. It was an expensive disappointment. We would gladly have got up for a 4:30 or 5am start, which we were expecting, but the tour start was set at 8:00. We were surprised but went alo g with it as the market had moved to a new location, so maybe the auction was scheduled for later.
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