MarktFreier EintrittGeschlossen Sundays, most national holidays, irregular Wednesdays (varies by month — check the market's published calendar), New Year period, approximately December 30–January 4

Tsukiji Outer Market

#9von 10 Orten zum Besuchen in TokyoTokyo, Kanto, Japan

Auch bekannt als Tsukiji Jogai Shijo · 築地場外市場

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Öffnungszeiten: 05:00–14:00 and 06:00–09:00 and 09:00–14:00, closed Sundays. Der Eintritt ist kostenlos. Plane 1.5 hrs ein. Beste Zeit: 08:30–10:30.

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Öffnungszeiten: 05:00–14:00; Closed Sundays
Eintrittspreis: Kostenlos
Benötigte Zeit: 1.5 hrs
Beste Tageszeit: 08:30–10:30
Beste Monate: Mar – Apr, Oct – Nov
Adresse: 4-16-2 Tsukiji, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan

Über Tsukiji Outer Market

Tsukiji Outer Market is a roughly 400-shop retail and restaurant district in central Tokyo selling seafood, dried goods, kitchenware, and prepared street food, distinct from the wholesale trading floor that closed here in October 2018. That wholesale inner market, famous for its pre-dawn tuna auctions, relocated to a new purpose-built facility in Toyosu, about 2.3 kilometres away, while the outer market's independent shops stayed on their original Tsukiji site and continued trading without interruption. Visitors today buying grilled scallops, tamagoyaki skewers, or fresh sashimi bowls on Tsukiji's narrow lanes are shopping in the surviving retail quarter, not the relocated wholesale market — a distinction that trips up a large share of first-time visitors following outdated guidebooks.

Beste Tageszeit: 08:30–10:30. After the professional wholesale window closes but before lunchtime queues form at the most popular stalls.

Öffnungszeiten von Tsukiji Outer Market

Öffnungszeiten: 05:00–14:00; Mon–Sat 05:00–14:00 and 06:00–09:00 and 09:00–14:00
Sunday Closed; Most stalls operate roughly 05:00–14:00, though individual shop hours vary; the wholesale professional window is 06:00–09:00 and the general public window is 09:00–14:00.
Geschlossen an: Sundays, most national holidays, irregular Wednesdays (varies by month — check the market's published calendar), New Year period, approximately December 30–January 4

Mon–Sat	05:00–14:00 and 06:00–09:00 and 09:00–14:00
Sunday	Closed

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Eintrittspreis für Tsukiji Outer Market

Entry fees for Tsukiji Outer Market
Ticket	Preis
Standardticket	Kostenlos
Ermäßigt (Studenten / Senioren)	Kostenlos
Kinder	Kostenlos

Entry to the market streets is free; visitors pay only for food and goods purchased at individual stalls. There is no admission fee — this is a functioning retail and restaurant district, not a ticketed attraction.

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Beste Reisezeit für Tsukiji Outer Market

Quiet
Moderate
Very busy

05:00–07:00
Professional TradingBest time to go
Restaurant buyers and wholesalers work the earliest stalls; general tourist presence is minimal and some shops have not yet opened to the public.
Quiet
09:00–11:00
Morning Public Window
General public trading opens; food stalls serve breakfast-hour crowds without full lunch-rush density.
Moderate
11:30–14:00
Lunch Peak
Sashimi-bowl and grilled-seafood stalls draw the day's longest queues; narrow lanes become congested with foot traffic.
Very busy
14:00 onward
Afternoon Wind-Down
Most stalls begin closing; remaining options thin out and some shops have already shuttered for the day.
Quiet

Geschichte von Tsukiji Outer Market

The original Tsukiji fish market opened in 1935 on land reclaimed after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake destroyed the previous Nihonbashi fish market; 'Tsukiji' itself means 'reclaimed land' in Japanese. Over the following eight decades it grew into the largest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world by trading volume, handling several hundred species and drawing professional buyers before dawn for its tuna auctions, which became a magnet for tourists despite the market never being designed to host them.

By the 2000s, the wholesale facility's aging infrastructure, structural safety concerns, and traffic congestion from tourist visitors watching the auctions pushed the Tokyo Metropolitan Government toward relocation, a process delayed for years by soil-contamination concerns at the planned Toyosu site (former Tokyo Gas land) and political disputes under successive Tokyo governors. The wholesale inner market finally closed on 6 October 2018 and reopened at Toyosu on 11 October 2018, taking the tuna auctions and professional trading floor with it.

The outer market's roughly 400 independently owned retail shops and restaurants, operating on separate leases from the wholesale market, were never part of the relocation and have continued trading on the original Tsukiji streets since 1935, making today's outer market one of Tokyo's longest continuously operating retail food districts.

Regeln & Etikette in Tsukiji Outer Market

Many stalls are cash-only, and while contactless payment has expanded since 2020, carrying ¥3,000–¥5,000 in cash avoids being turned away at smaller vendors. Eating while walking is broadly tolerated in the market's designated food-stall lanes but is a general faux pas on regular Tokyo streets outside this context — visitors sometimes carry the habit elsewhere in the city, where it draws stares.

The pre-dawn tuna auctions that made Tsukiji famous now take place at Toyosu Market, not here; visitors expecting to see auctions at Tsukiji's outer market will not find them, since the outer market never hosted the wholesale trading floor. Some stalls prohibit photography of their interior fish-cutting stations for hygiene and liability reasons — signage indicates this where it applies.

Tipps für den Besuch von Tsukiji Outer Market

1
Toyosu Market, the relocated wholesale site, offers a public observation deck for viewing the tuna auction (advance reservation required, capped daily capacity) plus its own retail food stalls, and pairs naturally with an outer-market visit on the same day via a short taxi or two-stop subway ride. Tipping is not practised in Japan and does not apply to any stall, even for personalized service like custom sashimi cuts.
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Weekday mornings before 10:00 offer the clearest lanes; Saturdays are the single busiest day since many stalls close Sundays and some Wednesdays, concentrating the week's shopping crowd onto Saturday. Namiyoke Inari Shrine, a small Shinto shrine at the market's eastern edge dedicated to the site's reclaimed-land history and fishmongers' trade, is free to visit and rarely crowded even when the surrounding lanes are packed.

Anreise nach Tsukiji Outer Market

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4-16-2 Tsukiji, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0045, JapanRoute in Google Maps

Ab Haneda Airport (HND)
15 km · 30–40 min
¥480–¥600
Ab Narita Airport (NRT)
65 km · 75–90 min
¥3,300
Ab Ginza Station
2 km · 5–8 min
¥180

Nächster Flughafen

Ab Haneda Airport (HND)

15 km, approximately 30–40 minutes via Keikyu Line and Toei Asakusa/Oedo Line transfer.

Nächste Station

Ab Tsukiji Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line) or Tsukijishijo Station (Toei Oedo Line)

both within a 5-minute walk.

Häufige Fragen zu Tsukiji Outer Market

Is Tsukiji Fish Market still open in 2026?

The outer market, roughly 400 independent retail shops and restaurants, is open and trading. The wholesale inner market with its famous tuna auctions closed on 6 October 2018 and relocated to Toyosu Market, about 2.3 km away, which is where auctions and wholesale trading now take place.

Can visitors watch the tuna auction at Tsukiji?

No, not at Tsukiji itself. The tuna auctions moved with the wholesale market to Toyosu Market in October 2018, where a public observation deck allows viewing with advance reservation and capped daily capacity.

Is entry to Tsukiji Outer Market free?

Yes. There is no admission charge to walk the market streets; visitors pay only for food and goods purchased at individual stalls, most of which are independently owned small businesses.

What day is Tsukiji Outer Market closed?

Sundays and most national holidays, plus irregular Wednesdays that vary by month according to the market's published calendar, and the New Year period from roughly December 30 to January 4. Checking the official calendar before visiting is recommended since individual shop hours also vary.

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