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Toyosu Market
The world's largest wholesale seafood market, opened in Tokyo Bay's Toyosu district in 2018 when the Tsukiji Market relocated. Visitors can watch the working floors from glass-walled observation galleries above. The adjacent Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai complex opened in 2024 with restaurants, shops, and a public footbath.
Toyosu Market handles an extraordinary daily volume of fish, shellfish, and produce: the complex is nearly twice the size of the Tsukiji market it replaced, with three main buildings connected to each other and to the Shijo-mae station. What distinguishes it for visitors is the glass-walled observation corridor that runs above the tuna auction floor — buyers below move between frozen whole tuna at close quarters while observers watch from above through the glass. The auction itself runs in the early morning on weekdays; public viewing of the auction floor requires advance lottery application through the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market website, and places are limited. Beyond the auction, the market's 'senbero' food stalls — cheap food with drinks — on the upper floors open in the morning to tourists and market workers alike. Next door, Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai, which opened in early 2024, adds seafood restaurants, specialty foods, and a rooftop footbath with views over Tokyo Bay.
Background & history
The Tsukiji Market, on its previous site near Ginza, had operated since 1935 — itself a replacement for an older fish market in Nihonbashi that was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. By the 2000s, Tsukiji's infrastructure was considered outdated for refrigerated truck logistics. Planning for the Toyosu move stretched over nearly two decades before the new market opened on October 11, 2018. The Toyosu site, on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay, cost approximately 5.1 billion USD to build. The outer market district at Tsukiji still operates and draws tourists for breakfast seafood.
What to look for — in walking order
- Tuna auction viewing gallery
- glass-walled corridor above the frozen tuna auction floor; weekday mornings, limited slots, advance lottery reservation required
- Intermediate wholesale floor
- the main working market floor where produce and fish move between wholesale buyers; observation deck above, no reservation needed
- Senkyaku Banrai (adj. complex, 2024)
- shopping, seafood restaurants, and a rooftop footbath with Tokyo Bay views; open to the general public, no reservation
- Senbero food stalls (market building 7F)
- cheap food and drink counters inside the market used by workers and tourists; open mornings on market days
How to enjoy it
The tuna auction viewing is allocated by monthly lottery — apply online through the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market website during the application window (typically one week per month, for the following month). Without a lottery slot you can still watch the intermediate wholesale floor from the observation gallery above, walk around the market buildings (visitors' section), and have breakfast at the senbero stalls. The market is closed on Sundays, national holidays, and some Wednesdays; check the official calendar before going. The Senkyaku Banrai footbath garden on the 8th floor is free and open 9:00 to 22:00.
How to actually get there
- Shimbashi Station (Yurikamome platform, elevated) → Shijo-mae Station (~15 min).
- Exit Shijo-mae → walk to Building 7 intermediate wholesale observation gallery (5 min, signed).
- Optional: cross to Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai for restaurants and the free rooftop footbath.
- Shimbashi Station → Shijo-mae Station (Yurikamome Line)
- From Shimbashi Station, take the Yurikamome automated transit line from the elevated station above Shimbashi (follow signs for 'Yurikamome' inside the station) to Shijo-mae Station (~15 min, about 390 yen). Exit the station and cross to the market buildings — the three main buildings are directly connected to the station. Trains run every few minutes during the day.
- Return from Shijo-mae to Shimbashi, then JR or metro
- Take the Yurikamome Line back to Shimbashi Station, which has JR connections to Tokyo Station and Shinagawa, as well as access to the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line. No need to book a return; trains run frequently.
Before you go
- Cash
- Entry to the public areas of the market is free. Tuna auction viewing is also free but requires advance lottery registration. Purchases at the stalls and restaurants use cash or cards depending on the vendor. The Senkyaku Banrai footbath garden is free; the spa and private baths have their own fees.
- Closing days
- The market is closed on Sundays, most national holidays, and some Wednesdays — check the official holiday schedule on the Toyosu Market website before you go. Auction viewing starts around 5:30 am on market days; public viewing is limited to a specific gallery slot, not the floor itself.
- Another way
- The Toyosu Market can also be reached from Toyosu Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line (~7 min walk to the market buildings), which connects from central Tokyo via Hibiya or Ginza.
- After you get off
- Shijo-mae Station exit leads directly to the covered walkways connecting the three market buildings. Follow signs for Building 7 (Intermediate Wholesale Building) for the public observation areas.