The 4 Best Private Market Tours in Tokyo

1.Private Toyosu & Tsukiji Market Adventure with Tuna Auction

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 191 reviews · 3 hours · from $153Our pick

Start before dawn at Toyosu Market, where your English-speaking guide explains the bluefin tuna auction and Japan’s seafood trade. Then take a local bus to Tsukiji for sushi, grilled eel, mochi, tamago, and shopping for knives, pottery, matcha, and other Japanese kitchen goods. Guides include Nobby, Sachiyo, Yumi, Emi, and Mayumi. The first-floor auction view requires a lottery.

“Nobby was an amazing guide, the tour itself was very informative and fun. Seeing the fish auction was super interesting, and then getting shown around the outer market and being shown some good restaurants was also very nice.”

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2.Tsukiji Fish Market Private Food Tour in Tokyo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · from $82Top rated

Explore Tsukiji with a private guide, beginning at Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple before eating through the Jogai Market. Expect sushi, sashimi, Wagyu beef, rice balls, tamagoyaki, and other Japanese specialties. Guide Elly is praised for her English, flexibility, allergy help, and local food knowledge. The tour ends near Tsukiji Station.

“We had an amazing morning with Elly. She was knowledgeable, spoke great English, had interesting and fun facts for parents and kids alike. She also had great picks for where to stop for small bites. We tried everything we wanted to, and left happy, full, and grateful to have done a tour instead of walking around on our own. Thank you Elly!”

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3.Private Tsukiji Fish Market Tour with 3 food stops

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 15 reviews · 2 hours · from $49Best value

Walk through Tokyo’s Tsukiji area with a private English- or Japanese-speaking guide such as Shuto or Sowar. You’ll taste three locally chosen foods, visit Namiyoke Inari Jinja and Tsukiji Hongan-ji, and hear about market customs and daily life. The tour lasts two hours, starts at LAWSON Tsukiji 4 Chome Store, and ends near Tsukiji Station.

“we had a great time exploring the market, shrine and temple with our guide. Shuto not only educated us on the history, but he also taught us how to pray at the shrine and temple and showed us some local favourites in the market.”

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4.Private Tsukiji Street Food & Sake with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 2 hours · from $99

Meet your English speaking guide at Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple for a two hour walk through one of Tokyo’s best food districts. You’ll see the temple, taste wagyu and tamagoyaki, sample teas and dashi, then compare four sakes with baby scallops. The guide can help with food preferences and market tips.

“amazing tour, two guides all to myself! very informative, easy to get along with. I loved that they asked about eating restrictions and tailored to what I liked.”

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