Toyosu Market Tokyo — Tuna Auction Viewing & Sushi Counters

Toyosu Market is the wholesale fish market that replaced Tsukiji’s inner auctions in October 2018 — the public-facing destination is the tuna auction viewing deck (05:30 daily), the seafood and produce wholesale halls visible behind glass, and the Edomae Yokocho sushi-counter strip on the 3rd floor with the same chefs who worked Tsukiji’s inner market.

What to Expect

Toyosu Market tuna auction floor from viewing deck

Three buildings connected by elevated walkways. Building 7 (Wholesale Market for Fruit/Vegetables): produce auctions, less photographed but full Tokyo wholesale rhythm. Building 6: tuna auction viewing deck (05:30 starts; arrive 05:15 for the front rail), seafood wholesale halls behind glass, second-floor walkway looking down on intermediate wholesalers cutting fish.

Building 6 third floor — Edomae Yokocho: 13 sushi/seafood restaurants. Sushi Dai and Daiwa Sushi moved from Tsukiji’s inner market and run 90-minute queues; smaller stalls behind them are equally good with no wait.

Consider This Instead

For the surviving public-facing market with daytime hours (no 05:30 wake-up), Tsukiji Outer Market remained open after the inner auctions moved — same sushi breakfast culture, no auction viewing.

Tsukiji Outer Market morning sushi counter

How to Get There

Getting There

Tokyo StationAsakusa Station

1
Take JR Yamanote Line → Shimbashi
3 min¥150
2
Transfer to Yurikamome elevated line → Shijo-mae Station
20 min¥390
3
Walk via covered bridge → Toyosu Market entrance
5 minfree

1
Take Toei Asakusa Line → Shimbashi
20 min¥280
2
Transfer to Yurikamome → Shijo-mae Station
20 min¥390

Tips

05:30 tuna auction = 04:00 alarm. First Yurikamome from Shimbashi runs 05:00; arrive viewing deck 05:15.
Reservation tuna-deck slot. 120 visitors per slot via official site; non-reservation walk-in line opens 05:30 if slots remain.
Sushi Dai 90-min queue or back-stalls 0-min. Sushi Dai and Daiwa Sushi are the famous names; the smaller stalls behind them serve the same fish from the same auctions.
Closed Sundays + irregular Wednesdays. Check the official market calendar before going.

FAQ

Toyosu or Tsukiji?

Toyosu = wholesale auctions + early start (05:30) + Tsukiji’s old chefs in Edomae Yokocho. Tsukiji = outer market only, daytime hours (08:00–14:00), street-food atmosphere. Most travellers do Tsukiji for the experience, Toyosu for the auction.

Can I bid at the auction?

No — wholesale only, intermediate wholesalers and licensed buyers. The viewing deck is glass-separated; you watch, you don’t buy.

Best sushi at Toyosu?

Sushi Dai and Daiwa Sushi for the queues. The smaller back-row stalls (Iwasa Sushi, Sushi Bun) get the same fish from the same morning auctions, no wait.