Tokyo’s New Fish Market

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The Toyosu Shijo fish market is the next generation of the Tsukiji Fish Market.

It is the same fish market—only in a new location—built inside a huge structure on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay.

The market opened on October 11th, 2018 and currently houses the main wholesale activity in the market—including the famous auctions.

This is the largest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world, and one of the largest markets in the world of any kind. The market sells over 400 different types of fish and seafood!

The main tourist attraction in the market are the auctions. The market opens every morning (except on Sundays and holidays and certain Wednesdays), at 3am, when goods from all over the world are unloaded from ships and planes and transported to the market in refrigerated trucks.

Wholesalers take place at the auction houses, known in Japanese as “Oroshi Gyosha.” Buyers licensed to participate in the auctions examine the fish to assess which fish they would like to buy and at what price.

The auctions start at 5am and you can watch them from a viewing position on the second floor.

Location: 6 Chome-6-1 Toyosu, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0061, Japan

Opening times: 4:30am to 5pm.

Closed on Sundays, national holidays and Wednesdays alternately.