Tsukiji

A yakitori restaurant a minute from Tsukiji Station, one of three places on the same block run by the same company. It grills Shingen-dori chicken from Yamanashi, and the room is laid out in a quiet Japanese style on the second floor.

Skewers start at ¥380 and a set of five is ¥1,800. On weekdays it serves dinner from 17:00 to 22:30; at weekends and on public holidays it opens earlier, at 15:00, and closes at 22:00 with last orders at 21:30. It is open every day of the week.

Good to know

• At weekends and on public holidays the kitchen closes earlier, at 21:30.
• Tables may be limited to two hours when primary-school-age children are in the party.
• All listed prices include tax.

A yakiniku restaurant in Tsukiji 6-chome that takes orders until 23:00 and closes at 23:30, every day of the week. At weekends it opens an hour earlier, at 16:00.

The R in the name stands for rare, which the chain explains two ways: unusual cuts, and cooked rare. The drinks list runs to about seventy items. Booking is possible by phone or online, and there is takeaway.

Good to know

• Prices are not published on the restaurant's own pages.
• No closing day, but the opening hour differs on weekdays and weekends.
• It sits in Tsukiji 6-chome, a short walk from the outer market.

A soba restaurant inside the outer market, which the listing describes as forty-two years old. It makes its own soba, fries tempura with seasonal fish and vegetables, and keeps a list of hard-to-find sake. Edomae fish — sea eel, megochi and whiting — are on the list too.

Dinner is served from 17:30 to 21:00 on weekdays only. On Saturdays it closes at 14:00, and on Sundays and public holidays it does not open to a fixed schedule. There is a ¥5,000 course with all-you-can-drink sake and wild bluefin tuna.

Good to know

• There is no dinner on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays.
• Single-dish prices are not published.
• Listed by the Tsukiji outer market shopping association; the shop has no site of its own.

A fish restaurant in Tsukiji 6-chome that says its aim is to serve wild fish at a reasonable price, using the advantage of its location. Set meals are built around tuna, and there are sashimi, grilled and simmered dishes from the day's catch.

Dinner runs from 17:00 to 21:00 on weekdays. On Saturdays it serves straight through from 11:00 to 20:00, and it is closed on Sundays and public holidays, as well as over Golden Week, in summer and at New Year.

Good to know

• Closed on Sundays and public holidays, and over Golden Week, the summer holiday and New Year.
• Prices are not published.
• Listed by the Tsukiji outer market shopping association; the shop has no site of its own.

An oyster bar run directly by Tsukiji Sandai, a wholesaler inside Toyosu market. It gathers oysters from around Japan so that you can taste them against each other: large rock oysters in summer, richer true oysters in winter.

It opens only in the evening, from 17:00 to 22:00, and is closed on Sundays and public holidays. The kitchen also makes a soup curry from wild fish and shellfish stock.

Good to know

• There is no lunch service; the bar opens at 17:00.
• Closed on Sundays and public holidays.
• Prices are not published.
• Listed by the Tsukiji outer market shopping association.

An oyster restaurant in the outer market, which describes itself as the only oyster specialist there. Its name dish is gangan-yaki: oysters, scallops and white clams packed into a metal can and steamed in sake in front of you, then shucked and eaten by the guests themselves.

Lunch runs from 09:00 to 16:00 and dinner from 17:00 to 22:00, with last orders at 21:00. There is no dinner on Sundays. If a Monday falls on a public holiday, dinner moves to the Sunday and the Monday evening is dropped instead.

Good to know

• There is no dinner on Sundays.
• If a Monday is a public holiday, dinner is served on the Sunday and dropped on the Monday.
• Last orders are at 21:00.
• Prices are not published.

A sake house in Tsukiji 4-chome, with fully enclosed private rooms and a list of fifty to sixty sake at any time. The kitchen cooks Japanese dishes around what is in season.

On weekdays it serves lunch from 11:30 and dinner from 17:00 to 22:00, with food orders closing at 21:00 and drinks at 21:30. Sundays, public holidays and the New Year period are closed, and the shop lists Saturdays as an irregular closing day. The shop says it welcomes solo guests as readily as large parties.

Good to know

• Closed on Sundays, public holidays and over New Year. Saturdays are listed as an irregular closing day.
• Food orders close at 21:00, drinks at 21:30.
• Prices are not published.
• Listed by the Tsukiji outer market shopping association.

A bar on a back street three minutes from Tsukiji Station, opened in January 2022 by a bartender who, the bar says, worked in bars for years before going out on their own. The room is red and black, lit low, with fifteen seats and a counter.

It opens at 18:00 and runs to 02:00 from Monday to Friday, and to 01:00 at weekends and on public holidays. There is no closing day. Note that smoking is allowed at every seat and there is no English menu, although the bar's own page can be read in English, Korean and Chinese.

Good to know

• Smoking is allowed at every seat.
• Children cannot be brought in.
• There is no English menu, though the bar's own page can be read in English.
• Only fifteen seats, and the bar cannot be booked out.

The first Sushizanmai, opened in April 2001 beside the Tsukiji outer market as what the company calls Japan's first sushi restaurant open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The company still describes it as the chain's flagship.

There are 144 seats over three floors, with counters on the first and second. Reservations are not taken, so you join the queue. The grand menu lists every item in Japanese and English, and the bill can be settled by card, electronic money or QR payment.

Good to know

• Reservations are not taken. Join the queue at the door.
• Every seat is non-smoking.
• The menu lists each item in both Japanese and English.

A Sushizanmai built inside a converted ryotei, which the company describes as giving it a calm, settled front. It holds 209 seats, including private rooms and a sunken-hearth section, and takes groups and set courses.

Open from 11:00 to 22:00 every day of the year, with last orders at 21:30. Bookings are taken by phone, but the counter seats are kept for walk-ins.

Good to know

• Counter seats cannot be reserved, only tables and rooms.
• Every seat is non-smoking.
• Last orders are at 21:30.