Tsukiji Market Visit, Sushi Making Class and Asakusa Tour

Sightseeing  :  Japan  :  Tokyo  :  Tokyo  :  Cooking Classes

Start the tour with a visit to Tsukiji Shijo, the world's biggest fish market, followed by a unique sushi making experience. Then continue on to Asakusa, an old-day pleasure district once filled with gangsters, geisha and artists. Asakusa is also a home to the city's oldest Buddhist temple, Sensoji. You will begin to see a start contrast between the old and the new with Tokyo Skytree, the city's newest landmark in the background. Start the tour with visit to the bustling Tsukiji Shijo, the world's biggest fish market where buyers and sellers hurry along narrow lanes with their carts and trucks. After learning where the fish comes from, you will then have a unique hands-on sushi making experience. Depending on the day of travel, the sushi workshop takes place either in Tsukiji or close to Ginza. You will enjoy (or endure) your own sushi for lunch.

Then hop on a subway and visit Asakusa, an old-day pleasure district once filled with gangsters, geisha and artists, but are now filled with crowds of tourists, both local and international. Asakusa is also a home to the city's oldest Buddhist temple, Sensoji. You will enjoy a stark contrast between the old and the new with Tokyo Skytree, the city's newest landmark, in the background. The tour concludes in Asakusa.