Tsukiji Fish Market Tokyo Street Food Tour / Japan / Budget Travel Tips

Everything under $4. 16 must-try food at Tsukiji. Samurai Junjiro channel. Hi, I'm Samurai Junjiro, born and raised in Japan. In today's video, we'll be wandering in Tsukiji and trying out street food. All the food that will show up in the video are below $4, so you get to enjoy at very low prices. The video will help you inspire your next trip, so don't miss till the last. Now, let's get started. We are headed to Tsukiji, located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. And now, we are here. To get to Tsukiji from Ginza is about 15 minutes by foot. You'll be able to efficiently look around Tokyo when you plan your meal at Tsukiji first and shopping at Ginza in the latter part of the day. We have done another street food video in Tsukiji, so make sure to check that out, too. For today, we'll show you 16 food selections that you can get under $4, which we could not cover in the previous video. The first store to direct your attention to is this store. It's Onigiriya Marutoyo. The store serves onigiri rice balls from 5 in the morning. The rice balls sells out by the time past noon, so highly recommend to check around 9. From as much as 40 selections, I've picked up two of the popular ones, so I'll walk you through it with you. The first one is tuna roll. Raw tuna sashimi with minced tuna and green onion are wrapped inside rice and seaweed laver. The filling is packed and the price is very cheap for the volume. Let's try with soy sauce and wasabi. The tuna is so fresh and very neat. The minced tuna melts in your mouth. The seaweed and wasabi add nice kicks. The other one we are trying is this onigiri right here. This is called temusu, buttered shrimp tempura wrapped in rice. The size is big and has quite a volume. The tempura and rice that had soaked up the sweet sauce are wonderful together. The plump texture of the shrimp is fantastic, too. The price is friendly, but the flavor will never disappoint. Tsukiji Ihachi is where we want to talk about next. It's a wagyu Japanese beef-oriented store run by those who specializes in cod roe. Here, you get to try out luxury wagyu cooked on hot iron plate. You could also order teppanyaki, but we tried other food that is equally chosen as the first. And that is wagyu jiru, wagyu soup simmered with salt and pepper. It's a soup made purely with top A5-ranked beef. Green onion in the soup has really absorbed the goodness of beef. The crunchy texture is a nice change. The soup also comes with some rice inside. Meat flavor is fused in rice, and it's very flavorful. No surprise to find the protein melty since it's been simmered slowly with time. It's fatty, but not too pushy that the flavor stays around too long. No surprise, this is A5-ranked beef. Let's now check out Miyake Suisan. This is a fish market with 80 years and more business since it was first established. It's a well-acknowledged store with top-class quantity of seafood selection in the Tsukiji market. You get the chance to eat fresh raw sashimi here. And we picked up scallops to try. The color is very vibrant since it's so fresh. The price is cheap for its quantity. Scallop itself has quite a thickness and looks very filling. And taking a bite with wasabi and soy sauce, it's so sweet. It's plump and with moderate chewiness. Would love to chase it down with a drink. Let's now get down to Saiwaiken next. This is a Chinese restaurant and has been here for over 70 years and more. One of its specialty is shumai dumplings that has been made in the same old procedures from the past. The shumai here is twice the size of other stores. There's a lot of fillings and most of it is even falling out of the shumai skin. Let's take a bite with soy sauce. The flavor of the meat gushes once it's in your mouth. I love its subtle texture from roughly minced meat. You can also taste the sweetness from onion that's inside. It's lovely just the way it is but having it with mustard is a good idea too. Adding a little spiciness brings out more flavor. Next is the head store of Kibun. Kibun is a company specializes in processed fish products that started in 1940. Their products are well known and wholesale to all over Japan. We have to share with you some menus that are perfect for eating while strolling. This is called Tsukiji Age and it's a fried battered crab stick. The batter combines dried seaweed laver so it's very fragrant. Outside is crispy with fluffy inside. Inside the crab stick is mustard mayonnaise sauce in the middle. Moderate spiciness tastes awesome. This flavorful piece makes me want to drink a pint of beer. The other store that we have in mind is called Tsukiji Unagi Shokudo. People would wait in lines every day to try eel menus from this store. There's place for you to dine in but we decided to try eel that is sold grilled in front of the store. It's quite a surprise that you can try eel with this price. The sweet sauce on the eel is grilled and superb aroma is everywhere. Outside has crispy feel and it's fluffy in the inside. It's fatty and melts in your mouth. I could eat more of this. Followed is Narito Suisan. This is another fish market with over 50 years business. Let's try raw oysters from here. This oyster is called Samurai Oyster from Hyogo Prefecture. There's no distinctive flavor and tastes very clean. Since it has its own flavor, eating it as is the best. Having that melty texture, it disappears in your mouth. The flavor of oyster spreads in your mouth. You can't resist this if you're an oyster lover. The next store is called Yoshizawa Shoten. This is a Japanese Wagyu beef specialized store where you can purchase high-end meat at reasonable price. In the other video, we mentioned ground meat croquette but we wanted to cover this one today. This is a croquette with brown Matsudaka-ushi beef. It quickly disappears from the store because they are so popular. Inside a minced beef with potatoes. Potato has soaked up the fat from the beef and it tastes very rich. It's smooth and moist. Super ground croquette. Let's now check out Saito Suisan. The store sells fish and began business in 1967. Here, they handle fresh seafood like different kind of shells and shrimps. We came to pick up this raw sashimi here. This is tuna in the part with moderate fat. The price is unreal for this volume. The color of the fish is vibrant and pink and it's so beautiful. Let's take a bite with soy sauce. It melts once it's in your mouth. The tuna tastes clean though it has fat. Would love to eat this with rice. Let's now move to Torito. This is a chicken focused butcher with business starting from 1907. The store serves abundant chicken menus but we decided to try out fried chicken. Soy sauce is very fragrant. It's so crispy since it's just been prepared. Chicken is so juicy too because they use chicken thigh. The flavor of soy sauce and garlic are really fused in for powerful finishes. Now to checking out Tsukiji Shokudo. Here, you can dine in for seafood but there's also menus suitable while street wandering. We picked up well-chosen scallop. The aroma of soy sauce and butter are amazing. So happy about its cheap price for this huge volume. Scallops are plump and sweet. Butter and soy sauce has definitely leveled up the flavor. I could have countless of these. And to checking up in Tsukiji Soratsuki. The store sells strawberry desserts. Last time, we tried ice cream with strawberry on top. But this time, we picked up Japanese dessert that you can try at a reasonable cost. This is Strawberry Daifuku. It's a dessert which lavishly has one whole strawberry on top of sweet mochi with filling. Inside the mochi is smooth and sweet red bean paste called koshian. Slight acidity of the strawberry really matches with sweet red bean paste. Mochi is so chewy and I love its texture. Appearance is adorable but its flavor is no joke. And lastly, we are shopping by at Sushidokoro Okame. This is a popular stand-up sushi place where you can try sushi made by master chef with over 65 years of experience. There are course menus but you can order it individually too. You can eat all menus for under $4. Let's unveil the top 3 sushi that we highly recommend. Those are Salmon Roe, Grilled Salmon and Conger Eel. All of them have beautiful colors and they are shining. Let's have a bite of Salmon Roe to start. The Salmon Roe with soy sauce pops inside your mouth. The crispy mouthfeel of the seaweed lover does amazing job. Grilled Salmon literally melts once it's in your mouth. It's fatty but tastes clean with salt on top. And lastly, to Conger Eel. The combination with the sweet sauce is marvelous. It's moist and melty. Tsukiji is the place where fresh seafood gather so no surprise that they serve such an amazing quality sushi at a stand-up place. If there's a restaurant you'd like me to introduce, let me know in the comments. Please like and subscribe to my channel too. Well, that's it for today. See you in the next video.