Tokyo Food Guide

DSCN4876

photo by Olen Peterson

We can demystify Tsukiji Market, the world’s largest seafood market,

DSCN4905

and introduce you to a new sushi neta, like kinmedai (splendid alfonsino) that is pink, slightly sweet, and is succulent.

DSCN1778

Introduce you to a wide variety of Japanese pickles.

Gen4

Lead you to a special bar where cocktails are made with seasonal fruit and vegetables,

DSCN4641

or to a bar serving craft beer and sweet potato chips.

DSCN6479

Explore the unique izakaya culture from smoky grilled meat joints
DSCN6502

to saké specialty restaurants and discover the subtle nuances of saké through flights of saké,

shochu

or through the native distilled spirit, shōchū. Yukari was the first non-Japanese to pass the shōchū advisor exam.

DSCN5688Explore street food on the side streets of Tokyo,
depachika sugar grapesphoto by Nancy Matsumoto

or to my old stomping grounds, Takashimaya depachika, to discover sugar-coated muscat grapes and

depachika sashimi matsumoto

photo by Nancy Matsumoto

seasonal sashimi.

Food Sake Tokyo guides are a chef and Japanese fishmonger. We are Tokyo’s food guides. Please contact us here for more information on our market tours.

2 Comments Add yours

  1. shirley says:

    The sugar coated grapes look absolutely amazing!!

  2. They are so delicious! I think each one is about 300 JPY.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s