1-Day Tokyo Ueno Local Market Food Tour

Our tour starts from within the wide station of Ueno, going out of the station you will witness the beautiful nature of Ueno park on one side, and the other side you will be dazzled with the high buildings advertising the different shops and entertaining center. One of our friendly tour guides will be leading your way to start this magnificent adventure in, out and about the historical streets of Ueno while sharing a great story and adventure that happened around this ancient place. Our tour specialty is food, and we make sure to present an amazing experience that you will always feel it when you think about Japan. And sushi would be the perfect start of the food journey. Along with the fresh taste of many different types of sushi, we will enrich your hearts with the knowledge of many fish used in making the famous sushi dishes and learn more about how this traditional dish is made. The next stop will be tempura. The Japanese have a unique ability to take foreign food and modify it to Japanese tastes, creating something totally new and original, and tempura is a prime example. It is one of the most famous traditional Japanese dishes. Some restaurants provide tempura on rice which is called tendon. Next to that is Wagyu, the most famous grilled beef not only in Japan but also all around the world. Everyone likes to grill food once in a while, and Wagyu Japanese restaurant brings the joy of grilling right up your dining table. After that is the most popular food in Japan summer festivals --takoyaki. You would like to visit takoyaki museum after trying takoyaki. Dessert is soul food, not stomach food. For that, we would like to fill your souls with Japanese traditional style sweet and desserts, like dango, the sweet and lovely ,ochi, and Japanese ice cream, like macha ice cream. When you walk around Ueno streets after each meal, you will discover the secrets that make this place a unique historical mixture, starting from Ueno zoo and panda theme statues, all the different shopping brands, restaurants, and traditional Japanese markets, ending with one of the famous temples and museums. Our Itinerary Sushi: A special rice with many different fish as topping, it sometimes comes as roll sushi or maki roll. They use many types of fish like tuna, salmon, and fish eggs. Starting from the station, we will head to a sushi restaurant where you will enjoy many different types of sushi. Tempura: battered and deep-fried fish, seafood, and vegetables. It became popular in the Edo period in Japan. After sushi, we will head to the following restaurant to try Wagyu. On the way, we will introduce you to the shops and Japanese markets around the area. Wagyu: Japanese beef barbeque style. Then, we will head to Wagyu beef restaurant. One drink is included in this restaurant. You can enjoy grilling meat while relaxing in the Japanese theme restaurant. Takoyaki: (Octopus Balls) it include octopus part inside an omelet ball. After that, we will enjoy takoyaki and end the food tour with traditional Japanese style desserts. Desserts: Includes dango, mochi, ice cream (macha Iice cream). In the end, we will enjoy playing some games in the game center, and say goodbye at the Ueno Station.