Introduction of marine product wholesale place
Introduction of Each Selling Area within Fish Wholesale Market
Tuna Selling Area
Large fish such as tuna and marlin are sold individually at auctions.
Tuna caught in waters near Japan and all over the world are delivered and sold fresh or frozen.
Fresh Fish Selling Area
Our fresh fish area sells a variety of familiar species of fish such as mackerel, Atlantic horse mackerel, sardines and Pacific saury from all over Japan and nearby countries such as China and South Korea. The fish are delivered and sold fresh.
Shellfish Selling Area
Our shellfish area encompasses all of the luxury seafood sold to restaurants such as sushi restaurant.
Our extensive array of seafood includes shellfish such as abalones, blood clams and oysters, along with sand smelts, conger eels and dotted gizzard shads.
Prawn Selling Area
Various species of prawns from throughout Japan and overseas are sold here.
Most of our Japanese tiger prawns, Japanese spiny lobsters and similar species are delivered live from their areas of origin, and are sold live at Toyosu Market.
Live Fish Selling Area
Fish are delivered and sold live here.
Fish swim in rows of tanks, with baskets set up to keep them separate.
Sea urchin Selling Area
Japan is the world's biggest consumer of sea urchin.
The sea urchin traded at Toyosu Market comes from Japanese locations such as Hokkaido and several prefectures in Tohoku, and from countries around the world including Russia, China, the USA, Canada, and Chile in South America.
Salted and Dried Fish Selling Area
Some seafood is salted and left to dry.
This can be shredded (in the case of squid) or used to make dashi stock. Dried whitebait and Japanese sand lance are also sold as a snack in their own right.
Fishery Products Selling Area
Toyosu Market sells various forms of processed seafood, including salted and semi-dried products (called "ai-mono" at the market), salted products such as pollock roe and salmon roe, fish paste products such as satsuma-age fish cakes, and eel kaba-yaki (eel broiled in soy-based sauce).