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When do Toyosu tuna auction tickets go on sale?
Tickets are allocated by lottery, with an entry window for each round on dates set by the organiser.
Toyosu Market is Tokyo's main wholesale fish market. You can watch the early-morning tuna auction up close from an upper deck, but places are limited to 100 a day and given out by a free lottery.
- Where
- Toyosu, Tokyo
- Price
- Free
- Time needed
- About 40 minutes (5:45 to 6:25 a.m.)
- Book ahead
- About a month: enter in the first week of the month before
Confirmed on the official site Last checked Oct 17, 2026, 12:00 JST
How hard to get: Given out by lottery, and hard to win. Why we say this
Expected to open (date not announced yet)
For visits 2026-12-01 to 2026-12-31 (December 2026 tours)
Later sale dates
- Dec 1, 2026 (expected, not announced yet): for 2027-01-01 to 2027-01-31 (January 2027 tours)
- Jan 1, 2027 (expected, not announced yet): for 2027-02-01 to 2027-02-28 (February 2027 tours)
- Feb 1, 2027 (expected, not announced yet): for 2027-03-01 to 2027-03-31 (March 2027 tours)
- Mar 1, 2027 (expected, not announced yet): for 2027-04-01 to 2027-04-30 (April 2027 tours)
- Apr 1, 2027 (expected, not announced yet): for 2027-05-01 to 2027-05-31 (May 2027 tours)
How to book, step by step
- Check the entry window for your month on the official lottery site, which is in English. It usually opens at 15:00 Japan time in the first week of the month before.
- Enter with an email address and a password. One application per group, for up to five people. The representative must be of junior high school age or older.
- Allow email from [email protected]. Results arrive around the middle of the month, and only winners are notified.
- If you win, keep the results email. You show it on screen or on paper on the day.
- Be at the Promotional Corner (Toyosu Market, Block 7, 3F) by 5:30 a.m. Everyone in the group needs photo ID, such as a passport.
Good to know for overseas visitors
- You can't change your tour date if you can't come.
- Transferring or reselling places is banned, and people who do it are refused.
- Photos are allowed, but flash isn't.
- The market is closed on Sundays, public holidays and some Wednesdays, and there are no auction tours on those days.
- You can watch the auction from the lower gallery behind glass without entering the lottery.
Where it is
Sold out? Other ways in
- Watch from the lower gallery behind glass: no lottery needed
- Tsukiji and Toyosu food tours on Klook (Klook)
FAQ
How do I see the Toyosu tuna auction up close?
Enter the free lottery for the upper observation deck. Entries for each month open in the first week of the month before, at 15:00 Japan time, for about a week.
When will I know if I won?
Results are emailed in the middle of the month you entered, around 18:00 Japan time. Only winners get an email.
Sources
- www.english.metro.tokyo.lg.jp: “From 3:00 p.m. on August 5 (Wed) to 11:59 p.m. on August 12 (Wed), 2026” (checked 2026-10-17)
- www.english.metro.tokyo.lg.jp: “Please provide photo ID (e.g. a passport) in addition to the lottery results screen.” (checked 2026-10-17)
The lottery and its past entry windows are from official Tokyo Metropolitan Government pages. Each round's dates are announced about a month ahead, so dates for future rounds are our estimate (the 1st of the month before) until they are announced.
How hard to get (“Given out by lottery, and hard to win”): Only 100 places a day, given out by lottery (official); we show it as hard to get because the lottery is usually oversubscribed (estimate).
Rule changes
- 2026-10-17: Added. Monthly lottery; entry windows announced each month (official pages). Future dates are estimates.