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Is Tsukiji a tourist trap?築地は観光地価格か
Some visitors pay more than they expect. We are documenting prices, portions and waits shop by shop before we answer. Here is what can be said now, and how we are testing the rest.思ったより払う人はいる。答える前に、価格・量・待ち時間を一軒ずつ記録している。いま言えることと、これから確かめることを。
What people mean by the question
That prices are higher than elsewhere in Tokyo, that some stalls exist only for visitors, and that the real market moved to Toyosu anyway.
What is true
Prices at some street stalls are high for what you get. A few shops are aimed squarely at visitors. And yes, the wholesale market moved in 2018.
What is also true
Tsukiji is still a working supply town. Of the 325 shops in the official directory, 229 are shops that sell things (fish, dried goods, knives, tea, pickles) rather than restaurants. Professional buyers still shop here before 9 AM. Whether a given restaurant's price is fair for what you get is exactly what we have to test, one bill at a time.
How we are answering it
We go, we order, we pay full price, and we write down what it cost and how long we waited. We put a Japanese price sense next to it: what a Tokyo office worker would think of that lunch. Each verified visit is marked on this site with its date. Until we have eaten somewhere, we do not guess its price, and we do not call any shop a trap.
The Tourist Trap Test is the running series: a famous, expensive item, bought and eaten, with a plain verdict. Worth it, or not for us.
この問いの意味
東京のほかの場所より高いこと、観光客だけを相手にする屋台があること、そもそも本当の市場は豊洲へ移ったこと。
本当のこと
一部の屋台は、量に対して高い。観光客を狙った店は少しある。そして、卸売市場は2018年に移った。
同じくらい本当のこと
築地はいまも働く供給の街です。公式一覧の 325 店のうち 229 店は飲食店ではなく、魚・乾物・包丁・茶・漬物を売る店。プロの買い手は9時前にいまも買い付けに来ます。ある飲食店の価格が量に見合うかどうかは、伝票1枚ずつ確かめるしかありません。
どう答えるか
行って、頼んで、全額払って、いくらで何分待ったかを書く。その横に日本人の価格感覚を置く。東京の会社員がそのランチをどう思うか。実食した店には日付つきで印を付けます。食べていない店の価格は推測せず、どの店も「ぼったくり」とは呼びません。
「観光地価格テスト」は連載です。有名で高いものを買って食べ、率直に判定する。払う価値があるか、私たちには合わないか。