By situation

Start from where you are

• First time in TsukijiArrive between 9 and 11. Bring cash. Do not plan lunch after 1 PM.
• Only 30 minutesPick one thing. Eat it standing. Leave.
• One hourOne thing to eat, one thing to look at, one thing to take home.
• With kidsGo early, keep them close, and use the indoor buildings.
• Early morningShops that open at 7 AM or earlier, from their official hours.
• After 1 PMRestaurants and cafes whose official hours run past 2 PM.
• Rainy dayTsukiji Uogashi is indoors. Start there.
• SundayShops whose official listing does not name Sunday as a closing day.
• WednesdaySome Wednesdays are wholesale-market holidays. These shops do not tie their closing days to that calendar.