Originally Posted by
evergrn
I'm not sure if it's in a particularly touristy part. The whole Tsukiji market looked touristy to me. It was essentially my first time in Tsukiji, so I didn't know where things were and we just sort of wandered around.
The whole thing obviously attracts thousands of tourists but the better places are IMO closer to the large market hall that you can see on Google maps (switch to Satellite mode) and where there are much more delivery trucks, forklifts, etc. moving about.
Originally Posted by
evergrn
4000yen may not be a lot for family of four, but then we didn't order much and it usually costs us <3000yen to eat to our hearts' content at our usual place, which is actually just a kaiten place yet tastier than this place in Tsukiji. I'm used to paying 100-200yen for a plate of amaebi, salmon, eel, real crab, scallops, ikura (pair on each plate). Think I'll stick to shopping center sushi.
It's obviously more expensive compared to medium-range products in Japan where quality is usually still very good. I had supermarket sushi in Japan that was tastier than what many will serve in NA or Europe, where sushi is usually lots of rice with something that resembles fish or lots of rice and chicken (don't know why they still insist calling it sushi). Even plenty of Japanese sushi chain restaurants (e.g. Sushi Itame where someone once invited me) serve better fish than what you'd get in NA/Europe for the same price.
I like going to Tsukiji every now and then since I roughly pay what I pay at my favourite sushi place back home (run by a Japanese chef) but I'm getting much better fish (much less rice, fresh fish).