Toyosu Market on a Rainy Day: What's Indoors and What to Do Nearby

Toyosu Market is one of Tokyo’s best rainy-day food sights. Covered pedestrian decks connect Yurikamome Shijo-mae Station to every market building, so you can walk from the train to the tuna auction gallery, a sushi counter and the Uogashi Yokocho shops without opening an umbrella. It comes with two conditions. The market is closed on about a third of the days in the year, and it is a working wholesale market that you watch through glass. Get the day and the timing right, and a wet morning at Toyosu, followed by the free foot bath at Senkyaku Banrai and an afternoon at teamLab Planets, makes one of the most weatherproof days you can plan in Tokyo.

The short answer:

• Toyosu is almost entirely indoors. Covered, elevated decks link Shijo-mae Station to all three market blocks. The tuna auction gallery, the restaurants and the Uogashi Yokocho shops (“around 70 shops”, per the Toyosu Market Association) are all inside; only the rooftop garden and short connecting stretches are exposed. Entry is free from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but only on trading days: in 2026 the market is closed on 114 days, covering Sundays, most public holidays and many, not all, Wednesdays.
• You can watch the tuna auction without a reservation. The 2nd-floor visitor corridor opens at 5:00 a.m. with no booking. The close-up observation deck is free but allocated by a monthly online lottery, and the auction is over by about 6:30 a.m.
• The best rainy-day plan: the auction or a sushi breakfast at Toyosu, then the Manyo Club morning bath or the free 8th-floor foot bath at Senkyaku Banrai (open every day, including market closed days), then teamLab Planets about 10 minutes away, booked ahead. In autumn 2026, note that Miraikan is closed for renovation until April 22, 2027, and the Unicorn Gundam statue in Odaiba was removed on August 31, 2026.

The auction-and-breakfast tour suits a wet morning because the whole thing happens inside the market buildings. The Tokyo: Toyosu Tuna Auction + Breakfast at Sushi Dai or Bentomi (4.6/5 from 164 reviews, from $113) pairs a guided auction visit with a reserved breakfast seat, which saves you the Sushi Dai queue. It runs on trading days only, so the calendar below also tells you which days the market is open.

Is Toyosu Market indoors?

Almost entirely. The market is three enclosed, temperature-controlled buildings: the Fisheries Wholesale Market Building (Block 7, home of the tuna auction), the Fisheries Intermediate Wholesale Market Building (Block 6, with restaurants and Uogashi Yokocho) and the Fruit and Vegetable Building (Block 5). Elevated pedestrian walkways that start at Shijo-mae Station link them, and visitors may only enter through three pedestrian-deck entrances, one per block, so on a wet day you never need street level.

Toyosu replaced the wholesale “inner market” of Tsukiji on October 11, 2018. The Tsukiji Outer Market of retail stalls and restaurants never moved and is still open. Toyosu is a sealed, high-security facility: you watch the action from corridors behind glass, you cannot walk the trading floors as people once did at Tsukiji, and general consumers cannot buy on the intermediate wholesale floor.

GO TOKYO, the Tokyo Convention and Visitors Bureau, counts 38 restaurants inside the market (22 + 13 + 3), while some 2026 guides say 39. Eating and drinking are not allowed in the visitor corridors or on the benches.

Toyosu sits beside Senkyaku Banrai and teamLab Planets, a short Yurikamome ride from Odaiba, Ariake and Tsukiji Outer Market. Guided Tokyo food tours, tickets and other indoor experiences are below:

Toyosu Market at a glance

Opening days and the best time to arrive

The closed-day trap matters more than the weather. On a closed day you cannot enter the market at all, restaurants and shops included, and only the rooftop garden stays open. Wednesdays are not uniformly closed: in 2026 seven of them trade (May 6, August 12, September 23, October 14, November 4, November 25 and December 30).

The closed days left in 2026 on the seafood side are October 21, 25 and 28; November 1, 3, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 23 and 29; and December 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23 and 31. The market is closed from December 31, 2026 to January 4, 2027, and the first trading day of 2027 is Tuesday, January 5. These dates come from the official 2026 calendar, which the authority can change, so check your date against it. Our guide to whether Toyosu is open on a Wednesday has every closed day in 2026 and early 2027.

• Visitor corridors: 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on open days.
• Restaurants: most open between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. and close between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m., some earlier if they sell out.
• Uogashi Yokocho: the shop association lists 5:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., but individual shops wind down from about 1:00 p.m. Professionals shop first, so visitors are asked to come after about 8:00 a.m.
• When it quietens: the energy fades after about 9:00 a.m., and by early afternoon you walk past mostly shuttered corridors.
• Where to check the calendar: the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s English Toyosu page links a “Toyosu Market business day calendar (2026.1–12)” PDF, and the Japanese site has a 休開市カレンダー (open and closed day calendar).

Check the September 2026 notice. On September 25, 2026 the Tokyo Metropolitan Government posted “豊洲市場の見学者コースの入場規制について” (restrictions on entry to the visitor course at Toyosu Market). Read it on the government’s site before you visit, because it may change which areas, dates or times are open, and the corridor advice below.

Watching the tuna auction: corridor or lottery deck

The auction runs from about 5:30 to 6:30 a.m., and lottery-deck viewing is from 5:45 to 6:25 a.m. The free 2nd-floor corridor is double-glazed, with sound piped in from the floor, and looks down mainly on the frozen-tuna section.

How the lottery works: apply at toyosu.jcdlotterysite.jp. The application window opens early in the month before your visit; the December 2026 round is reported to run from November 4 (3:00 p.m.) to November 10 (11:59 p.m.), with results around November 19, so confirm the dates on the lottery site. You may submit one application per group per month, list up to three preferred dates and use each email address once, and feature phones are not supported. No applications are taken from December 25 to January 5, there is no waitlist, and dates cannot be changed. Travel agencies cannot apply for you, and reselling places is prohibited, so treat any tour that “guarantees” the deck as a red flag. Older guides that say 120 people a day describe the 2019 system; current figures say 100. Our tuna auction and lottery guide covers the application step by step.

Getting there for dawn: published Yurikamome timetables list the first train from Shimbashi toward Ariake at 5:45 a.m., too late for a 5:30 assembly. Earlier trains start from Toyosu and from Ariake, a few minutes from Shijo-mae, so check the current timetable. From central Tokyo before dawn, a taxi is the realistic choice; ask for Shijo-mae Station, because taxis cannot drop you at the market gates. Our guide to getting to Toyosu before dawn compares the routes.

For most visitors the corridor is enough, and it costs no planning. The deck makes sense if you are staying in Toyosu, Ariake or Odaiba and being close to the auction is the main reason for your trip.

Eating indoors at the market

• Prices: sushi counters charge roughly ¥3,000 to ¥10,000 for an omakase set, so budget about ¥5,000 for a good breakfast. Cooked set meals at the coffee shops and canteens cost less.
• Payment: bring cash. Many counters are cash-only or prefer cash, although more now accept cards.
• Queues in the rain: the famous queues sit inside covered corridors, so rain does not make them miserable. Rain may thin out casual visitors, but no one publishes figures on that, and Sushi Dai’s line is driven by tourists and will not vanish. Arriving early on a weekday shortens the wait more than the weather does. Our guide to the best sushi at Toyosu compares the counters.

Uogashi Yokocho (魚がし横丁), Block 6, 4th floor: the Toyosu Market Association describes “around 70 shops” on the 4th floor of the Fisheries Intermediate Wholesale Market Building (Fun Japan counts 67 businesses). They are professional-supply shops that the public can use, selling knives, tableware, rolling mats, tawashi brushes, tea, dried bonito, tamagoyaki, pickles, rubber boots, work whites and Toyosu T-shirts. There is no fresh-fish retail. Go between about 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.; it is the best rainy-hour browse in the complex.

Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai (豊洲 千客万来) in the rain

• What it is: an Edo-townscape food hall with the 24-hour Tokyo Toyosu Manyo Club onsen, which uses Hakone and Yugawara spring water trucked in daily. It opened on February 1, 2024. On September 1, 2025 the retail zone was renamed Toyosu Jogai Shijo (“Toyosu Outer Market”), which has no connection to Tsukiji Outer Market.
• Hours: shops 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; restaurants 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (a few on the 2nd floor from 9:00 a.m.); the 8th-floor Senkyaku Banrai Foot Bath Garden is free, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., although one listing gives 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., so check on the day. The 10th-floor observation foot bath is for Manyo Club guests only. There are no closing days, and it trades when the market is closed.
• Manyo Club prices: day entry ¥3,850 for adults (yukata and towels included); a morning bath from 5:00 to 9:00 a.m. for ¥2,200 (no yukata, no extension past 9:00); plus a ¥150 bathing tax for adults. A surcharge applies after 3:00 a.m., and an early-entry surcharge before 10:00 a.m. Tattoos are not permitted in principle, stick-on tattoos included, and under-18s must be accompanied.
• Facilities: coin lockers on the 2nd floor near the deck, free Wi-Fi (SSID SENKYAKU_BANRAI), a prayer room and wheelchair loan with an advance request. There is no pushchair storage.
• The price question: on February 21, 2024 Bloomberg (“Tourist Boom Making Seafood Bowls Too Pricey for Many Japanese”, republished by TIME) singled out “the ¥6,980 ($46.52) sashimi-topped rice bowl at Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai”. It noted that a similar kaisendon “made with slightly lower quality ingredients, can be had for ¥1,000 to ¥1,500 in other parts of the city”, and the stall’s owner said 95% of his customers come from overseas. SoraNews24 found the cheapest all-you-can-eat option at ¥6,578, and Tripadvisor reviewers in 2025 and 2026 still call ¥5,000 to ¥8,000 seafood bowls overpriced and “Disney Edo”. The main Menuki Odori street is the expensive part; the upper floors and road-facing stalls cost less, and the free foot bath is the best value in the building.
• How dry it is: the food hall and the onsen are indoors. The foot bath gardens are open-air; the 8th floor has a roof line and seating, but expect wind and spray in a storm. The walk from Shijo-mae Station along the Senkyaku Banrai deck takes about 4 minutes, and we could not confirm that the whole route is roofed, so carry a compact umbrella.

Our Senkyaku Banrai guide covers the floors, the onsen and the overnight option in detail.

Getting there with the least rain

Tickets: the Yurikamome one-day pass costs ¥820 for adults (¥410 for children), and a 24-hour ticket costs ¥900. Either pays off if you add Odaiba to the day.

Practical tips for a wet day

• What to wear: non-slip, closed shoes. The corridors are dry, but wet-floor signs appear near the entrances. The auction areas are kept cold, so bring a layer even in summer, and pack a compact umbrella for the decks and the onward trip.
• Umbrellas and lockers: carry a bag for your folded umbrella. There are coin lockers on the 2nd floor of Senkyaku Banrai and at the major stations; we found no confirmed public lockers inside the market, so check on arrival. Leave suitcases at the hotel.
• Accessibility: the market is wheelchair accessible, with many lifts up to the walkways and smooth paths, although the walking distances are long. Shijo-mae Station is accessible.
• Etiquette: stay in the visitor areas, do not touch the fish, use no flash, give way to the turret trucks, and do not arrive drunk, because you can be refused entry. No eating or drinking in the corridors.
• Children: the market works for children, but it means a lot of walking and an early start, and an infant counts toward the lottery’s five-person group limit.
• Guided tours: a guide explains the auction hand signals and fish grading and sometimes arranges reserved sushi seating, usually at Daiwa or Ichiba Sushi rather than Sushi Dai. Tours cannot get you onto the lottery deck. A tour suits first-timers who want the background; if you only want sushi, go on your own. Our comparison of Tokyo fish market tours covers the formats.

Indoor things to do near Toyosu

The teamLab water rooms mean you get wet anyway, which makes it an easy rainy-afternoon pick. Our teamLab Planets and Toyosu half-day itinerary covers the walk between the two and the ticket rules.

Rainy-day itineraries

Half day, “sushi and soak” (no alarm clock):

• 8:30 a.m.: Yurikamome to Shijo-mae; walk the covered deck into Block 7.
• 8:45 to 10:00 a.m.: the corridors, then sushi at a counter with no queue (Sushi Bun or Iwasa Sushi).
• 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.: knives and tableware at Uogashi Yokocho (4th floor, Block 6).
• 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Senkyaku Banrai, with the free 8th-floor foot bath and snacks.

Full day, “auction to art” (the most weatherproof):

• 5:00 to 6:30 a.m.: the tuna auction from the 2nd-floor corridor (take a taxi or stay nearby).
• 6:30 to 9:00 a.m.: the Manyo Club morning bath (¥2,200 plus ¥150 tax).
• 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.: sushi breakfast in the market (Daiwa or a counter with no queue), then Uogashi Yokocho.
• 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Senkyaku Banrai shops and the 8th-floor foot bath.
• 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.: teamLab Planets (a pre-booked slot).
• 3:30 to 7:00 p.m.: LaLaport Toyosu, or the Odaiba malls by Yurikamome, with dinner at LaLaport overlooking the bay and its cranes.

If the market is closed: Senkyaku Banrai (from 9:00 or 10:00 a.m.), then teamLab Planets, then LaLaport. Or switch to Tsukiji, where about a third of the shops trade on Sundays and holidays.

Toyosu or Tsukiji Outer Market in the rain

Toyosu suits auction-chasers, rainy days, sushi-breakfast purists, kitchen-knife shoppers and families who want something easy and indoors. It suits less well anyone who wants the chaos of old Tsukiji, late risers on a short trip, and anyone visiting on a Sunday. The usual disappointments are that it feels sterile, you see everything through glass, the alarm is early, and by 9:00 a.m. there is little left to watch. Arrive at 5:00 a.m. for the auction, or come at 8:30 a.m. for food and shopping and pair the market with Senkyaku Banrai and teamLab. Our Toyosu vs Tsukiji comparison and Tsukiji Outer Market guide cover the other half of the choice.

Rainy season, typhoons and winter

• Tsuyu (the rainy season, roughly early June to mid-July): the best time of year to choose Toyosu over Tsukiji. Combine it with teamLab, but expect teamLab and the indoor malls to be busier on wet weekends, so book teamLab early.
• Typhoon season (peaking in August and September, running into October): Japanese railways use planned suspensions (keikaku unkyu), often announced the day before. Yurikamome’s official FAQ says its “trains will make a stop at the nearest station when winds exceed a speed of 25m/s and it is dangerous to continue service and will remain stationary until the wind dies down.” Because it runs on an elevated track over the bay, the Yurikamome is more exposed to wind than the subway. On a typhoon day, take the Yurakucho Line to Toyosu and a taxi, or postpone, and expect attractions and shops in the area to close when transit stops.
• Winter: the auction floors are kept cold, so layer up. New Year is a hard closure for the market (December 31 to January 4), but Senkyaku Banrai and Manyo Club stayed open through the 2025 to 2026 New Year. The ceremonial first auction falls on the first trading day, January 5, 2027; our New Year guide covers it.
• Mid-August (Obon): extra closed days, August 14 to 16.

What a rainy day costs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Toyosu Market worth visiting in the rain?

Yes. It is one of Tokyo’s most rain-proof food sights, because covered decks connect the station to every building, and the restaurants, shops and auction viewing are all indoors. Just make sure it is a trading day.

Is Toyosu Market indoors?

Almost entirely. Only the rooftop garden and some deck edges are outdoors.

Can you see the tuna auction without a reservation?

Yes. The 2nd-floor visitor corridor is free, needs no booking and opens at 5:00 a.m. on trading days. Only the close-up deck requires the lottery.

What time should I go?

At 5:00 to 5:30 a.m. for the auction, or 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. for relaxed sushi and shopping. Most shops wind down from 1:00 p.m.

Is Toyosu Market open on Sunday?

No. Sundays are closed, and so are the restaurants. Go to Senkyaku Banrai or Tsukiji instead; our Sunday guide has a half-day plan.

Is it closed every Wednesday?

No. Many Wednesdays are closed, but in 2026 seven are open, so check the official calendar.

How much does it cost?

Entry is free. A sushi breakfast costs about ¥3,000 to ¥10,000.

Is Senkyaku Banrai part of the market?

No. It is a separate, privately run complex next door, open every day including market closed days, and free to enter.

Can I buy fresh fish to take away?

Not on the wholesale floors. Uogashi Yokocho sells dry goods, tools and prepared foods, and Tsukiji is better for retail seafood.

Does the Yurikamome stop in typhoons?

It can. According to its official FAQ, trains stop at the nearest station when winds exceed 25 m/s and wait for the wind to drop. Planned suspensions are usually announced the day before.

Bottom line

Rain is a good reason to choose Toyosu: the covered deck takes you from the station to the auction, the sushi counters and the knife shops without an umbrella. The closed-day calendar is the real risk, so check your date before you set an alarm, then add the Senkyaku Banrai foot bath and a pre-booked teamLab Planets slot to fill the rest of a wet day. Hours, prices and the September 2026 entry notice can change, so confirm them on the day.