Visit Tokyo’s Tsukiji outer market along with a 40-year resident of Japan and student of Japanese history. Sample a variety of delicacies, and also learn about the significant place food has in the local culture that has led UNESCO to list Japanese cuisine as an intangible cultural heritage asset.
Visit:
- Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple
- Tsukiji outer market — also known as “Tokyo Disney Food“
Learn:
- How Shintoism and Buddhism shape Japan’s food aesthetic.
- How Japanese perfectionism is taught, and how it creates the incredibly high expectations consumers have here for quality.
- How history and Japan’s internal-external nature contributes to the nation’s remarkable food culture.
Estimated Time: 2 hours
