Ueno Food Tour with a Local Master Guide

What to Expect

It’s a big area that has a huge market and amazing food restaurants Famous for shopping and fresh seafood, vegetables, and fruits. A very busy area that only Japan knows and likes to visit.

During this Ueno Food Tour, you’ll be guided through Ueno Park to see panda statues courtesy of Ueno Zoo, close to a number of big museum institutions. You’ll explore the local market area of Ameyoko and discover the best shops and restaurants in and around the lively market area. During this specialty Ueno Food Tour, first up on the menu you’ll taste a variety of sushi as you learn about the origins of the dish in Japan at a sushi specialty restaurant. You’ll also taste tempura in a delicious tempura donburi ("tendon" for short, a deep-fried tempura combined with a tasty donburi rice bowl) and then grill your own premium Japanese wagyu beef at a barbeque restaurant. You’ll taste some takoyaki octopus balls (a type of street food from Osaka), followed by a number of delicious Japanese sweets for dessert, like dango, mochi, and matcha ice cream.

Menu

• Tempura
• Yakitori (Japanese chicken skewers)
• Sushi
• Takoyaki (Japanese Octopus Ball)
• Yakiniku
• Mitarashidango (Grilled Japanese mochi skewers in sauce)

Schedule

• 11:00 am Start the tour with Ueno Park
• 12:30 pm Ueno Shrine
• 1:30 pm Ameyoko Shopping Street
• 3:00  pm End at the meeting point