Kaisendon Marukita 2 gō

After admiring the unbridled chaos of Tsukiji Market («Why do they let people in here??» my wife exclaimed) we had to fulfill our mission of finding the freshest sushi in the world. I had heard there were restaurants in what I’ll call the «inner market» itself. We eventually did find them, rows and rows of them, all with long lines. And this is 10 AM, mind you. This is breakfast.
So we left, knowing full well there were plenty of sushi restaurants on the streets of the «outer market» immediately outside. All of these sushi restaurants are obviously getting their fish from the same place, Tsukiji, and they are all RIGHT THERE. So why do some have lines and others have none? This is something I will never understand. The standards of sushi chefs and all food in Japan is very high, so it’s not like you’re going to have bad sushi in Tsukiji.
So we ducked into this small restaurant with no line and the all-​important English menu. I was here for one thing and one thing only: Fatty tuna. We both had a maguro don mix of red and fatty tuna. And let me tell you, it was melt-​in-​your-​mouth sublime. Which isn’t even enough to distinguish it from other sushi we had in Tokyo because it is all SO GOOD. Really, it was just perfect. The miso soup was thick with seaweed, which was a nice change. With a green tea, I think it was 2,000 yen each.
Point is, go to Tsukiji for raw fish, and skip the places with the lines. Just pick a place and you are bound to have a meal this good.