Tsukiji Fish Market

Get there before 5 AM! I missed the Tuna auction. Still had a blast though, and sushi breakfast outside the fish market was OUT OF THIS WORLD. Don’t forget your camera!

The most interesting place in the world that you can see at 6 in the morning..

For really fresh sushi, the Tsukiji fish market is the place to go!

Awesome fishes. Sushi restaurants nearby are very nice.

Had the best Sushi in my life!

the sushi makes you tingle all over. amazing!!

Interesting place visit… but I can’t imagine going twice. Unless it was for the super fresh sushi. The different kinds of fish were pretty cool… and the hectic pace of everyone running around was a little nerve-wrecking. It’s one of the only places in Japan where I felt like it was more like China than Japan.

We spent an interesting morning exploring the Tsukiji Fish Markets. Apparently, the market sells more than 400 different kinds of seafood. Some we could recognise and on the identities of others we were clueless. We saw cases of bright red octopus, barrels of live eels and massive frozen tunas. We watched as men sliced up the tuna with a huge electric saw. Mmmm Sashimi. We also ate our first proper sushi / sashimi meal at the fish market.

Check the market’s calendar before you go. The market is closed 37 days out of a year in addition to Sundays. I learned it the hard way….. Be ready to have sashimi for breakfast once you are in Tsukiji.

http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/etc/calendar/2006.html

Great on that first early morning waking before dawn, seeing the hustle and bustle, then having a FRESH sushi breakfast nearby!