During a visit from a friend we visited Tsukiji market which was quite an experience! After it's been fished out of the sea and before it turns up on your sashimi plate, most of Tokyo's seafood transits through Tsukiji Produce and Fish Market. This gigantic pulsating heart at the centre of Tokyo's gastronomic system pumps at an incredible, frenetic, fish-fuelled pace. Workers yell, slice blocks of ice, haul gigantic bluefin tuna, spit, laugh, bone an eel, yell some more. It was amazing to watch these tiny Japanese men and men literally sawing through frozen tuna carcasses that were twice the size of them. Tsukiji handles over 2000 metric tons of seafood per day ranging from tiny sardines to 300kg tuna, from cheap seaweed to very expensive caviar. In 2001 a 200kg bluefin tuna sold for a record-breaking £85 000 at the on site auction area of Tsukiji. This was definitely a Tokyo sight worth getting up at 5am for!
Posted by anna on April 13, 2008 1:45 AM
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its such a great picture , the cherry tree one . ilove all those pictures . i would love to see Japan in the future . i have always admired their culture and their nature . so how do you feel about people there ? are they friendly ? we have talked about Japan in my school . i cant wait to see that counrty
Tsukiji Market
During a visit from a friend we visited Tsukiji market which was quite an experience! After it's been fished out of the sea and before it turns up on your sashimi plate, most of Tokyo's seafood transits through Tsukiji Produce and Fish Market. This gigantic pulsating heart at the centre of Tokyo's gastronomic system pumps at an incredible, frenetic, fish-fuelled pace. Workers yell, slice blocks of ice, haul gigantic bluefin tuna, spit, laugh, bone an eel, yell some more. It was amazing to watch these tiny Japanese men and men literally sawing through frozen tuna carcasses that were twice the size of them. Tsukiji handles over 2000 metric tons of seafood per day ranging from tiny sardines to 300kg tuna, from cheap seaweed to very expensive caviar. In 2001 a 200kg bluefin tuna sold for a record-breaking £85 000 at the on site auction area of Tsukiji. This was definitely a Tokyo sight worth getting up at 5am for!
Posted by anna on April 13, 2008 1:45 AM
Your Comments
its such a great picture , the cherry tree one . ilove all those pictures . i would love to see Japan in the future . i have always admired their culture and their nature . so how do you feel about people there ? are they friendly ? we have talked about Japan in my school . i cant wait to see that counrty
Posted by: Hanan on January 9, 2009 1:14 AM