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July 23, 2008

Tsukiji: Wall Street + Fish Guts

by tmonkey

We took supreme advantage of our jetlag and got up at 4:30am to go to the Tsukiji fish market.


Here you can see the fish buyers taking core samples of the frozen tuna and inspecting them (sometimes eating the pieces straight) for fat content.

We tried to sneak into the section where they supposedly auction off all manner of strange and exotic (and illegal) sea creatures, but the place was so incredibly labyrinthine that we could only penetrate the outer (approved for tourist) circles where tuna was being auctioned.

This was still quite fascinating (and I’m sure quite well blogged about elsewhere) but I had to preserve on video the wonderful song and dance of the auctioneering, which I’m sure is as ancient as Japan itself.

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