{"id":1115,"date":"2010-12-02T00:23:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2010-12-02T00:23:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T17:23:26","slug":"tsukiji-market-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/2010\/12\/02\/tsukiji-market-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsukiji Market, Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the “must dos” in Tokyo is to go to the Tsukiji fish market in the morning. \u00a0This is the largest fish market in Tokyo and literally tons of seafood are processed, sold, and distributed. \u00a0 It’s said that you should wake up super early (or go after a night out on the town) to attend a tuna auction and go have sushi at a famous sushi bar just outside the market. \u00a0 As of this writing though, it wasn’t clear that tourists are even allowed to view the auctions anymore (word has it that some dumb tourist put his tongue on a piece of tuna for a photo and so access to the auctions is now restricted!).<\/p>\n

So, unless you really want to see the market when it’s super busy, going later – like 8:30 or 9:00am – is fine. \u00a0It’s far less hectic, you’re less likely to get in the way, and far less likely to get hurt by any one of the trucks and forklifts driving through the crowded market.<\/p>\n

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The market is huge and sells just about everything you can find in the ocean.<\/p>\n

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The most exciting part is seeing the stuff you eat in sushi restaurants and what it looks like before you even get to the restaurant. \u00a0Look at the size of these hunks of tuna! \u00a0Each of these is the size of a human torso!<\/p>\n

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How about a side of salmon?<\/p>\n

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Or, some salmon roe? \u00a0 That’s a lot of roe!<\/p>\n

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What about sea urchin (uni)? \u00a0Look at the range in prices – it goes from 1700 yen ($20 USD) for one box, all the way up to $50 USD. \u00a0When you eat uni and you can taste the chemical aftertaste, that’s the $20 version. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Look at the size of this guy’s knife!<\/p>\n

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Here’s some octopus (tako), beautifully laid out. \u00a0That was another thing we noticed in the fish market – there’s still pride in presentation, even though you’re buying wholesale.<\/p>\n

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Mmm… calamari…<\/p>\n

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Outside the fish market, you have the “outer markets” where just about anything edible is sold – veggies, chicken, seafood, dried stuff – you name it. \u00a0 It might be nice to hire a guide to explain what foods you’re looking at, but it’s expensive – it can run almost $300 for the morning. \u00a0Steep! \u00a0So we did the self-guided tour… there are stores that sell a specific kind of food from a specific prefecture in Japan. \u00a0It’s that specific.<\/p>\n

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Finally, after touring the markets, you can find a sushi place in the outer markets to have some fresh sushi. \u00a0This is about as fresh as it gets. \u00a0Be forewarned though, most of these places seem to get you in and get you out quickly. \u00a0You’ll be done in less than 30 minutes! \u00a0We went to Sushi Sei – it was very good and very fresh, but it wasn’t mind blowing. \u00a0 Maybe that was because our expectations were already super high.<\/p>\n

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There’s another place called Sushi Dai or something like that. \u00a0It’s the one with the long line that’s in the tour books. \u00a0Word has it you can wait for hours just to get in, which makes me think it’s probably overrated. \u00a0Well, if you go or have gone – please do enlighten us!<\/p>\n

Have a look at all of our photos in our Flickr slideshow below:<\/p>\n

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