Tsukiji Fresh Fish Market - June 2011

Tsukiji Central Wholesale Market is a large market for fish, fruits and vegetables in central Tokyo. It is the most famous of over ten wholesale markets that handle the distribution of fish, meat, produce and flowers in metropolitan Tokyo. Tsukiji Market is best known as one of the world's largest fish markets, handling over 2,000 tons of marine products per day.

The sight of the many kinds of fresh fish and other seafood and the busy atmosphere of scooters, trucks, sellers and buyers hurrying around, make Tsukiji Market a major tourist attractions. In fact, the numbers of visitors have increased so much over recent years, that they have become a problem to the course of business, as the aging market's infrastructure was not anticipated to serve as a tourist spot. 

 If you get here really early in the morning, (4 a.m.) and buy a ticket you can watch the auctioning of the big, whole Tuna.  We, of course, did not make it.

 

There are rows and rows of all different kinds of delicacies.

Every kind of seafood you can possibly imagine.

 

Ed loved this guy .

 

We bought shrimp, lots of shrimp, big shrimp.

 

We did get tuna even if we missed the auction.

 

Checking out the vegetables.

 

Making a deal on some tomatoes.