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If you are jetlagging or wake up at 4 in the morning with your eyes wide open, this is a place you should go. It is the biggest fish market in the world and it is quite entertaining to see the variety of seafoods on sales at the market. After your visit, don't forget to have breakfast at one of the numerous sushi restaurants nearby. The sushi in Tsukuji obviously is the freshest in Tokyo. Leave a Comment
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Getting up for the 5.30am auctions in the worlds largest fish market has to be one of the unique sites in Tokyo. This place is buzzing and although the auction rooms are for authorised personel only, foreigners are tolerated provided we stay out of harms way.
The auctions for different seafood are split into different rooms, but the giant tuna seem to get the most attention. These are either fresh or frozen and come from as far away as New Zealand and Tahiti. The biggest we saw was 238kgs !
Watching the pre auction inspections, the actual auctions and then grabbing an early morning sushi breakfast is one great way to start your day in Tokyo. Leave a Comment
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My favorite walking route is from the old town Tsukuda to the fish market Tsukiji.
> see my travelogue for Chuo-ku walking tour. Leave a Comment Directions: Subway stations: Tsukihima (Urakucho/Oedo line), Tsukiji (Hibiya line), Tukiji Shijyo (Odo line)
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HUGE frozen yellowfin tuna, palm-sized clams, crab claws the length of your arms, colourful octopus everywhere. i felt positively liliputian.
great slice of everyday life in Tokyo. Leave a Comment
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You have to arrive around 5:00, maximum 5:30, if you are staying in Ginza you can easily walk to the market (just 15 min from Ginza Tobu, where I stayed). Once you get to the market, just cross the first rows of general sale, then the fish market itself and reach the auction halls. There you can enjoy both frozen and fresh tuna auction. Reach the bay shore and head back to the proper fish market, where you can walk and walk among the strangest fish you have ever seen.
If you dare, you can have a real Japanese breakfast in any of the various "bars" at the market.
Have fun and don't miss it if you are in Tokyo. Leave a Comment
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Shinto tample just out side of entrence to the Fish Market.
Two men I met are workers of one of the large fresh fish exporter working on a daily basis at the fish market.
They were both firendly and spoke very good english, and gave me a good tip about where I should be eating me Shushi for breakfast.
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Tsukiji Fish Market is one of those things that a tourist MUST visit. It is well worth the early morning wake-up. It consists of the inner market & outer market. The inner market opens very early - i believe 2am to 3am.
However, the fun stuff starts shortly after 5am ---- the fish AUCTION. This is followed by fish cutting. You must follow one of the carts, after the auction has concluded, of HUGE tuna fishes, to the place where they cut up the fish. It takes 3 grown man to slice up a fish into 4 pieces.
Everything starts to wind down at 6am, and that is when you should wander out to the outer market place, and hop into one of the sushi bars for EXTRA FRESH sushi. So fresh, that it does not taste like fish at all!
After that, wonder around the outer market stalls, and buy anything and everything. We bought a set of green tea cups, a set of of sushi bottle & cups, as well as some bento boxes. Leave a Comment Phone: 03-3541-2640Directions: Toei Subway TSUKIJI-ICHIBA / Tokyo Metro TSUKIJI. The subway only opens at 6am so we took a taxi from our hotel to Tsukiji. A 10 min ride cost us Yen 1,300 (that's around USD12).Website: http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/
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Get ready for a seafood galore and to smell a little fishy :-)
At Tsukiji Market, you need to get there really early (like 6am!) and see all the different types of fish being brought in here from the deep blue sea. It's a beehive of activity in here and it's amazing to see what's being caught and what will become of it.
Watch the men zooming around in electric carts carrying crates of fish, they believe they are F1 drivers!
Get a map of the market from the station or the men working at the market to see all the different sections of the market (we were lucky to be given 1 without asking - we must have looked like typical tourists with our cameras).
We had the best sushi at unbelievable prices here. Please see restaurant tip and pictures in travelogue.
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The fish market is an amazing hustle and bustle of activity. From frozen tuna carcasses to crates of live octopi, it's all there. Be sure to go into the wholesale area of the warehouse behind the docks -- it may look like visitors wouldn't be allowed but that's not the case. Try to get there as early as possible, no later than 8:00 and preferably closer to 6:30. Also, check on the schedule before you go (the tourist info line at JNTO should have this info). You don't want to get up that early and get there to find it closed!
By the way, if you are a sushi lover and are in the mood for it in the AM, you probably won't find better quality and value than that in the nearby shops. If not, you can also dine (eat, rather) for cheap at the various vendors catering to the workmen. Standard fare such as curry rice, soba/udon, ramen and gyuu-don can be found. The area includes many vendors. Most are fishy in nature (dried squid anyone?) but there are a few souvenir shops as well. Leave a Comment Directions: Take the Hibiya line to the Tsukiji stop. Study the map on the wall in the subway station or follow the crowd.Website: http://www.jnto.go.jp/
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You will feast your eyes at the Tsukiji Fish Market. Presentation to all of the senses is essential in Japan. The fish market is immaculate and there is no "fishy" odor. Get there before 5:30 AM to witness the fish auctions. They are free to the public but read the signs, that are in English. There are places the public is not welcomed. You can buy all sorts of souvenirs, such as: tea sets, chop sticks, sandals, "noren" (these are the short curtains that are placed at the entrances of homes and businesses) and tee-shirts. Be prepare to bargain!
If you can share a taxi with others, you can split the fare and tipping is not permissible! The Metro is very safe, the train routes are colored coded and the stops are in English. Venture and have fun!
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