Tsukiji market

Thousands of people must have wrote on this market, and half of them probably hate it. My sentiments tend to lean towards the きらい side. I mean, why do you have to wake up to see people cut up giant tunas and get yourself tired and stinky, then queue for exorbitant sashimi, albeit fresh, not really worth it I feel. I mean, go to the wet market with your grandma in the morning for heaven's sake...

Nevertheless, it was an eye-opener and there really was a large variety of seafood. That said, I won't come here again. Oh btw, if anyone tells you "Go there early to catch them bidding for the tuna!" THat's a lie, ever since last year, its closed to publc. "Go there early to see them slice up the fish!" That's another lie, I went there at 8.30 and they were still cutting tunas.

Go there before 9am, and you should be able to catch an eyeful, but mind you... be ready to duck from dangerous zooming vehicles, bear the fishy stench and if you're a trigger-happy gaijin, prepare for dirty stares.

Petrol kiosks in Tokyo due to lack of space. More feasible than those u see in Rome.


Trucks they use to transport the big chunks of fish and barrels of ice. The only place you'll see this type of vehicles.


Gargantuan tuna


Sliced up into smaller pieces for sale to sushi shops and restaurants


The mechanical slicer


This poor man has no mechanical slicer... tough on him!


Eww...


Gimme a kiss...


Queueing to chomp on raw fish.


Whole bunch of raw fish sets for you to pick from, some includes yellow sea urchin meat. Argh! I don't like this place... haha but don't flame me if you like Tsukiji.


Slack.