Tsukiji Market

by Marc on April 27, 2009

We’re all huge sushi fans – even the kids gobble it up every chance they get. So near the top of our list of things to do in Tokyo had to be visiting the city’s (possibly the world’s) largest seafood market.

TsukijiFishBoxes

It was even bigger than I expected – under the market’s vast roof were hundreds of stalls packed with every kind of seafood imaginable.

TsukijiOctopusBoxes

TsukijiBoxesGirls

We made our way through the vast maze, doing our best to stay out of the way of the busy vendors and forklifts darting around. All the specimens looked amazingly fresh, and many were still alive and swimming:

TsukijiPrawnTank

TsukijiLiveCuttlefish

The big-ticket items were huge frozen tuna, fresh off the boats:

TsukijiTunaPileGirls

At many stalls, workers were busy carving them up into extremely tasty-looking cuts.

TsukijiTunaSlice

TsukijiTunaCuts

This was all making us very hungry, so we got some breakfast from one of the many sushi restaurants at the market’s perimeter.

TsukijiBreakfastBowls

These tasty bowls of sashimi & rice were surprisingly cheap –  it was the best breakfast I’ve had in a while!

TsukijiBreakfastBowlCU

{ 7 comments }

April 27, 2009 Mary Beth Haley

Thanks but no thanks!

April 27, 2009 Mom

I agree with Mary Beth. Sushi for breakfast (or any meal for that matter) no way.

April 28, 2009 Gramma Zaugg

Think I will stick with Cheerios!

April 28, 2009 menza

OMG, It looks soooooo gooood [ Homer-like sounds of drooling. . . ] I would LOVE to try that for breakfast. I’m just amazed at the portions!

April 28, 2009 DAD

Well you know me if it ain’t cooked I just don’t trust it. !!! but i’m glad for ya;ll

April 29, 2009 Chris

Yum,Yum, Uni; now thats some good breakfast. What does a Plane ticket to Tokyo cost?

What are the Sushi prices like over there compared to Texas.

May 9, 2009 Jeremy and Eva Rees

Wow the colors – and the neat little organized piles! Here in South America we are often wondering how sane it is to buy chicken or beef from a gigantic grotesque pile which has been sitting in the sun for several hours in a Mercado. I think the markets in Japan are the polar opposite!

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