Something fishy... (BITE)

If you're up for the freshest fish in Tokyo and are a little jet-lagged, you wouldn’t go wrong heading down the Tsukiji Fish Market. It’s the largest fish market in the world and it got me out of bed before 5am.

Over 2000 tons of edible ocean life is bought and sold in the fish market every day. Apparently that’s £14m worth.

Tuna seems the main deal and is auctioned off first thing in the morning.

Some of the tuna is frozen, sliced and packaged. pic%204.png

Some is loaded into trucks to be rushed to the sushi houses of Tokyo and beyond.

Some remains on site to be sold through the rows and rows of stalls.

And much is bought by the local sushi establishments serving the freshest sashimi breakfast you’ll ever have.

It was cold, it was early and it sure was fishy, but it was one of the most photogenic places I’ve ever visited.

But while lots of fun can be had wandering the cobbles and dodging the scooters, one does wonder at how the ocean is suffering the loss…..

Ami x

Something fishy...

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