Yesterday (Tuesday) was a big day for us. We had trouble sleeping and were up at 4 AM. Luckily, we had fallen asleep a bit early, so we actually had a decent number of hours of sleep. Since we were up early, I decided to head to the Tsukiji Fish Market. The market is a hotbed of activity in the early morning, with an auction that is available for public viewing from 5:30 AM to 6:15 AM.
It's impossible for photos to capture the scale of this market. It's in a huge building with fish vendors along all sides selling fresh fish of all varieties. I think that it is mostly a wholesale business, with restaurant owners buying fish for today's sushi, etc. The auction was impossible to follow, but the video shows the auctioneer doing his thing.
The area also includes many sushi restaurants where visitors stop for breakfast after wandering through the market. The whole thing was quite a spectacle. I didn't spent a long time there, but it was definitely worth seeing.
It's impossible for photos to capture the scale of this market. It's in a huge building with fish vendors along all sides selling fresh fish of all varieties. I think that it is mostly a wholesale business, with restaurant owners buying fish for today's sushi, etc. The auction was impossible to follow, but the video shows the auctioneer doing his thing.
The area also includes many sushi restaurants where visitors stop for breakfast after wandering through the market. The whole thing was quite a spectacle. I didn't spent a long time there, but it was definitely worth seeing.
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