5-2-1-#8, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Visiting Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market is a surreal experience. If the 4am start doesn’t do your head in, the madness and chaos inside the market definitely will. The highlight of any tour to the fish market is the frozen and fresh tuna auctions that conclude at 7am, after which you will [...]
The big ticket drawcard at Tsukiji Market in Tokyo is of course the fresh tuna auction (read about my experience of the frozen tuna auction here). This is where tens of thousands of dollars are spent on pristine specimens of bluefin, southern bluefin, bigeye and yellowfin tuna. Considering Japan is the world’s largest consumer of [...]
3am is not a such an easy hour to wake. Bleary eyed and not quite conscious, EG and I dragged our sorry asses onto the streets of Ikebukuro to find ourselves a taxi. I had booked a tour of the famous Tsukiji Fish Market on the internet prior to departure, and we were a little [...]
