Tsukiji Fish Market!! A dream come true.. Freshest Tuna sashimi, Scallops, Sea Urchins, Ebi, Sea bream, Salmon Roe, Alaskan snow crabs, whatever we can find in a sushi restaurant is here! Tokyo's supply of seafood comes from this place..
Finally we could wake up at 445am for this... After 2 unsuccessful attempts. It's all benny's fault haha.. Above, there's the auctioning of tuna which are cut at their tails to expose the quality. As read somewhere, they do reallly resemble Steel Torpedoes. And their skin's very tough. Tuna supply probably isn't sufficient from just the local fishermen so many of them are imported from the US too. That explains some frozen fishes we saw. By right, the auction was out of bounds to tourists and we got chased out once by a staff. But with alittle persistence, and knowing where to stand, slowly they left us alone. If you're going, do not use flash.. And move on after a few minutes..

Each fish is auctioned in less than a minute.. Buyers raise their hands to increase their bids if they find the fish worth fighting for. Many many expert fish-readers around as they could tell from the flesh colour and grains whether it was quality-enough for their restaurants. This carried on from 530am till around 7am. Food dyes (In red) were used to demarcate those sold and to whom. Many fish-porters were zipping around on their mini-vehicle sending the purchases to their lorries outside.

From our calculations, eating a seafood feast daily for every meal will cost less than SGD$10/meal. And every meal will have scallops, prawns, tuna sashimi and Salmon roe.... Amazing eh! Great idea if you're intending to work here.. Visit the market once a week for yr week's supply of meals.

Swordfish and Tuna being cut up by the masters of the trade.. With their huge samurai-like knives. And then chopped into smaller pieces for packaging.

Stuart