Tsukiji Fish Market... Dubbed World Largest Fish Market

Location: Tsukiji in Central Tokyo

How to get there:
Since using subway is the easiest option, one has the following options:

Take the Toei Subway Oedo Line to the Tsukijishinjo Station

Take the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line to the Tsukiji Station

Take the JR Yamanote Line to Shimbashi

Definitely it would be great help if one has a map to go there. Otherwise, one can ask the local people once out from the station, as it is just walking distance.

Once near to the market, there are lot of "turret trucks" transporting goods around the market. Even inside the market, the trucks busy moving around and one need to be extra careful. It was really an eye opener for me to see how the goods being efficiently distribute.

As it is dubbed as world's largest fish market, the market is handling over 2,000 tons of marine products daily. Outside the market, there are lot of small retail shops and restaurant to cater for the public. One may find food, knives, vegetables and fish for sale in smaller portions.

Besides that, there is huge Tuna auction starting early on the day, which we heard it started about 5.00am. We didn't see the auction as the information we read from another website saying that the auction is temporary closed for tourist. So it would better to check the website if one really want to see the process of tuna auction.

At the outer market, there are many stalls selling fresh seafood. We did see lot of it and it is really fresh. Lot of the local people will come over here with their cart to buy the seafood. We found the seafood is quite cheap as well. The fish egg and octopi is my eye opener. Never see this before in our local wet market.

Inside the market, once the tuna fish are sold to wholesalers, they will go back to their stall. Using the band saw, they will cut the frozen tuna fish.

For fresh tuna, it is carved with extremely long knives also known as oroshi hocho, maguro-bocho or hancho hocho.

Once the fish is properly cut, it will be sold to sushi restaurant or even to the buyer.

Besides that, the tuna head can also be sold separately. Some of it has been cut, but some is not. However, it is depends on the wholesaler.

Besides the tuna that we would like to see most, others seafood did capture our attention as well. There are small eels, prawn etc. The visit to the market really will give me an everlasting memories about the nice seafood as well as the way it is distributed to the local market. One word that can summarize our visit here... AMAZING!!!