Tsukiji Fish Market

When visiting Tokyo, Tsukiji Fish Market should be on the top of the list.  This famous wholesale fish market is considered to be the one of the world's largest, handling every marine product each day.  Most of the market is off limits to visitors, but you can walk through the wholesale market after 10am.  Just be careful of all the busy workers!

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Through our Hyperdia search, we took the Marunouchi Subway Line from Tokyo Station to Ginza and transferred to the Hibiya Subway Line to get to Tsukiji Station.  When we walked up the stairs from the subway station, we followed a line of people through the open market which led us to our destination.

 There weren't many signs pointing us in right direction so we walked around and followed these little orange carts that were driving through the area.

The carts moved quickly, and the ground was wet in some areas, so we walked carefully into the wholesale market.  Since this is a serious business area, most of the workers inside go about their daily tasks as we walked around.

 

As we entered the market area, we were met with an endless array of beautiful seafood.

There is so much to see, as the market houses rows and rows of marine products.

We spent some time watching the workers prepare the fish that were being sold.

That's a sharp knife!

Look at all the shellfish!

After seeing all of the fresh seafood, it was time to eat!