Awesome. I went to the Tsukiji fish market in Tsukiji, just a short walk south of Ginza. Read up on some history and facts if you are interested. Wikipedia. Japan-guide. Basically, it is the most famous wholesale market of its kind. Japan goes through a lot of fish, and it uses markets like these to distribute the seafood to the various restaurants and grocery stores in Japan. This is a place of serious business, so although it is listed in tourism guides as a great place to check out the culture, be sure to remember that it is a place of serious business, not made for your tourism pleasure.

The streets are narrow, there are insanely long lines for the more famous sushi shops there, and there are crazy cart-things darting all around, making it quite dangerous to wander around aimlessly. It isn’t exactly the most clean place in Tokyo, because of all the hustle and bustle to get fish from the sea to the plate as quickly as possible, and there is packing material etc. that gets lost on the street on this journey. I did see that they were definitely cleaning the streets up, but just as they would clean them up, it would get dirty again. Don’t get the wrong idea, it was no waste dump, just a sharp contrast from other very clean parts of Tokyo just 5 minutes walk away. Think of it as adding to the experience of the trip to the Tsukiji Fish Market.

Alright, picture time:

The market as seen from the sea

The atmosphere

The edge of the market

Delicious omelette loaf

The crazy carts

Some shops

The outer Tsukiji market

The main street sidestreet

Example of fish

Picture of a picture of sushi