Thursday, December 29, 2011

A Walk around Tsukiji (Part 2) Tsukiji Central Wholesale Market / 築地の散歩 (パート2) 築地中央市場

It's past 9:00am, I can now check out the Tsukiji Central Wholesale Market.  When you read the guide books that tell you this is the world's largest fish market, you better believe they aren't kidding.  The place is massive.  How you buy and pay for the fish is beyond me.  There is no cash register, just fish, fish, fish, fish, and more fish, and other ocean goodies!

あさ9時過ぎました。築地中央市場が探索出来る。ガイドブックで書かれてますが、世界一大きいな市場は間違いない!冗談じゃない。行った事ない人は、“え~?どの位広いの”と口で出すでしょう。魚の購入と支払い方はどうやってやってるんだろうも謎だ。レジも見かけないし、見えるのは魚、魚、魚、そして魚と他の海の幸。



This is just a tiny glimpse into the actual fish market.

ここはちょっと覗いたところの一部です。




Where do you start looking in this market anyway?

市場で最初はどっから見るべきなのかな?




Yes, that's a band saw for cutting fish!

はい、あれは魚を切る為の機械だ!













I imagine this is an everyday site in Tsukiji.

ま~、築地ならこれは毎日普通の光景でしょう。



The band saw at work.

魚を切ってる真っ最中。




You know these fish are fresh.

新鮮な魚で分かるはずだ!




Funky fish with a big protruding eye!

変わった魚だな。あの目は何?




Various clams / あさりがいろいろ




Blocks of fish / 魚の塊




Cuts of maguro / マグロいろいろ










You can spend hours in here and not buy fish and still have an entertaining time.

魚購入せず、長時間行っても楽しめるわ。




Those special vehicles are definitely a necessity here.

ここに来るとあの特殊車両の必要が直ぐわかります。


The pictures above still don't give justice to how large this fish market is.  Its incredibly huge.  No doubt about this being the world's largest. 

上記の写真じゃ築地中央市場の大きさがまだまだ伝わらないと思う。行ってみたら確かに世界一で確信が出来る。

1 comment:

Rurousha said...

That funky fish with the big eyes looks as if he might enjoy reading. :-p I've never been to Tsukiji. Every time I see photos, though, I wonder about the smell. Even Ameyoko's very small fish section can make me wrinkle my nose.