Baby Russia.

Since 4am this morning I have been at Tsujiki Fish Market, which is the world’s largest fish market. I’m going to make a whole post about this alone, because it’s definitely the highlight of Tokyo (so far anyway). 

To see the tuna auction at 5am, you need to arrive pretty early as they let so few tourists in but it is definitely worth it. Seeing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tuna in front of you is a bit surreal. Bidding happens pretty quickly and neatly and the tuna are carted away promptly.

After the tuna auctions we spent some time wandering around the non tourist-prohibited sections of the market, which is a bit boring compared to the tuna auctions but there are some interesting vegetables/dried goods/etc to see.

At 7.30 am we decided the join the line for Sushi Dai (probably the most well regarded of all the sushi restaurants in Tsujiki Market) to get some breakfast. It took until 10am until we were seated in the tiny restaurant, with only 12 seats. For 2500 yen we were each served 7 nigiri, sushi rolls, rolled egg, homemade miso (very different to packet miso) and green tea. Our nigiri had fatty tuna, two kinds of mackerel, shell fish, sea eel, squid and a 7th fish we missed the name of. The fatty tuna and the shell fish were the highlights for me, but all were genuinely amazing. This meal (which some claim as overpriced) was definitely worth every single cent to me. In all honesty it was without a doubt the best seafood I’ve ever had, if not the best meal I’ve ever had. 

After this we walked around the different parts of the market for some time looking at various vegetables and sea foods. Anyone who visits Tokyo needs to visit Tsujiki Fish Market, it is such a good experience.