Tsukiji is the largest fish market in the world and the place where foreign travelers love to visit. Though I heard that the Tsukiji Market is recently full of travelers all day long, I thought that it must be less people this early in the morning and I was able to eat premium sushi without waiting.
Brompton and I started toward the Tsukiji Fish Market.
When I arrived in the Tsukiji Market at 6am, there were a lot of people working there for fish trade and portage.
Wow, I found three big tunas on a small vehicle. The price is estimated beyond $1,000 per fish.
There were also a lot of foreign travelers taking photo!
It is the wholesale premises for the professional people.
Please note that only licensed members are allowed to enter the premises until 9 am. If you are travelers, please wait until then. After 9 am, you can go but do not disturb working people here. In addition, please pay enough attention to surroundings because there are too many vehicle working in the area. It is also said that some nationality people tend to touch everything in the market for curiosity but never do it because it causes bacterial infection.
But if you really want to watch the famous Tuna Auction at the Tsukiji Fish Market, you should get there at around 4:00 am to get a ticket for it (free). There are two groups of 60 people each who are allowed to watch the action in the trading area; the first tour is allowed to watch the auction between 5:25 am and 5:45 am, the second tour is allowed to watch the auction between 5:50 am and 6:10 am.
Let's go to the retail and restaurant area in the market.
Wow, a lot of foreign people this early in the morning. What's up?
They were waiting their seats for popular Sushi restaurants. There are two most known Sushi restaurants, Sushi Dai （寿司大） and Daiwa（大和） in the area.
I supposed that more than 90% of visitors here were foreigners. I understood that I was too late to have breakfast here. I needed to come here before 5:30 am.
Then I changed my mind. Let's purchase a piece of Otoro Tuna and broiled eel at the Tsukiji Outside Market (adjacent to the Tsukiji Fish Market) and eat at home.
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