My Trip To Japan: Big Tuna In The Tsukiji Inner Market

After you have a great Tsukiji Market sushi breakfast you can walk over to the Wholesale Inner Market. The market opens to everyone at 9:00 am. There are a couple security guards that will politely remind you of this if you happen to walk over a little early. It is probably 100 yards from Sushi Dai to the wholesale market. You may have to dodge 30 to 40 speeding delivery carts, scooters, and bicycles in the short walk though. It is a fully functioning high speed place of business so you have to be careful.

There is a lot to see in the wholesale market. However, a lot of it is repetitive. You can only see so much frozen fish, octopi, and crabs before you are ready to go. Tsukiji Market is HUGE. It would take a hours and hours to walk past every booth. The real prize is to watch the wholesalers carve up a huge tuna into pieces. It is an impressive site.

This is the street that you have to cross to get to the inner wholesale market. These carts go in every direction not just on the road. They are quiet and in a hurry. Be careful when you take photos. They mean business.