tuna auctions
250kg yellow fin tuna!
With all this talk about dwindling fish supplies and oceans trawled to within an inch of their life, nowhere else in the world will give you the impression that this is true or even possible than the Tsukiji fish markets. The volume of seafood that moves through this rabbit warren of wholesalers, vendors, retailers and go-betweens is staggering and if you don’t move fast enough….deadly. It’s a lesson in how to respect your product and use everything. For us the most captivating part of this whole operation is the tuna – how it’s sold, prepared for sale and the variation. Watching a fish monger fillet a 200 kilo yellow fin tuna with a 3-foot hand crafted blade is something to behold and brings a new level of respect to this noble fish. Everything you can imagine that would ever live below sea level is for sale at tis market and most of it is live, or only just. If you’re passionate about food and its provenance then this place is worth a trip to Japan alone. Mind you, seeing the vast quantities of sea borne creatures sprawled out in front of you, row after row, makes you wonder how long this can go on for.
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