Tsukiji fish market (Japan)
So I recently got back from Japan, and while there I made it to the Tsukiji Fish Market,
the biggest fish market in the world. Needless to say it was chaos! Forklifts and trucks and Japanese running everywhere! Seen some massive tuna and a lot of them at the auctions! A marlin (striped I think)
a lot of other seafood inc. eel freaky looking crabs, prawns, massive squid and tonnes and tonnes of fish
and ate the best sashimi of my life! So nice and fresh and cost me around 8 bucks for huge meal!
anyone that is headed to Tokyo, it's a great experience and only a 10 min taxi ride and simple train ride home. Gotta get there early to get a spot though!
Couple pics, don't do it justice .
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
tassy
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I've run into a lot of JP
I've run into a lot of JP trawlers in my time in southern ocean,wonderful country but they take everything. They don't believe in sustained fishing. They see it as hey need the fish now, so take it now.
They kill dolphin, tooth fish u name it :( the markets there are indeed a sight,but there's a lot behind it.
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Super peg
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Yeah I'm not a fan of anyone
Yeah I'm not a fan of anyone overfishing or taking undersized marine life at all!
But it was a great exp and something I've wanted to see for a long time , happy I went.
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
ranmar850
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Been there myself, truly a
Been there myself, truly a special experience. And yes, they seem to eat anything ,as long as it is fresh.
JoRn
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I was actually there
I was actually there today!!
didnt go to the auction but had a look around did see boxes of baby snappers lol
but they don't waste anything though
tassy
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You live in JP ? Nice one
You live in JP ? Nice one ate. I would loe to jp. The history s incredible ppl are nice, if a little standoffish. The food is great. I wanna go see the hostess women, Seen a documentary on the gasha girls. It's crazy how long they train for.
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dumper
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Wouldn't mind checking out
Wouldn't mind checking out one of those gasha girls
Rob H
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agree Tassy, just look what
agree Tassy, just look what they did to the SBT fishery.
Sustained, systematic, government run and condoned rape and pillage over many years stealing fish from Australian and New Zealand fishermans quota.
They apologised when caught out but then the quota owners here had their share reduced.
Not sure how many are aware of what they did but having longlined for quite a few years even we were gobsmacked at what they had done.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/11/1154803102432.html
Certainly would have loved to see Tsukiji, having sold many hundred tonnes of fish through there but never got the chance unfortunately
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tassy
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Yer when I was long lining
Yer when I was long lining we ran into them a lot. They even cut our lines a few times deliberately sadly.
As a fellow longliner I am sure you understand costly an annoying that is.
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Rob H
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yep between the Japs
yep between the Japs Taiwanese and Indos at times off the west coast along the EEZ, we had our hands sometimes.
Looking at that video doing the rounds recently of the Taiwanese longliners shooting the "fijian fishermen" made me realise that some of the concerns I had at the time were actually more realistic than I'd imagined.
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
tassy
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Yer we ran into hem alloying
Yer we ran into them allot in Hobart before gov banned their fleet from tazzy waters. We got many fights with them in pubs.
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Paul_86
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Went there last January,
Went there last January, recomend for everyone to go there if they are lucky enough to have the chance. It was a real eye open, I can't read Japanes, but I seen a picture of a happy little cartoon whale with a big bloody chunk of meat for sale underneath it...
I missed the tuna auction (closed to tourists at that time) but seen a few large fresh tuna being filleted, 2 guys with what looked like a samuri sword taking off the fillet with one long clean stroke, pretty cool