October 24: Tokyo and beyond
October 25, 2008
At 5:30 am, before the coffee shops opened, Jeff, Susan and I headed off to Tsujiki fish market.
This is where most of the world’s fish travels through before being consumed. For example, a tuna caught 150 miles off of the coast of New England will be shipped to Tsukiji, fresh, before being sold and shipped back to a sushi shop in New England. There were hundreds of tuna, scallops the size of baseballs, sea cucumbers and any edible sea creature you can imagine. Of course, it was sashimi for breakfast.
Later in the morning, we walked to Tokyo station. We had a quick debrief, then Jeff headed for the train to Narita airport and he should be home by now, arriving home 4 hours before he left due to the dateline. Susan and I headed on the bullet train to Kyoto where we will spend a few days vacationing before heading on to Taiwan. Chris
Hi Susan & Chris –
Great picture – Interesting to see such a market – it is impressive how the fish is displayed in such detailed order and also hard to imagine that much fish in one place, especially at that time of the day. . . . .thanks for sharing more interesting stuff of daily life there – have a good day.
Continued travel blessings -Love, Gary & Crystal