Tsukiji Fish Market Guide: Tuna Auction and Breakfast Odyssey

in this episode we go to Tsukiji wholesale fish market the biggest in the world It opens at 3 a.m. employs 65,000 people. Does nearly six billion dollars annually and sells over four hundred kinds of seafood. Located right in central Tokyo between GINZA and the SUMIDA RIVER. The market was completed in 1935 it set to move to a new site in TOYOSU in the near future. Only a short trip away Here we are in TSUKIJI market which is essentially a city within a city one of the biggest fish markets in the world! This place is incredible has its own culture, its own language, even its own mode of transportation! And to help me explain it all is Greg Lane the founder of Tokyo Cheapo.com and MORITA san from TSUKIJI Sushiworkshop! Greg what is the big attraction for TSUKIJI market? The attraction is just the massive scale of this place and the like the chaotic energy. It's crazy! These Cars racing paths..We're in serious danger right now! So we've been here 6 or 7 hours coming here at 3am, now almost 10am! Mr.MORITA was kind enough to show us the option in guide us around the market Take a look visitors can come and see the tuna auction at 5am it's limited to 100 people on a first-come first-served basis Get there early! I'm talking like 3:45a.m. There are 2 groups of sixty with a sixty to ninety minute wait Is it gonna be worth it? I'm getting a little bit tired.. Actually being here with everybody It's not that bad. You get to know a lot of the people where they're from Actually I would recommend bringing a pillow with you You get a really sore behind. It's true! best to get a spot along the wall to lean on,too when the door opens the auction experience begins with the walk through the dark intermarket roads guided by security guards The first thing that visitors notice are the freight and turret tracks watch where you walk!! Accidents do happen And we're here! The special visitor area to see the tuna auction There they are flash frozen tuna from the seven seas on pallets! Numbered, and prepped for inspection I'd seen this on TV and realized I was really excited!! Its actually worth waiting throughout the night They can dig in on the ends Take a piece of MAGURO and feel for the freshness fat content and distribution. A flashlight can make it easier to see the quality Not all tuna are the same Buyers usually have a list of the tuna they want and know the value before they bid. The bell starts the auction There are several auctions taking place at the same time The first tuna sold within 10 seconds The buyers use number gestures quickly Often not even saying a word Morita san took us to a shop selling TUNA that he knows in the outer market This is a tuna purchased at the auction this morning it's big enough to feed an army You can see it's so white it's loaded with a lot of the fat, the oil you can see the cuts of MAGURO(tuna) here AKAMI is the typical lean and red tuna meat found near the fin CHUTORO is from the middle belly Pinker with fat OTORO is from the lower belly, loaded with fat and melts in your mouth when eaten. Lighter color means more fat more flavor and more expensive. Nine is a hook symbol! Unusual! You can't use your other hand You can tell the zeros by the item Cheap ones are thousands in the auction the buyers gesture fast this is universally understood in TSUKIJI Japanese knives are some of the best in the world This one is a knife used to cut MAGURO for more precise cuts it may look like a sword,but its a knife it's about 70 centimeters long and used for opening the tuna These are sold in shops all over the outer market It's well made and weighs about one kilogram Feels like a machete but longer and crafted to cut through bone When holding long knives don't get over excited and watch where your point the end! sorry about that shirt, Greg Morita san also got some sea urchin and scallops to go along with the 5000 yen worth of MAGURO from the shop All you need is a bowl some plain rice a little WASABI...or a LOT and some soy sauce! this is called the KAISEN-DON and its good I think this is the best KAISEN-DON I've ever tasted Do it yourself TSUKIJI breakfast is definitely the best way to go If you prefer a faster breakfast head to the outer market which is loaded with good food let's try this KAISEN-DON tent the special bowl with the little of everything goes for 2300 yen Looks good, but how does it taste? so good A breakfast fit for aquaman TSUKIJI's inner fish market is really interesting to wander around in this is a real working wholesale market and doing business is their first priority But in the late morning after 9 a.m. vendors are much happier to allow photos In here you can see everything from flash frozen MAGURO being sliced by an electric saw to fish being turned into seafood It's real! Its raw! There are four hundred types of seafood in here so explore and buy something if you're still hungry The world's biggest fish market is definitely worth a visit watch out for those trolley tracks, dress for water and fish guts and remember, leave with a stomach full of food and a smile on your face Oh, and stay away from those knives!

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Id: H-eoIxfycf8

Length: 11min 31sec (691 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 31 2015