Tsukiji Fish market

So last Friday night, I was coming home and as I was leaving my station I ran into about 8 of my friends and they were going to go to the Tsukiji, the worlds largest fish market. I did not have my camera and there was no time to get it either. So the pics are from friends.

The idea was to get to the fish market at about 4:30 am so that we could get in line to have some really fresh sushi. We got within a 20-minute walk of the place and spent 3 hours at an internet café to sleep. Later I will do a separate blog entry about Internet cafes . . .they are interesting.

The place was really busy and I have never seen so much seafood in my life. The restaurant we went to opened at 5:00, but despite being there so early we waited outside to get in for 2 ½ hours and I was so cold and tired. I actually left and went home early because I was just exhausted. My back has been killing me ever since going. But, it was one of those things that you just have to go and see and experience while you are in Tokyo!



See the rest of the pics on my flickr account