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At the Tsukiji (say Ski-gee) Fish Market, cold, frozen tuna is brought in by front bucket loader and go skidding across the floor. |
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Tsukiji is the world's largest fish market. It is 11 times bigger than the next largest one. Here tuna await inspection and the auction. One tuna can bring the equivalent price of an automobile. This is big business! |
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While tuna usually get top billing, there are great quantities and varieties of other fish and sea foods passing through this vast facility. |
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Some 60,000 people work here and some 32,000 frenzied vehicles crowd the passageways. |
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The octopi were quite colorful. |
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Surprisingly, there is very little "fishy" odor. It is said that the products don't stay around long enough to smell. |
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Here a man is beheading live, squirming, eels. |
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Substantial quantities of dried fish products pass through this market daily as well. |
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It's already 6:00 AM and these fellows take a well deserved break by the fire. |
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Then there is the refuse pile, a mountain of styrofoam boxes. |
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