Tsukiji Market

Tsukiji Market

Overview:

• Tsukiji Market It is one of the markets characterized by seafood, sushi and staples of the Japanese diet, and there you can see chefs and restaurants looking for their catch of the day.

• Tsukiji offers fish and seafood wholesale at the market, which is considered the largest on the planet.

• It is the most famous of more than ten wholesale markets in Tokyo, and it is one of the largest fish markets in the world as it deals with more than 2,000 tons of marine products per day, which has made the "Tsukiji Market" a major tourist attraction in Tokyo.

Historic overview:

• The first fish market was established in Edo (present-day Tokyo) by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Edo period to provide Edo Castle with the fish and marine products it needs. Surplus fish not bought by Edo Castle were sold to the general public at Nihonbashi, and a market developed in that area.

• After the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923 AD, Tokyo was reorganized and the market moved from Nihonbashi to its current area in Tsukiji after completing construction in 1935 AD.

A tour inside Tsukiji Market:

• The market is divided into two main parts:

- The inner part (場内市場 Junai Shijo) and includes licensed wholesale shops, where auctions take place and most of the buying and selling of fish takes place, as the inner market includes about 900 commercial companies that own small shops in this section.

- As for the outer part (場外市場, Jogai Shijo), it includes a large number of shops with different activities, from retail shops to restaurants, the most famous of which is sushi restaurants.

How to get there:

The nearest metro station is Tsukijishijo Station

The nearest train station is Shinbashi Station

Resources:

tsukiji-market website

tripadvisor website

almrsal website

saaih website

seevoov website

arttravelers website

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