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<\/a><\/p>\nWe arrived at the main office via cab and told the guy working there was 4 of us. Whoever told us that 4:30am was a good time to arrive was wrong! We barely made the cut. They allow 120 people in per morning, 2 groups of 60. And believe it or not, it sells out every morning! We got in, and so did a couple behind us, and that was it for the day. While we’re waiting to go in, allow me to explain the tuna auctions a bit. They didn’t use to be such a tourist affair. It’s a fish market that brings in fresh catches of fish for Tokyo’s restaurants to bid on. At some point, word spread about the appeal of the auctions- the fast talkin’ auctioneers, the action, the smell of fish, the pre-dawn wake up call.. I’m not sure what the appeal is, but hey, there we were, about to experience it all!<\/p>\n Eventually it was our turn, and we were led out of a waiting room and through the open market streets to the auction room. Did someone order the tuna? We observed for about 5-10 minutes before the auction started. We watched restaurant reps and fishermen inspect the tuna, pick at it with small pick-axes, rub the texture, even give it a whiff. All at once, bells started ringing, and the auctioneers began their fast talking and taking bids. So, what do you do at 6am in a fish market? Eat the freshest sushi of your life!<\/p>\n We wandered up to a fisherman and asked where the best sushi place in the market was. He told us 2 places, and pointed us in the right direction. The first place had a 3 hour wait. What?! It’s 6am! Didn’t people want to go home and go back to bed?! That sounded pretty good to me… but alas, the next place had a much shorter wait, so we headed there. Some snaps of our amazing meal… Our amazing chef It was such an amazing meal! Everything tasted fresh and wonderful. Even the sushi I don’t normally care for, like jumbo roe or tamago, were good. It makes me want to venture out and find more good sushi places near our apartment.<\/p>\n We perused the market a bit more before heading out. Lots of fish goodies, like shirts and keychains, sushi magnets, postcards. Lots of hand made goods too. I liked this plate and bowl shop. Cute plates for super cheap! Sadly I 1- don’t like mismatched plates and 2- my kitchen is packed to the brim! After shopping we all concluded we were tired and headed to the train station. Dan and I went home to catch a nap, but the girls found the strength to do some sight seeing on their own that day. I don’t know where they had the energy… it must be because they’re two years younger than me! ;D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I never thought I’d see an actual Tsukiji tuna auction. First off, it’s about 45 minutes-an hour from me. Second, it begins at about 5am, and I didn’t really know that existed either. And finally, it’s so popular that if you show up at 5am, you’re late and don’t get in. Seriously. But let’s back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[357,58,76,11,57,48,356,358,187],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fish-market","tag-food-adventure","tag-friends","tag-japan","tag-sushi","tag-tokyo","tag-tsukiji","tag-tuna-auction","tag-visitors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWe’re in! Now… we wait. For an hour. On 2 hours’ sleep. After a day at Disney Sea. Which was after 5 hours of sleep. OY.
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\nAnd before I knew it, it was over and we were being ushered out! The auction part probably lasted 3-4 minutes total. I feel the same way I did when I celebrated New Years Eve in Times Square- glad I did it? Sure. Would I do it again? Eh, probably not.<\/p>\n
\nSushi for breakfast!
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\nThe wait wasn’t too long, but being so tired made it feel pretty long! We got in and seated at the sushi bar and each selected a sampler platter. Dan, not being a fan of fish, opted for kappa maki, better known as cucumber rolls \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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\nPretty!
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