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Go early in your trip, like the first or second day - you'll be jet-lagged and up early anyway. The tuna auction happens really early, like 5:30-6am or something like that, then wander outside to the sushi restaurants for some of the best sushi you'll have in your life.

Awesome!!!!! I can't wait.. this is prob the thing I"m most excited about!! haha

See the heart of the Japanese (and international) fish trade. Really spectacular. Sushi stalls serve reasonably priced, outstanding food and sake.

This is an awesome thing to do, if you love fish. You will need to wake up early and get the very first train of the day and you have to transfer off of the JR lines to a private line. I can get you the details if you need them. You get up close and personal with large Tuna and all kinds of exotic seafood. The auctions are a sight to behold.

6:00 am.

Never actually made this (requires a seriously early start), but meant to be great.

This is awesome. Eat at "Daiwa" after doing the tour. 20-40 min wait but bombb

I am fascinated by this place. need to go.

and the smell isn't too bad either

you need to get there early in the morning and see all the fish they bring in and how they bid on them... MASSIVE tunas and super fresh sushi!

Huge seafood market! Heaps of weird ocean life to eat that I never knew. We bought sushi fresh from the market merchants. One of the highlights of Tokyo for me.

Make sure to eat at Daiwa sushi 大和 - best place there! Get there early around 4am for fresh catch.

You can eat here the most fresh sushi in the world.

If you love sushi, this is the place to go. Downside is you have to get there before sunrise, basically. WORTH IT!

The biggest fish market in Tokyo. :)

do this trip as soon as you get to Tokyo, so that it's easy to wake up early while you're still adjusting to the timezone. best to get there by 6am (check times for subway). entrance can be a little hard to find, but once you're inside it's a bustle of activity.

Doesn't count, this is in Tokyo! (Unless Tony is also heading there, but I just thought it was Kyoto.)

On the day you hit Tokyo stay up all night and hit the Tsukiji when it opens, very early. Have breakfast at a neighborhood food stall. Then hit the hay--good way to deal with the time change..

One of the famous sightseeing spots in Tokyo

Tsukiji Fish Market

crazy busy in the monring

Best fish market ever!

Saw it too...

This was a memorable early morning outing.

You have to go really early in the morning to see the fishermen in action, but definitely an amazing place to go, lots of shopping, and sushi for breakfast!

Check the 2012 calendar before we go. http://www.tsukiji-ma...r/2012.html

Sorry Cuong, the 2012 calendar is not up yet.

It's a wholesale market, so you probably won't be buying there, but still, seeing the auctions in action, not to mention the incredible varieties of fish, is pretty amazing.

I could people watch all morning at Tsukiji, world's largest fish market. The diversity of offerings can delight any seafood lover's cravings. Go early to watch the auctions. You won't believe the prices some of these fish garner.

Learned how to make Sushi and explored Fish Market in Tokyo!
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