At a place that auctions several hundred tunas in a day, this is affecting our business.

Monday 31st March, 05:44 AM JST

Ihei Sugita, who deals with visitors to the Tsukiji fish market. From Tuesday, tourists will only be able to watch the tuna auctions from a designated area and entry times are being restricted to between 5 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. (Reuters)

14 Comments

smartacus at 02:59 PM JST - 31st March

Why would any tourist want to drag themselves out of bed at 5 a.m. just to go to a fish market?
Altria at 03:03 PM JST - 31st March

Smartacus - yeah, whenever I've sacrificed my sleep time for some maguro I've always been disappointed.
DanTheManInJapan at 03:26 PM JST - 31st March

I took a marine biology course at the university campus on base here in Yokosuka, and one of our lab exercises was a Saturday morning trip to Tsukiji market. I think we (something like 20 students) managed to piss off pretty much the entire market, but in spite of all the dirty looks, it was a pretty cool experience. Sashimi and beer at 10 AM was a new one for me, too.
Nessie at 03:27 PM JST - 31st March

The only thing that gets me out of bed for maguro at that hour is maguro in bed at that hour.
cleo at 03:35 PM JST - 31st March

Hey Nessie you finally got your avatar up! A splendid likeness! :-)

I don't imagine there's much tuna up there in the loch.
Nessie at 03:37 PM JST - 31st March

Thanks. I actually just enlarged it a minute ago. Here goes...
Nessie at 03:37 PM JST - 31st March

Hmmm...new one not working.
Nessie at 03:39 PM JST - 31st March

Okay...
Nessie at 03:39 PM JST - 31st March

Nope...
cleo at 03:45 PM JST - 31st March

Patience, young Nessie, patience. It takes a while to kick in. Something about them running down their cache, or some such. Just sit back and meditate until it happens. I'm looking forward to the close-up. :-)
Nessie at 04:07 PM JST - 31st March

I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. Kurosawa.
Taka313 at 09:47 PM JST - 1st April

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And unless that sucker was still flopping, I wouldn't even budge.

Dan,

Sashimi and beer at 10 AM was a new one for me, too.

Been there, done that. Back in the day, 10 a.m. was about the time to wrap up a proper honch crawl. ;-)

Taka
Taka313 at 09:48 PM JST - 1st April

Nessie,

And unless that sucker was still flopping, I wouldn't even budge.

The maguro! I meant the maguro!!!!

Taka
edgardoed2 at 03:05 AM JST - 25th April

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