4AM Fun

A group of us from BEST Club went to the fish market, tsukiji. There is a lot more activity in the morning but because it is on the opposite side of Tokyo we had to stay downtown in Ginza. We stayed up all night and then went to watch the fish come in and the auction at 4:30AM.

Subarashikatta!!

On our way... Emi, Mary, Naoko, Jean (Mary's sister) Asa and Jo
The fresh catch... shellfish
What a sad picture. The fish and the knife...
And then we found the "entrance"...
There was so much fish from around the world. At a certain degree (like 50 below) fish will still "fresh" for two years.
They cut open a part of the fish and then judge and mark it with a red paint to show the quality of the fish.
See the guy flashes his flashlight into the fishes insides... he is judging the fish's quality for the auction.
More fish... there was SO much.

Everyone had a lot of fun listening to one of the workers explain the process.

On our way out we saw a basket of fish that were STILL flopping around... they kept flopping out of this tub. Wow!

Our favorite part about fresh fish. Eating them!

Jo, Dan, Mitsuru, and Mamoru

Kie and Jo enjoyed the days catch... yum yum!!

Gochisosamadeshita!