The other side of this bridge is the inner market.
It's cold!
We shine our flashlight on the surface of the slice
and look at the color and such.
Is the lighting in here not enough?
It's just different when we look at it with this.
I don't know how to explain it,
it makes a difference.
The first one sold for 3500yen / kg.
Domestic, farm-raised.
That's about what you can get for farm-raised.
This isn't like a manatee, is it? lol
We take the tail end of the frozen tunas
dig out a chunk
and melt it with our hands.
We check the color and the texture of the meat.
We shine our flashlight on it to check the color.
How is this one?
This one is good.
The texture of the meat is good too.
It's nice and moist.
This is one with a horn. (swordfish)
It goes way out to here.
The eyes are humongous!
Isn't it cute?
Yes, very cute lol
This is where they saw the frozen tuna.
That man does it for you.
The whole world is going to see this, you know!
Thank you so much!
See you guys!
This is the Namiyoke (protection from waves) Shrine.
This is where they pray to prevent tsunamis and such.
Kawahagi, I wonder what you call it...
I don't know how to explain it in English.
*kawahagi - leather jacket fish
pretty
komochi konbu
Anago - sea eel
We soak it in bloody water on purpose.
On purpose? Why?
They say it keeps it fresh, not sure if it's really true
They filet it here while it's still alive.
Ise ebi - spiny lobster
This is sea urchin from Japan.
This one is from New York.
Look how neat this one from Hokkaido is!
That's 10,000yen (apprx 90USD)
These are young sardines.
We had some yesterday.
Thank you so much!
You want to get some tea/coffee?
Yeah, let's get some tea.
Are the auctions done?
What time do you open?
We open at 3:30AM.
3:30?! *The workers get coffee here before work
The entire inner market has to go.
You won't be able to eat next door
and then go drink next door.
For example, you won't be able to eat at Dai
and then come here for coffee.
It's going to be like a mall.
I guess it's not going to have the same Tsukiji feel.
Yeah, it won't have the same feel.
You won't be able to walk around freely like this.