Tsukiji Fish Market
築地市場

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The Tsukiji Fish Market has recently become quite well known internationally, and many tourists make it a point to visit the market when in Tokyo. Ironically, however, many Japanese people living in Tokyo have never actually been to the market themselves!

最近、築地市場は海外でも有名です。でも、面白いことに、東京に住んでいる日本人はまだ行ったことがない人もいるんです。皆様は行ったことがありますか?今日は築地市場についてお話したいと思います。

Tsukiji market has an ‘inner market’ and an ‘outer market.’ First time visitors may be rather confused by that the difference is between the inner/outer markets.

築地市場についてよく耳にする「場内」と「場外」ですね。初めて築地市場を訪れる人にとってはこの場内/場外の違いが分かりにくいのではないのはないでしょうか。

Simply put, Tsukiji’s inner market is the wholesale market for professional buyers such as chefs and restaurant owners buying seafood for their stores.

築地市場の場内は、簡単に言うとプロの買い付け人々が自分たちの店のために買いに来る場所です。

The public is only allowed to enter after 10AM (used to be 9am, but as far as I know, they changed to 10am recently). However, the inner market gets rather crazy with many people rushing about and driving around in big trolley carts, and so can be rather scary for first-time visitors. The picture above is taken in Tsukiji’s inner market after most of the seafood rush has subsided and sellers have begun to pack up. 

一般の人は、朝10時から入られます。しかし、迷路のような市場内は、混乱しやすくて、ちょっと怖いです。上記の写真は築地場内市場で撮りました。

The public can enter and shop freely in Tsukiji’s outer market from 7AM until about 3PM. There are abou 410 stores in the outer market selling everything from every kind of seafood (of course) to drinks and fruits/vegetables. There is also an open space area and food court where you can sit and eat your fresh purchases! 

朝7時を過ぎると午後3時ごろまで、一般の人たちが買い物を自由にできる『築地場外市場』が活況を呈します。ここは、約410店の物販、飲食店が立ち並ぶ街です。

マグロ、ウニ、活魚、カキ、フルーツ、玉子焼き店、調理道具店、すし店など見どころ、食べどころが沢山あります。新鮮な魚の買い物も可能です。全部美味しそう!

魚市場は青果市場とは雰囲気が異なります。魚を捌いたり、大きなマグロを切ったりという作業があり刃物を扱うので、緊張感が漂います。

動画のように、色々な店があります。

There are also many tuna specialty stores that sell every part of a tuna you could ask for and live demonstrations of cutting up the fish for sashimi!  

Read also about my visit to the Sydney Fish Market and Tsukiji Tuna Fish Auction

この店で、マグロの目玉も販売しています。コラーゲンが豊富なので、定期的に買いに来る人もいるそうです。本当に体に良い影響を与えるかどうか分からないけど、食べてみたいと思います~

本日も読んでくださってありがとうございます。

「シドニー・フィッシュマーケット || Sydney Fish Market」 「Tsukiji Market Tuna Fish Auction || 築地市場マグロの卸売市場」についても、ぜひご覧ください~

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