In the Japan trip, my friends, Wee Ting, Zhi yi and Shu yun, were also with me in the school trip. There were around 6 or 7 teachers coming along with us. Supervision, discipline and stuff. Some teachers on the other hand, signed up for the trip. Wee Ting and Zhi yi were currently in the same class as me while Shu Yun was my classmate and good friend the year before. Unfortunately, there's now some distance between Wee Ting and i, while Zhi Yi and i are no longer friends. As for Shu Yun, she's still a good friend but we've not contacted each other for a long time now since she'd graduated. Time can change a lot in people, i guess. but during the Japan trip we were still good friends. At least i'll still have the memories :)
ANYWAYS, away from that depressing topic.. For this and some more posts, i will be sharing some photos i took while in Japan for the nine days. Hope you like them :)
i will jump on different days, so don't get confused in the posts
4th Day- Tsukiji Market
Tsukiji Market is part of the tokyo Metropolitan Central wholesale market where fresh and high quality products are bring traded, abiding rules and regulations. It is a large market for fish, fruit and vegetables in central- along with other products. Tsukiji Market is best known as one of thr world's largest fish markets. It handles more than 400 different types of seafood ranging from the tiny sardines to 300kg tuna, from cheap seaweed to the most expensive caviar. Tsukiji handles over 2000 metric tons of seafood per day in Tokyo.
The market starts as early as 5.30am in Tsukiji, an auction for tuna which has been numbered with food colouring begins. During the early morning hours, the market is very busy with professional buyers, sellers etc. So our group could not enter before 9.00am. But i still remember that i had to wake up so early in the morning to go on our bus and slept the journey there...
On arriving, the ground was full of puddles of water and i had to fold my jeans 3/4 to prevent any smelly liquid from getting in contact with it. I hate markets since the day i ever stepped into a market so Tsukiji was of course, no exception. But the place was very interesting, full of surprises. I'd have liked the place more if not for the smell and the puddles of market water. Yes, i call them market water as they're smelly. Anyways...
the signs i took while on the bus off to another place, it's great that i managed to take this picture other than the seafood. I wish i can remember everything from the trip :) Don't ever want to forget them:)
My teacher said that there was an auction inside, this shot was taken some feet away because we're not allowed to go in. This is a zoomed in shot of course.
Big right? not sure what type of fish this is though... I remembered that a man was using some sort of sawing equipment to cut the fish.
some mussels...
now the next picture is one of my faves though many would disagree.. I love the shot though i would never in my life eat this sort of thing
nice bloody shot hah? hahhahahahahaahahilkdashjlgja!!!!!!!
here's the video about that sawing equipment to cut the BIG fish :)
and this other equipment to cut the fish
sea urchins
and this other equipment to cut the fish
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