Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan

Often described as the greatest wholesale fish market in the world. Tsukiji Fish Market in downtown Tokyo sells a breathtaking variety of fish & shellfish. Tsukiji sells live fish and shellfish as well as the best possible quality of fresh and frozen seafood. Even though the Tsukiji fish market building dates from the 1930s the market is cleaned so thoroughly everyday that there is no fishy odour (TMA) at all. One can happily visit for many hours, spend the rest of the day in the same clothes, and no one will be aware of where you have been from the smell of your clothes or your shoes. The freshness and packaging of the seafood on display provides a valuable lesson for everyone in the global seafood industry.

Salted herring roe or kazunoko on display at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan

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Salted herring roe or kazunoko on display at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan

A display of kazunoko or salted herring roe at an intermediate wholesaler's stand in the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan.

Kazunoko is a traditional New Year festival food and a traditional gift.

The Pacific herring, Clupea pallasii, lays its eggs in sheets on kelp (konbu). The kelp with eggs attached is cut and pickled and sold as kazunoko-konbu, which is particularly delicious.

Some chefs refer to Kazunoko as "yellow diamonds" because of its high price.

Photographed in December 1988.

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Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, Japan