Japan Day 7: Tsukiji Fish Market

Woke up early to go to the Tsukiji fish market.

The one thing I will remember about the tuna is how sleek and glossy their bodies are, like a clear coat finish on a brand new car sitting in the showroom.

As for the market itself, The place is remarkable for several reasons: 1) They actually allow visitors to enter the market and interfere with the hardworking and tolerant fishmongers's work. 2) There is heavy machinery rolling all over the place, and death and injury are an omnipresent threat. 3) Everywhere you look, something interesting is happening.

As I said to Wallace, it's great for taking pictures - all you have to do is keep pressing the shutter button, and a great photo will take itself.

Afterwards, we stepped outside the market and into a nearby sushi place, which presumably had its fish delivered straight from the market next door. We had sushi for breakfast, and the tuna was a delight.

Then we caught an All Nippon Airways flight to Shanghai, which was memorable solely as a reminder of how incredibly lackluster American airlines can be. Not only were we served a meal on this flight, but we were offered movies on demand, complete with dvd controls, as well as video games.