Sushi for Breakie

Giant tuna and other raw fish!!

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March 7th 2008
Nicky; So our last day in Japan has started quite early, at 4.30am!!! But we wanted to go to the Tsukiji fish market before we left. It is the biggest fish market in the world and it is where all the local restaurants buy their fish. Because it is a working market technically visitors aren't allowed in but they seem quite used to having tourists wandering around with cameras around their necks - t ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more