Tuna part 3

Tsukiji Fish Market

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April 20th 2006
This is the huge fish market in Tokyo - an amazing place;　if slightly morbid for the average vegetarian. You have to get here early for the first catch of the day - means getting up at 6 ! Which we had to do two days in a row.. because they had a random holiday on Wedsnesday that they hadn't told anyone about. It was just full of lost looking tourists the first time we turned up ;-) Anyway ... 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