Tsukiji Fish Market Tuna Auctions and Carving 築地市場 マグロのセリ

[JKboi27]

i remember when i went to the fish market near sendai a few years and thought to myself, "thoes giant knives are pretty much katanas" 5:31

[vanpulez]

The area aroud the market most be ground zero for cats.

[crazysweetcorn]

3:32 some one like tourist touched the fish ...lol

[Livinginfullenergy]

@lowwenghon

I'm a extremely long term resident here in Japan who is well connected with the industry.. What you are saying is a not actually correct. Many of the markets like the one shown here allow tourists. I occasionally still take pictures myself. However there was an actual incident where that a few drunk fellow (to my shame) Australians ...went in and were kissing the fish... Since then those markets in the upper area are hesitant to allow foreigners in

[bigrasta69]

they look so sexy when there fresh. i really would love to catch one of those. such beautiful fish. and im not one to be against doin this because we have the exact same thing with cattle auctions, sept the difference is those animals are still alive. lol. awesome vid. now i want me a tuna sammich! hahaha.

[gsxaaargh]

me hungry

[handiest1]

Fun to watch, they seem so careful when cutting. I know some tuna is either extinct or close to it, is it Yellow Fin? Don't some big ones sell for loke 12K US or am I wrong, wing wong.

[emptywallet]

6.00 samurai~!~!~!~!~!!!!!

[DMxNemesis]

3:10 that looks like a very effective carrying tool lol

[sittingduckss]

You guys are funny. Before you rip on these people, have you ever seen a video of what it's like inside an industrial meat factory? Think "The Jungle"... and even now things haven't gotten much better.

[demilliom]

why is dat guy barking hahahaah.........ugliest language ever

[thisisnotyours1]

I wonder if the fish will ever vanished with large consumption like this..?..

[startofday]

Please don't think it from only a Western scientific viewpoint to understand foreign cultures.

[tokogurl]

And stupid SeaSheperds showed this image of laying tuna on the floor of Tsukiji as dolphins and deceived the audience to believe it.

[angelinaramon]

Japan sure loves fish.

[keokechung]

wouldn't the ground be more dirtier than a hand touch?

[whiteguypl]

They once banned tourists from going to the fish markets because they touched the fish? For sanitary reasons? Yet there dragging the fish accords the clearly filthy floor? And dont say well im sure its clean.. they walk in from the filthy street...

[JungllJr]

Bluefin will be extinct within a few years most likely. Lack of enthusiasm to conserve Bluefin and other global fish stocks has spelled doom for these majestic and beautiful creatures. Unless we change now, there won't be Bluefin in the near future. We simply can't keep taking them from the sea. It's not sustainable anymore.

[ZiONLY]

I love Japan and particularly Japanese people but the way we consume fish unsustainable is noting less than murdering our nature... Tuna will be banned in Europe in 2012. I hope people will have broader concept of understanding when it comes to consuming.

[HongsiquanWingDing]

5:40 - OMG it looks so oishi...

No security anywhere, I bet I could rent a fork lift and get away w/ 3 or 4 of the tuna and sell on the black market.... I need to tell Paulie and Vinny A.S.A.P

Lastly, I want to see that guy that was splitting the tuna w/ the saw slip and accidentally saw his arm off, that would be f"ing hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!

[FizzySnitzy]

@HongsiquanWingDing Omg, look at 6:08 - 6:09 . i would love to see that guy with the sword cut off your hands. that would be so awesome xD

[birthdaymatt]

Which one is Charley

[diviengi]

about how expensive is a pound of tuna?

[dragonguardians]

i read the caption caption about them not wanting the fish touched for sanitary reasons that i would agree with but letting them lay and dragging them accross the floor doesnt look to sanitary either

[FckinLuvlyGirl]

haha i love how they Bidding the fish

[ml497]

The auctioneer is awesome :P

[bakaagain]

The fish market of Tokyo will move from Tsukiji to Toyosu.

The new market yard has been polluted by toxin. After 2012 you can't eat sushi in Tokyo.

[blackmondae]

japanese are a bunch of lucky people. Every thing is so fresh and so tasty!

With tuna that big i think i will eat sashimi all day!

thanks of the upload!

[Lvduggo69]

Wow !!

[rich1760]

i understand no one should touch the tune with their dirty hands but they have them laying on a dirty floor...could someone explain why?

[photojpn]

Japan is full of irony and contradictions. Look at it this way, if you had a shiny new black Porsche, would you mind strangers touching it and putting their fingerprints on it?

[christianz2010]

@photojpn it still doesn't make sence

[BornOnThe1stOfApril]

@photojpn I think I'd mind them wiping their feet on it a little more. A car doesn't quite work as a metaphor because it does actually roll, I'd mind someone touching my toothbrush, but I'd be more upset if they slid it around on the floor.

[Roryu2fan]

yeah i really don't get that either

[lardtaziumwadmaster]

Hmm, thats a good point.

But, the floor is dirty, with dirt and shoe scum, which hopefully can be washed off the skin of the tuna or is discarded when the tuna is skinned.

The human hand has oils and bacteria. and disease. could that be the answer?

[og5lava]

Outside of frozen fish gets trimmed before defrosting. Those things are frozen solid, hence that guy using industrial saw to cut it. Also frozen fish is different grade, look at the care they take with fresh fillet, wipe the blade, couple different knifes, no throwing.

[Serkant75]

@rich1760 yes and its only the fishs skin which is cut off anyway.and they freeze them

[KW911]

@rich1760 it tastes better that way

[SaturdayTerra]

I wanna eat Ootoro...but its such a luxury

[sweetnssssssssssss]

now that is sexy,

[mohchambers]

What a great way to start off the morning!

I hope to visit Tsukiji soon!

[mohchambers]

What a great way to start off the morning!

I hope to visit Tsukiji soon!

[photojpn]

It's not jap. It's Japanese, jp, jpn, or jpnse. "Jap" is derogatory.

[Boboua]

@photojpn I think it depends on where you are? Here (in Vancouver, Canada) even all our Japanese teachers (both university and high school level) say Jap class or Jap store. Japanese is abbreviated as Jap here and it's not derogatory.

[malekai777]

@photojpn lol ok

[fcofelixx]

i want a giant tuna soo bad : D

[ErMmMhMmM]

i was actually surprised that it didnt smell

[garys737]

how could someone touch one through the screen, you must work for cnn.

[shima1066]

Can't touch the fish for sanitary reason LOL..... these guys pulling the fish along the floor all over the place......

[cbmuzik]

lol...it does make you wonder why they say and do something different....haha

[DTFdanny]

Wow, they really don't waste any of it at all lol

[vikramp1]

HA! that auctioneer (or whatever they call it) is awesome.

[freeIand1962]

nice work ;)

[abyschan]

Those fish are absolutely huge.

[ALYSSAVAMPIRESLAYA]

the hole in the neck is kinda disturbing

[lardtaziumwadmaster]

It's where the gill plate used to be. they removed it and took out the gills, hence a giant hole encrusted with ice.

[kavorkaa]

great!i was there two weeks ago i managed to squirm through in the tuna auctions too,its not allowed but if you dont bother anyone yo can get away with it

[johnnyecho]

great footage . funny you can just get in and walk around.

[scottnorthface]

Great movie. Anymore?

[sushino2]

tuna sushi!