September 08, 2014

Last Day in Japan

The last day in Japan Roman and I went to the Fish markets and checked out the famous Tuna auctions. 

We had previously tried to get into the auctions with no success. The problem was the time. In order to see the auctions you have to line up before the crack of dawn at around 3am. We had woken up at 2am last time and biked over 1 hour to the tuna auctions, only to find out they were all out of the alloted 120 tickets / day. Needless to say that was not a fun day.
Anyways Roman and I checked out of our hostel the day before and simply did not sleep for this last day. We arrived at the Tuna auction site around 2am and were the very first persons in line. Soon after more and more people arrived. We got our pennies and were ushered into a small cramped room where they showed us a safety video of how to behave in the auctions. Basically you are only allowed to breath haha. Anyways we waited there for over an hour and finally were lead through the market to this big warehouse where the auction happens. 

The auctioneer was really animated and shouted out things in quick succession. The wholesalers who were buying up the fish went about their business with lightning efficiency and simply used hand signs to bid on the fish. Prior to that they poked and prodded the tuna with their special tools ostensibly to check the freshness of the tuna. 

Anyways having finished the last thing on our Japan bucket list we headed for the airport for the ride home. 



Got my fortune read - very good! 


Used panties dispensing machine out in the open in Ueno ($5 each haha)

Roman catching some zzzs before the start of the auction



All the cartons of Styrofoam for the fish


How to get your fortune

Supermarket sushi


Peace from Tokyo. 

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