Tokyo Day One and the Tsukiji Fish Market

What a great day of touring we had.  We started it off with a trip to the Tskiji Fish market.  This is the place along the main commercial port of Tokyo where all of the seafood comes in for sale.  Japan consumes about 70% of the world's blufin tuna, and we had to get in around 5 AM to catch the daily tuna auction.

Also, about 450 different varieties of seafood are traded here.

Here is a glimpse at some of the technology we saw.  And yes, that is an abacus!