entertaining, umami filled and great fun fish market tour
Hugely enjoyable tour with our enthusiastic guide, Yappi, starting with the best cup of coffee in Tokyo followed by a light breakfast and a few appropriate new words. Then an intensive tour of the fish market with tastings and a delicious picnic at the end. Who knew oysters could grow to be so big! We tasted the finest sashimi, and other delicacies previously unknown to us (might give sea urchins a miss in future but you’ve got to try them to know!).
Fun start to Japan vacation
Shigeki gave us a varied and fun tour of the area around Tsukiji Outer Market that included more than food. We visited a Buddhist Temple in the area, as well as a kitchen supply shop, a knife stall, and a ceramics shop. He had pre-ordered some food at a restaurant that caters to night shift workers and he spent some time coaching us on appropriate table manners in Japan. Then we walked through the market picking up food along the way, some snacks, before sitting down to enjoy various types of tuna (yellow fin and blue fin, real wasabi paste he ground from the root at our table, and local fruits). Finally we stopped for frozen desert wrapped in a fish shaped “cone”. Shigeki was friendly and interesting and we enjoyed our 3 hours with him.
