Sushi at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo

10/26/03 00:00:00    

By Michael Mealling

I just had the most amazing sushi! I'm in Tokyo for the week and a co-worker decided that we should all get up at 3:00 a.m. to go watch the fish auctions at the Tsukiji Fish Market. I'd never seen such a diversity of seafood in my life. Squid with red ink instead of black. Clams with feet almost a foot long. Four foot long fish of various types flopping around on the floor. And then you go next door and there a little lady in a booth selling rice balls with a wonderful teriyaki filling inside. And the sushi restaurants were everywhere, and open at 5:00 a.m. The fatty tuna literally melted in your mouth. The eel was freshly cleaned from a tub full of live eels.