築地市場には毎日15,000人が働きに来場し、36,000人が買い出しに来るとか。広い。右も左もわからないとはこの事。みんな半端なく忙しそうで誰も相手にしてくれない。猛スピードで容赦なく走って来る
立ち乗り荷物運搬車「ターレット」を必死で避けながら（ボーッとなんて立ちどまったらアウト、はねられます）競りが行われる場所探し。やっとの事で若いお兄さんに教えてもらい、辿り着いた
マグロの競り。感動。別世界。眠気もぶっ飛びます。私達は邪魔にならないよう壁沿いに小さくなっていたけれど、アメリカからの観光客は魚には触るし、競りに参加する勢いでいろんな所に顔を突っ込むし、本当に最低。実はこのマグロの競りは関係者以外お断りの場所。英語でも表記してあります。私達も中に入ったので大きな事は言えないんだけれど、無理言って見学させてもらってるわけなんだから、もうちょっと謙虚な態度を取らないと。彼等はなんで自分達が邪魔してるって気づかないんだろうねー。不思議。この日は
「秋の半値市」と「飲みねえ食いねえ祭り」が開催される日でしたが、私達の体力は当然、それまで持たず。それどころか場外のマグロも拝まずに帰宅。7時過ぎまでデニーズで時間を潰して頑張ったんだけども。開設から68年の築地市場も、移転計画が進んでるようです。今の1.7倍の広さの40ヘクタールの新市場が2015年頃には誕生予定。ちょっと寂しいかも。
15,000 persons come for work and 36,000 people come to shopping to the Tsukiji market every day. The stone buildings are old and huge, the cement floor has wet puddles everywhere. Everyone seemed to be super busy, I had no chance to talk to anyone and no idea which way we should go. We just kept walking and looking for the auction avoiding impatient
riding truck "turret" drivers at a crazy high speed. I could manage to ask the young man, and arrived at the
tuna auction. Amazing. Another world. Although we paid careful attention not to obstruct anyone, the tourist from the United States touched fish, stood into the auction crowd, they just do as they like. Annoying! I wonder why they don't realise everyone treat them as a damned nuisance! Actually, this tuna auction is not open to the public, there was some signs written in English too. Somehow they allowed (or gave up?) us to see the auction, so we should show some respects to fishermen! There were "half the price festival " which held in every half year and "drink! and eat! festival" outside of the fish market. We tried to stay awake and killing the time @ denny's till after 7am, but... we went home by cab. Even without trying some fresh tuna which we could try the outer market. After 68 years history, the Tsukiji market' transfer plan is progressing. In 2015, the 40ha new market (1.7 times bigger than now) will be open somewhere else. Sad.
