Tsukiji Fish Market

Duration: 3 x 50 minutes
Format: HD
Language: English (subtitles for native languages)
Completion: 2008
Producer: Caldecott Productions

The Tsujiki fish market in Tokyo, Japan, is the biggest fish market in the world. 100,000 people can be found every day amongst its 850 stalls. Its name is in every single tourist guide book as a must-go, must-see and must-experience. What is the appeal of this market to millions of tourists from around the world?

With a history dating back hundreds of years, dealing with 50,000 tons of fish traded every year at hundreds of millions of dollars at its famous auctions. The market is so famous that Tsukiji market management has to impose strict rules and regulations on camera crews and tourists.

This amazing 3-part series is an exclusive insight into the market with never-before-filmed sequences of tuna processing, the unique skills of the fishmongers and the myriad varieties of seafood available. But can the specially-honed skills of these fishmongers be passed on to the future generations? Can this biggest fish market in the world continue to provide the freshest fish for the next centuries to come?

Available for Australia, New Zealand and Latin America.