I took our guests to the fish market, where the consumer public couldn't buy any fish. The market was for dealing between retailers. If someone goes to the market, he can't get any seafood there. I didn't know how they would feel about it, but I guided them around the market.
When I looked for the favorites or popular things for foreigners who visit Japan, Tsukiji Fish Market was on the top of the list. That's why I showed the market to our guests. Various, perhaps all kinds of seafood are transported into the Tsukiji Fish Market from all over the world. This market is what you call the kitchen of the metropolitan city, Tokyo. People can get seafood from the satellite shops of the market, and even eat there. They can choose the fish that they want, and ask the shop to cook it immediately. It sounds very good.
The hometown of our guests is Freiburg, which is located in the center of Europe, I mean, it is so far from any of the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea or the Atlantic Ocean. The raw and naturally live fish from the Seto Inland Sea might be attractive for them. Speaking of fish, I ate the horrible sushi in Freiburg with my daughter and wrote about it before. Anyway, the retailers were bidding silently, using their special gestures with fingers. Their response to the announcement of the auctioneer was really unique, though I couldn't understand them.
- (Vocabulary)
- consumer public 一般消費者
- Mediterranean Sea 地中海
- auctioneer 競売人
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