Tsujin Fish Market

Not too dissimilar from New York's
Gansevoort Market, Tsukiji is the
transition point directing most of
Tokyo's fishing industry into the city's
restaurant. As with most urban
centers, Tokyo offers the hyper
futuristic urban condition layered atop
centuries of historical accumulation.
The butchers present here are
symptomatic of this Aldo Rossi meets
Siegfried Giedion. Man drawn carts
compete with diesel buggies. Band
saws serve to assist the katana
wielding fish samurai. Sea creatures
of all shapes and sizes dismembered,
reassembled, and packaged into
standardized interchangeable parts.

Transport carts of choice and a
wonder that more people aren't run
over with the numbers that moves
through this warehouse district.

Organization seems to occur with
highly specialized groups. Here we
see butchers. There are also
auctioneers, handlers, cart drivers,
and book keepers. This was only a
cursory look though. I'm sure there
are many more.

Again, back to the entry point. Images
captured probably numbered a dozen
a minute which meant this was a rather
well travelled thoroughfare.