In this video, I'm gonna take you guys inside of Toyosu fish market
This is 5:00 in the morning right now
and I'm waiting for Naoto to pick me up
because today he is gonna take me to Toyosu fish market.
He has to pick up supplies for the restaurant
and because of that we're gonna go into Toyosu fish market
and buy some seafood, some veggies, everything he needs for the restaurant.
A lot of you guys always ask me what Toyosu fish market is like,
so today I'll get to show you what it's really like.
But don't worry, the outer fish market is still there at Tsukiji.
He should be here soon,
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I didn't think we'll be waking up this early in the morning,
but you've gotta do what you've gotta do.
Let's go do this!
Naoto: Good morning!
Paolo: Good morning!
How are you doing this morning?
Naoto: Very good.
Paolo: Yeah?
Naoto: It's a rainy day today.
So, Naoto is one of my good friends.
You have probably seen him before
in my summer Matsuri festival video
he got a little wasted face in that one, but he should be solid today.
Every other week or so,
he has to pick up seafood and produce from Toyosu fish market
for the Chinese restaurant he manages.
And he allowed me to come along today
so I can show you guys what it's like inside.
So, Naoto drinks every night,
but today it's special, he didn't drink.
Naoto: Yes, I never drink today.
Naoto: Cheers. Morning coffee.
There you go. He's having a coffee this morning.
You guys can see just ahead of us
that building right there
that used to be the old Tsukiji fish market building,
they are tearing it down now
and going on for the last 4 months.
So this road we're on right now
was built just for Toyosu fish market
and wasn't here before.
The guy on a bike... must be tough.
So right now we are about to go into Toyosu market.
There's actually no check.
I kind of excited cause I've never actually been inside of the workers' section.
I've been to the outer part of the inside market,
but I have never been inside of the inside market.
If that makes any sense.
Inner part of Tsukiji fish market
was moved to Toyosu last year.
Basically, because it was falling apart
and there was more demand for space.
It was more than 75 years old,
so it didn't come as a surprise.
I even heard that parts of the building were falling down,
creating major safety concerns.
It would suck to die at the fish market.
The Toyosu market is about 400,000 square meters in total.
And there are three main buildings:
the seafood wholesale building,
the seafood intermediate wholesale building,
and the vegetable produce building.
They are all intended for professionals, like Naoto.
But on the fourth floor of the seafood intermediate wholesale building -
anyone can shop there.
Also you can find some restaurants relocated to Toyosu from Tsukiji.
Now we've reached our assigned parking space.
Oh and we gotta make sure to leave the doors unlocked.
I'll explain why a bit later in this video.
But let me know in the comments if you can figure out before then.
So we've just entered the inner market.
So freshness is always key.
Now we're headed down to the real deal fish market.
Naoto has a buyer registration form in hands.
So we're permitted to go down,
pass a coned off area.
Unfortunately, this is where Japan's rules [?went out]
and my camera has to go dark.
So let me explain what you're missing on the first floor.
Basically, the second floor has small windowpanes
that I looked down to the first floor fish market shops.
But, as you can see, the only thing really visible
are aisles between the fish shops. Anyway.
I should also probably tell you about the tuna auction.
Probably one of the main reasons why visitors come here.
The auction takes place between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m.
You can watch from the upper observation windows,
but you should definitely come early since
there's not a lot of space
and you may end up just viewing a sea of heads in front of you.
Here's the auction area below but
I didn't get a chance to take it during the actual auction time.
So you're just gonna have to imagine
a bunch of dead tuna
all lined up on the ground in rows
and a group of Japanese men standing around
wearing rain boots and raising their hands up and down from time to time.
Oh and maybe worth mentioning that
you can also see the tuna auction from an observation deck
which is one floor down,
but tickets work on a lottery system,
so paying doesn't mean you'll get a ticket.
I'll leave links in the description as always.
Now, here's the produce side.
You can see a bit more through the windowpanes
but still your view is quite limited.
I don't know but watching Naoto walk around from the second floor
is kind of boring.
Nothing like the old Tsukiji inner market.
Feels a bit sterile. Almost like a Tesla car factory.
Anyways, after placing all the orders from the first floor shops
Naoto and I head back to the second floor which is open to the public.
Naoto has to pick up one last thing
before we head to the restaurant -
a box of tsukemono
which are pickled vegetables,
usually served as appetizers at restaurants.
The lady says the box weighs about 10 kilograms.
Naoto decides to carry it himself back to the van.
So here is the magic of the fish market
and why we left the doors unlocked.
Did you guys figure it out?
Notice the back of the van.
It's already loaded and filled with boxes of produce and seafood.
Remember how I told you earlier that the market has assigned parking spots?
Well, each spot has a number
and when you place your order at the shops
your order is linked to your parking spot.
As soon as you place your order,
the shops load your goods unto forklifts
and they take it directly to your car
and load it up for you.
Now that's efficiency!
So, I wanted to show you guys
kind of what it was inside,
what the fish market is like,
but unfortunately we couldn't take any footage
so we are pretty much relegated to the video from the top of the fish market
and as you can see - you can't see that much
and you don't get a real sense of what the fish market is like.
I walked through it and I was able to get like a full sense -
you see them cutting fish, people buying,
you see all like the trucks moving back and forth
and it's like, it's a real awesome experience,
but unless you're a worker or a purchaser
then you can't really go inside.
So in the previous videos a lot of people asked me
if I had a choice which one would I go to -
Tsukiji fish market or Toyosu fish market
and definitely I'd say I'd go to Tsukiji fish market.
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