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# Tsukiji Fish Market
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/tsukiji-fish-market/
- Published: 2018-05-06T19:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-04T14:27:29.000Z
- Description: I visited the Tsukiji Fish Market twice, in 2006 and 2018, before it closed to make way for the Olympics.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

On my first visit to Tokyo, April 2006, I also visited the Tsukiji Fish Market. This was before it was overrun by crowds of tourists. I loved the hustle and bustle and the functional chaos of the place. When I visited again in April 2018 there were signs everywhere that photography was not allowed. I managed to snap a few shots in the after hours when the trading was done. I was lucky to be able to visit. The Tsukiji Fish Market was closed in October 2018 in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics. 

![Tsukiji Fish Market](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-1.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-2-1.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-3.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-9.jpg)

![Tsukiji Fish Market](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-11.jpg)

Now that's a small office

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-6.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-10.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-4.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-5.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-7.jpg)

![Tsukiji Fish Market](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/12/tsukiji-fish-market-15.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-8.jpg)

This machine creates large ice blocks

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/tsukiji-fish-market-12.jpg)