Tuna at Tsukiji Market 築地市場の鮪

The top photo shows fresh tuna being cut into smaller pieces and the bottom two photos show the frozen tuna auction, which is open to the general public.

Fresh Tuna Auction at Tsukiji Market

This is actually closed to the general public, but wanted to share these photos of the fresh tuna auction at Tsukiji Market. You can see the tails are cut off. Buyers will access the quality of the fish by looking at the tail, amount of fat, color of meat, etc.

Maguro no Sashimi

This is Akami( lean) of Maguro.
Maguro means tuna.
It is a typical Sashimi dish, and rich in protein.

I introduce some species of Maguro, which is good for Sashimi in Japan.

Kuro Maguro ( Pacific blue fin tuna )
It is also called "Hon Maguro".
It is the Maguro which is only called "Maguro" in narrow sense.
It is the most popular Maguro in Japan.

Minami Maguro ( Southern blue fin tuna )
It is also called "Indo Maguro".
The figure of it is similar to Kuromaguro.
It is popular Maguro after Kuro Maguro.

Mebachi ( bigeye tuna )
It is also called " Bach".
It is popular Maguro after Kuro Maguro, Minami Maguro.
Especialiy it is popular in estern part of Japan.
Sashimi in photo above is Mebachi Maguro.

Kihada ( yellow fin tuna )
It is not so oily.
It is popular in western part of Japan.