Tsukiji knife photos
September 30th, 2008 Posted in my photos, news[UPDATE 23 Nov 2008: All the photos in my online archive here, Tsukiji knife photos ]
[UPDATE 10 Oct 2008: The full story is now on the wesbite of Rex Features: here]
I’ve been taking photos of a 240 year old knife shop in Tsukiji fish market. This is the owner of the shop sharpening a cooking knife. If you buy a knife at the shop you can bring it back to be sharpened for free.
Here he is with a tuna knife (the knives tuna dealers in the market use to slice up the fish). He told me that the knives were a blend of Japanese sword-making techniques and Western knife technology.
The tuna knife is taller than he is! For a long time the shop was the sole tuna knife supplier at Tsukiji.
3 Responses to “Tsukiji knife photos”
By Tony on Jan 28, 2009
This is very interesting to know. I would like to visit his shop, but as you know Tsukiji is a maze of shops. Would you happen to know where in Tsukiji it is?
By tony on Jan 28, 2009
Hi Tony,
It’s really hard to explain! If you ask for “Azuma-san the knife shop” in the outer market I’m sure someone will help you though.
Tony