Fish Market @ The Cabin

The fish market is located right on the Pacific bay of Sendai. It is very large and very diverse. One thing is common throughout the entire market - nasty fish. That's right, I said it. Nasty fish. I tried many of them, too. They had these little bitty fish that reminded me of plankton, seasoned to choice. Tasted like salt. They had little squid and big squid - Iki is what they are in Japanese. They don't taste too bad as long as they are cooked. Someone bought Blue Sperm Whale steak. It was okay. I tried a little, little piece. I told them I didn't want them to waste such goodness on me, as I knew I would not want a lot of it. It was raw because they insisted that that is the only way you eat whale. I think I can go my whole life through without ever eating a piece of whale again. But that's just me.

I bought Tuna at 800 yen for both pieces - original price 1600 yen (approx. $16). This is my "catch". Tasted so good seared. I enjoyed sharring it with others, too, who ate it raw. Below is Tuna caviar. They are huge pearl-like eggs. Sold for approx. $8 a piece. See if you can find that deal in the States. : P
This poor, poor fish. He was suffocating and everyone was laughing at him. I asked the people to chop his head off, to put him out of his misery, but they laughed and indicated they had plenty of fish with no heads but only one still breathing. Po'baby! He really is ugly, too. It's hard to tell but he had a blue mouth - I'm sure he's dead now.
These are hairy crabs covered with a little dirt. I know they look like they are ready to be chicken-fried crabs but they still are alive. Again, made my heart hurt because these poor crabs were sooooo cold on ice but still twitching. My friends bought one for about $18 and that was a deal. Some were going for around $36 a piece.
We came upon this lady at the end of her day. She was cleaning up a tuna. It was nasty.
This man was making a type of octupus donut. It smelled good and looked good until he sliced an octupus in half and stuck him in it. Nasty. Then he covers the donut in soy sauce and puts cabbage or something on top and people love it. It sells eight per pack and you would think that it was Krispy Kreem or something the way those octopus donuts disappear. Nasty!
That's the octopus. Cute, huh?