TSUKIJI 1984 🐟 Japanese City Pop | The Kitchen of Tokyo Wakes at Two

TSUKIJI 1984. The last week of the year in Tokyo's great fish market, told in ten original Japanese city pop songs — from ducking through the gate at two in the morning to the first-cargo banners of January. 🐟 Tonight's story: He is third generation at a tuna dealer's, three years in, and his eye is still 'half his father's'. Turret trucks weaving through the hall before dawn, the auction floor boiling at five, an eighty-year-old with fifty years of reading the sea in his fingertips, and a chef from Kanda who buys without asking the price. By the first working morning of the new year, the fish he takes down himself earns a nod. A note on this scene: every detail belongs to 1984. The pale grey one-box van is a Toyota Hiace (H50, from 1982) — flat-fronted, sliding side door, the standard market delivery van of the decade. The market is the old Tsukiji fish market, opened on this site in 1935 under its famous fan-shaped shed built to follow the curve of the rail siding; the little standing-driven turret trucks ('ta-re') and the pre-dawn tuna auction are its everyday machinery, and the quay behind it faces the Sumida river mouth. 00:00:00 Tsukiji 1984 (築地1984) 00:03:37 Turret Trucks Before Dawn (夜明け前のターレ) 00:06:51 The Auction Floor at Five (五時のセリ場) 00:10:12 Learning the Blade (包丁の修業) 00:13:08 Hands That Read the Sea (海を読む手) 00:16:46 Busiest Morning of the Year (一年で一番の朝) 00:20:22 Save the Best for the Old Man (いいのは大将に) 00:23:32 White Breath, White Ice (白い息と白い氷) 00:26:35 What Will the Sea Send Tomorrow (海は明日 何を寄こす) 00:30:33 First Cargo of the Year (初荷の朝) 00:34:32 Tsukiji 1984 (築地1984) 00:38:10 Turret Trucks Before Dawn (夜明け前のターレ) 00:41:23 The Auction Floor at Five (五時のセリ場) 00:44:45 Learning the Blade (包丁の修業) 00:47:40 Hands That Read the Sea (海を読む手) 00:51:19 Busiest Morning of the Year (一年で一番の朝) 00:54:54 Save the Best for the Old Man (いいのは大将に) 00:58:04 White Breath, White Ice (白い息と白い氷) 01:01:07 What Will the Sea Send Tomorrow (海は明日 何を寄こす) 01:05:05 First Cargo of the Year (初荷の朝) (total 69m04s) All songs are original works — our own stories, lyrics and music, created with the help of AI, inspired by the Japanese city pop of the 1980s. Japanese lyrics with English subtitles (auto-translate available for more languages). Tokyo Night Mix — original Japanese city pop for night drives, late work and quiet hours. Subscribe for a new period-checked drive through 1980s Japan:    / @tokyonightmix