My personal anecdote from Tsukiji was one of the auctions. There were a bunch of tuna, I think some frozen some not, layed out on the ground, a guy comes up and

My personal anecdote from Tsukiji was one of the auctions. There were a bunch of tuna, I think some frozen some not, layed out on the ground, a guy comes up and puts a small plastic crate on the ground and stands on it and begins the auction. The thing that struck me was the rythm it was exactly the same as the auctioneers used in my home of England in cattle/sheep auctions. Even if you didn't speak the language, as soon as you heard it you knew exactly what it was.