01 / Tamagoyaki — The morning's first egg
YAMA CHO.
Folded fresh, every morning.
Tsukiji Yamacho
— Open
6:00 – 15:30
Tamagoyaki, folded fresh each morning in Tsukiji's outer market.
02 / Origin
One thing, every morning.
A one-product shop in the Tsukiji Outer Market. Six AM, the copper pan goes on the flame. Open every day of the year.
03 / Tamagoyaki
The only thing we make.
Egg whisked into dashi. Folded thin, layer by layer, over a square copper pan. The same hand, the same motion, every morning.
Tamagoyaki (rolled egg)
玉子焼
Tamagoyaki — folded thin, layer by layer, in a square copper pan.
Price at the shop
04 / The Craft
Fire, pan, hand.
Copper transfers heat quickly. The dashi-bound egg sets evenly, layer by layer. The hand moves with the pan. Each fold the same thickness as the last.