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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 12:24 am
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Originally Posted by RichardInSF
At the time, I heard it was something like the tourists were getting in the way. Basically, no good reason. Wouldn't have been expensive to build a viewing stand for visitors. Japan is not at all tourist-oriented, really.
C'mon, given the multimillion-yen prices of those fish and the split-second style the auctions are conducted, any mistakes can cost a pretty penny...

There's also been a lot of talk bout moving the Tsukiji market out into the 'burbs somewhere, where land is cheaper (the current location is around the corner from the Ginza!) and tourists are fewer, but AFAIK this isn't actually happening. Yet.
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