Tsukiji Closing End of 2013?
Oct 8, 2013, 11:46 am
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and the amount of people who can not follow the simplest rule during the auctions even now with the restrictions who can not turn off their bloody flashes is totally and beyond me.
i typically go without a camera and usually buy lots of various items from the outer markets. there is this place that sells all sorts of deep fried fish and other bits that are soo good...not to mention buying a big chunk of tuna...
i typically go without a camera and usually buy lots of various items from the outer markets. there is this place that sells all sorts of deep fried fish and other bits that are soo good...not to mention buying a big chunk of tuna...
Oct 8, 2013, 12:09 pm
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Sure, the raw numbers of tourists doesn't quite rival those of Tsukiji, but last I checked, there are plenty of non-Japanese traveling throughout Tokyo on a daily basis, and the rest of the city doesn't have a fit.
Oct 9, 2013, 12:37 am
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Relocation of Tokyos iconic Tsukiji fish market delayed until 2015
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Oct 9, 2013, 10:03 am
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As 5khours mentions, the city has an obligation to allow public access to the facility - which created a dilemma that they addressed with the current rules. I expect the new market will have more facilities to enable public access without getting in the way of traders, but I also expect that a new wholesale market will be a less "interesting" site for tourists in the same way that the modern wholesale markets in Paris and London are generally ignored. I think I've heard much the same story about the fish market in NYC ... but perhaps I'm confusing it with some other place.
FWIW, there are several other wholesale markets in Tokyo.
FWIW, there are several other wholesale markets in Tokyo.