Tokyo’s Governor Decides to Keep Famous Tsukiji Fish Market
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Copyright 2017 Washington Post] By Yuri Kageyama- June 20, 2017
TOKYO — Tokyo’s giant Tsukiji fish market, popular with tourists, won’t be destroyed, although it will be closed for up to five years while it is modernized and turned into a “food theme park,” the capital’s governor said Tuesday.
The market will move to a state-of-the-art 600 billion yen ($6 billion) facility in Toyosu on the eastern outskirts of Tokyo while Tsukiji is rebuilt. After that, Tokyo will have two wholesale fish markets, Gov. Yuriko Koike...
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