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Tsukiji as seen from Shiodome, 2018. Tsukiji Market (築地市場, Tsukiji shijō) is a major tourist attraction for both domestic and overseas visitors in Tokyo. [1] Located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo between the Sumida River and the upmarket Ginza shopping district, the area contains retail markets, restaurants, and associated restaurant supply stores.
The move to Toyosu Market was planned to have taken place in November 2016, in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [11] Part of the plan was to retain a retail market, roughly a quarter of the current operation, in Tsukiji. [12] On 31 August 2016, the Tsukiji fish market move was postponed. [13]
Tsukiji fish market. Tsukiji (築地) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Literally meaning "reclaimed land", it lies near the Sumida River on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay in the 18th century during the Edo period. The eponymous Tsukiji fish market opened in 1935 and closed in 2018 when its operations were moved to the new Toyosu Market. [1 ...
The site of Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market, left empty after it was razed six years ago, will be replaced by a scenic waterfront stadium and glistening skyscrapers according to plans for its ...
At 408,000 m 2 (4,391,675 sq ft), Toyosu Market is almost twice the size of the old Tsukiji fish market. Unlike the previous Tsukiji fish market, the public cannot attend the auction at floor level among buyers. Instead, visitors can watch the market from a second floor viewing deck or, upon registration, from a room at the same level separated ...
Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan, was the world's largest fish market, marketing about 660,000 tonnes a year. [1] It closed on 6 October 2018 after 83 years of operation, with most activities moving to the new Toyosu Market. Scania Market, a historical annual market at the Falsterbo Peninsula; Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China.
A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new ...
Oppose - Google returns 93,000 hits for "Tsukiji fish market", but only 4,320 hits for "Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market". At least in the English world, the market is overwhelmingly known as the Tsukiji fish market, and since this is the English wikipedia, the name should remain as it is. --Epipelagic 09:07, 6 April 2010 (UTC)