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Japan's famous Tsukiji market closes, fish vendors relocate

| @indiablooms | Oct 06, 2018, at 11:41 am

Tokyo, Oct 6 (IBNS): Ending an era of fish vending in one of Japan's most popular tourist attraction site, the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo held its pre-dawn tuna auction for one final time before relocating to a new place.

Over 80 years ago, the fish market was the world's largest.

The Japanese authorities moved the market in order to redevelop the area ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games.

However, the move met with some resistance, as vendors expressed worries over the new facility, which used to be a chemical plant.

The new market, an upgraded 5 billion USD facility, is set in Toyosu, some two kilometres from the old place.

The Tsukiji market sold nearly 500 types of seafood.

It was constructed in 1935, after the devastating Kanto earthquake in 1923.

The market was famed for its auction of bluefin tuna, which would fetch high prices.

The record for a single bluefin tuna was set in 2013, when the buyer paid a whooping 1.7 million USD.

Image: Screengrab from YouTube

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