Tokyo to shut world's largest fish market - for now
No time frame has been given; city governor says the move would take place after discussions
Tokyo
THE doors of Tokyo's iconic Tsukiji fish market - the world's biggest - are set to close after more than 80 years. But maybe not for good.
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike said Tuesday that the world-famous site of early-morning tuna auctions will be relocated to an area that used to house a gasworks in the Toyosu district near Tokyo Bay. The metropolitan government plans to then give Tsukiji near the upmarket shopping area of Ginza a facelift and reopen it to tap into its name recognition, Ms Koike said.
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