Reuters Insider - World's largest fish market re-opens in Tokyo
11/10/2018 14:50
Click the following link to watch video: https://share.insider.thomsonreuters.com/link?entryId=0_tv90tt6q&referenceId=tag:reuters.com,2018:newsml_OV91MO0VF_930&pageId=ReutersNews Source: Reuters Insider Description: The world's largest fish market restarts operations in a new location in Tokyo. The week before saw final auctions in Tsukiji, one of the top tourist attractions in the Japanese capital. Mia Womersley reports. Short Link: https://reut.rs/2C8kwJy Video Transcript: The world's largest fish market is back open for business in Tokyo. It kicked things off at half past five in the morning on Thursday with one of its famous tuna auctions. A week after its iconic Tsukiji location was shut down. The 83-year-old former site was being demolished Thursday. But a group of loyal fish mongers who opposed the relocation broke into the old site, saying they refuse to leave. Surveys by the group show more than 80% of Tsukiji fish sellers opposed the move. The new market sits on an artificial island called Toyosu, linked to the rest of the city by a bridge and a subway. It was rough going for some vendors during their first morning, marked by fire and traffic jams. Vendors complained that the route to the market was too narrow. Tokyo officials said it would take some getting used to. br/ br/ Together we would like to develop this as the core market of Tokyo and Japan, and make the Toyosu brand better day by day. br/ br/ After his first morning in the new market, Kimio Amano wasn't convinced. br/ br/ Already we're facing some challenges. The traffic is bad and the water is overflowing. I saw the Tokyo government try and remove overflowing water at one place. br/ br/ City officials cited Tsukiji's unsanitary and worn out condition as reasons for the move. But vendors say some customers aren't showing up because the new location is too hard to get to. On peak days, Tsukiji saw more than 40,000 people flowing between its stalls and it became one of Japan's most popular tourist attractions. Now the old market is later to become temporary parking for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, before it's built into a tourist center