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In Tokyo, Friday, October 5, the largest and most famous fish market in the world will move. A change that many have sought to prevent.
It is the sanctuary of Japanese food. Located in Tokyo (Japan), Tsukiji is the largest market in the world. At 4 o’clock in the morning, the cutting of the tuna begins. This precise and thousand-year-old gesture is an ancestral know-how. But, on the morning of Friday, October 5, many fishmongers were heavy-hearted. The market will close and be replaced by a brand new one on the outskirts of Tokyo. This hall, however steeped in history, is today considered dilapidated and unsanitary by the authorities. A room that would also be dangerous in the event of an earthquake.
This move displeases some of the traders. This shrimp seller regrets the excellence of the market. “I sell my prawns at a high price, because they are of very high quality“, he explains,”so no, I don’t understand that we are being forced to leave“. What also worries the authorities are the thousands of rats that infest the market. 41,000 new professionals will have to settle in new sanitized stalls. The end of an era, like that of the public auction. tunas which, in the new building, will no longer be open to the public.