Tsukiji fish market

The Tsukiji Fish Market (Japanese筑 地 市场, Tsukiji Shijō, dt " Tsukiji market ") in the eponymous district of Tsukiji Tokyo's Chuo district is considered the largest fish market in the world. The market in Tsukiji is part of the central wholesale market, the naming of the market is misleading, since in addition to Tsukiji fish and vegetables and fruits are traded.

Importance

615 409 tonnes ( 2,246 tonnes per day) implemented Fish and Seafood - In 2003, the central wholesale market - more fish markets are located in Ōta and Adachi. About 90 % of the above trade volume accounted for this on the Tsukiji fish market.

History

The historical roots of the fish market dates back to the 16th century, when the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu fishermen brought from Osaka to Edo, to supply his court with fish. He also gave them permission to not delivered to the court of fish near the Nihombashi to sell. In parallel, also the trade developed with vegetables and fruits. The market was badly damaged by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, but was built in Nihonbashi again. It was only in 1935 the company moved to Tsukiji, where the buildings were built in the German style of New Objectivity.

By the will of the governor of Tokyo prefecture, Shintaro Ishihara, the market should be ( March 2015 ) relocated to the end of fiscal year 2014 after Toyosu in the district Kōtō. However, the Democratic Party, which holds the majority in the prefecture of Parliament since the 2009 elections, the relocation site in a former gas factory rejects, which is contaminated with carcinogenic substances.