date:Jan 06, 2013
about 1.55 billion yen in 2011, according to Hiroshi Mochizuki, a spokesman for the market.
Tsukiji, where visitors gather as early as 4 a.m. Tokyo time to observe competing buyers using hand signals to bid at tuna auctions, is listed among Japans most popular attractions by the Japan National Tourism Organization.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has delayed plans to relocate fish market to neighboring Koto Ward by a year as soil decontamination at the new site is taking longer than expecte