![]() ![]() The market has all changed now, mainly due to the huge problems caused by non-Japanese speaking tourists, who got in the way of the tuna bidding as they took pictures and touched the fish. It was an experience that, as a food lover, will stay with me for the rest of my life, watching as experienced auctioneers and bidders sang their way through the hectic sales in a fashion that made no sense to the uninitiated but had been taking place in the same way for decades. ![]() As of 2016, commercial operations were worth an estimated 2 billion Yen - or about $18 million - a day.Īt the time of my first visit, tourists were quite free to move around the market at will, get up close and personal with the fish and seafood on offer, as well as being able to stake a prime place to view the famous tuna auction, which began at a little after 5 am. In its present form, this world-famous market has been open since 1935, and every morning, nearly 900 fish and seafood wholesale businesses, hundreds of associated businesses and dozens of restaurants run their operations from this location. I had been instructed by my guide to meet them at the entrance to a metro station adjacent to one of the world’s great food locations: Tokyo’s legendary Tsukiji Fish Market. In June 2007, I found myself awake, but bleary eyed, at 4 am in Japan. I’m Simon Majumdar, and welcome to “EAT MY GLOBE: A Podcast About Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know About Food.” EAT MY GLOBE: THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT FOOD
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