Going, going, gone: Japan´s Tsukiji fish market to close tuna auctions to tourists in September
(WorldNews France)

Tokyo’s famous Tsukiji fish market will stop admitting tourists to watch its pre-dawn tuna auctions next month, as it prepares to move locations on October 11, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. After more than 80 years in operation Tsukiji, the world’s largest fish market and a popular tourist attraction in an area packed with restaurants and shops, will move east to Toyosu, the site of a former gas plant. The market, which opened in 1935, is best known for its pre-dawn daily auctions......