Moving mammoth Tskuiji market to take two years and cost $3 billion
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Forbes] - October 30, 2014 -
The world’s biggest wholesale fish and seafood market, Tsukiji, located in central Tokyo, is to move to a new location in two years.
The 431 billion yen ($4 billion) transfer to more current facilities will free up valuable Tokyo seaside real estate and allow a modernization plan for the site ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.Yet, it is a controversial move for more reasons than one.
Tsukiji, owned by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, is currently sandwiched between the Sumida River and the expensive Ginza shopping district.
The new space will be nearly twice as big, a more sanitary facility with temperature-controlled buildings, cold chain and processing infrastructure and ample parking for transport vehicles. It will have expressway access...
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