Tokyo fish market

This item appears on page 83 of the September 2008 issue.

At Tokyo’s famous Tsukiji Market, the largest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world, as of April 1, 2008, tourists can watch tuna auctions only from a designated area and only from 5 to 6:15 a.m.

Traders had complained that tourists were interfering with auctions by distracting them and touching and photographing the 600-pound fishes.