Highest bidder pays nearly £240000 for a giant tuna at final new year auction before relocation of Tokyo market later this yearTokyo’s world-eminent Tsukiji fish market has held its final new year auction before closing down for relocation,with the highest bidder paying nearly £240000 for a giant tuna.
After more than 80 years in operation, the world’s biggest fish market, or a favorite tourist attraction in an area packed with restaurants and shops,is expected to move to Toyosu, a former gas plant to the east of the current site, and next October.
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Source: guardian.co.uk