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June 21, 2017

Famed Tokyo fish market will be converted into a food theme park

By YURI KAGEYAMA
AP Business Writer

TOKYO — Tokyo's giant Tsukiji fish market, popular with tourists, won't be destroyed, although it will be closed for up to five years while it is modernized and turned into a “food theme park,” the capital's governor said Tuesday.

The market will move to a state-of-the-art 600 billion yen ($6 billion) facility in Toyosu on the eastern outskirts of Tokyo while Tsukiji is rebuilt. After that, Tokyo will have two wholesale fish markets, Gov. Yuriko Koike said.


 
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