Tsukiji Market has a fish department that handles many seafood and a fruit and vegetable department that handles fruits and vegetables.
Both are open early in the morning and are crowded with many customers.
The fruit and vegetable section is located along the Shin-ohashi-dori St. in the market, and the fish section is located along the Sumida River.
Compared to the fish section, the fruit and vegetable section is quietly operating without shouting.
The fish club boasts the largest handling in the world.
Today, Tsukiji Market is a relocation issue, and it has been talked about in various ways. From the end of last year, it seems that negotiations have begun in earnest. In November, there were various types of pier surveys on the Tokyo side. It may be difficult yet.
By the way, in the market, the place that deals with seafood is called the riverbank. The rights of banks were valued at 200 million yen during the bubble period.
This is the amount assessed by a financial institution that it is worth a loan of 200 million yen with this right. Nowadays it is not so valuable, and it is said that millions of yen are the market price (the story of related parties).
Here, I would like to unravel the history of the market from the Edo period.
Edo Castle was built by Michio Ota in the Middle Ages on the site of Edo's mansion in the first year of Choroku (1457).
At that time, the population seemed to be less than 3,000, and until the relocation of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1590, the market was Shibahama: There is now Shiba Shinmei, Minato-ku (Rakugo of Danshi Tatekawa: famous for Shibahama), and in front of the Imperial Palace Hirakawa Gate (in front of the current Mainichi Shimbun), there is a four-day market where the city stands on the fourth day (mainly dried fish). did.
After entering the castle, Ieyasu destroyed Kadoyama as part of the Edo promotion measures, reclaimed Hibiya Inlet with the earth and sand, and created the entire Nihonbashi area. At that time, the flow of the Hirakawa flowing from north to south was changed to the east, which became the Nihonbashi River.
After Nihonbashi was built, the city stood on both banks of the Nihonbashi River, bringing seafood, fruits and vegetables, and all kinds of goods from various directions, enriching the town of Edo.
In addition, fruits and vegetables go down Arakawa from the whole Kanto area, especially from Kawagoe area, and seafood is transported by boat from Edo Bay, Tsukuda Island, Shiba, and far away from Gyotoku area, climb the Sumida River, enter the Nihonbashi River, line the riverbank. Was lined up.
