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UPDATE: Tokyo's tuna auctions open to public again
Back in December, I wrote about how the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo had closed its famous tuna auctions to the public over concerns that tourists were creating hygiene issues and distracting the workers. Well, after reconsidering the month-long ban, the powers that be at the fish market have decided that tourism is important enough that visitors will be allowed to enter all areas of the fish market, including the early morning tuna auctions.
Security guards will monitor the scene at the auctions to ensure that no one hugs, licks or rides the giant fish. And visitors will receive information sheets when they arrive at Tsukiji outlining the rules of the fish market. It's a sad commentary on the state of humanity when people need to be explicitly instructed not to lick or ride dead fish, but if that's what needs to be done to keep this amazing place open to the public then so be it.
Tourists can view the tuna auctions from 5:00AM until 6:15AM and can then wander around the other areas freely throughout the day. And who knows, you may be able to witness the next tuna that sells for $104,000.
As for the morons who can't help but mount dead fish: We're on to you, Firestone, and we think you have a problem.
