Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market has closed after 83 . It shut at on Saturday, bringing an end to its long of trading. The market is moving to a new of Tokyo. The market will open on Thursday. City planners in Tokyo decided to close Tsukiji market to build a lot for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Market at Tsukiji were sad on Saturday as they closed for the time. One fish auctioneer, Hisao Ishii, said: "I'm almost crying. Today is a day of goodbyes."
Tsukiji fish market was called the " of Japan". A British newspaper described how it was. It wrote: "Tsukiji is a symbol of the global food , the of Japanese cuisine, and is one of Tokyo's most popular tourist ." It said the atmosphere at Tsukiji showed, "an older Tokyo that is disappearing". Nearly 500 types of seafood were sold at the . The most famous was bluefin tuna. One bluefin sold for a $1.7million in 2013. The chairman of Tsukiji said: "Everyone was pouring their heart and soul into their trade until the end".
