12. Tsukiji market handles over 2000 metric tonnes of maritime produce a day. The auctions start at 5.00 a.m. each morning and the main event is over by 8.00 a.m. Job done!
The largest wholesale fish market in the world is to be found in Tokyo. Overall, more than 700,000 metric tons of seafood are handled every year at the three seafood markets in Tokyo, with a total value in excess of 600 billion yen (approximately 5.5 billion US dollars). Tsukiji alone handles over 2000 metric tons of seafood per day. T his Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at http://commons. wikimedia . org/wiki/Image : Tsukiji_as_seen_from_Shiodome .jpg under the creative commons cc-by-sa 2.5 license.